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Originally Posted by mrnyc
its nothing new though, such as its always been in nyc going way back to the greenwich village hipsters era.
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Yeah, but it used to be feasible to just...move to NYC, fumble around for work, and survive. I knew tons of people who did that. Two of them didn't even have college degrees initially and they managed to make it. One of them ended up with a career designing front window displays for stores and the like, the other managed to do computer tech support (initially bullshitting his way working for Orthodox Jews who didn't even know how to use Ebay without help, but eventually developing real skills). I knew far more folks who moved there right out of college, got a relatively crappy job, and managed to make rent.
Admittedly, most of these folks no longer live in NYC. Almost all of them still do live in cities, but eventually paying so much for so little got to them, and they moved elsewhere (LA, Philly, etc.) But they managed to "launch" in NYC so to speak at least.