Which city is better for a single guy under 25? In terms of cost of living, things to do, dating, tech events, weather etc Have a offer from Facebook for E4 I’d appreciate if you could also comment your opinions. UPDATE: Accepted the Facebook NY offer!
Lol is this even a question. If youre a softie probably just stay at sf since over here we'll chew you alive
NYC. Live in Brooklyn/Queens or Jersey. If you want to live in Manhattan then good luck
Your TC growth and career growth will be slower in NYC, and weather sucks there, but everything else is vastly better. If you’re single it’s no contest.
I’ve a offer from Facebook so I think that’d help with TC growth
So you’re deciding between FB NYC and FB Bay Area? There’s no contest then, go for NYC
Hands down NYC if you care about anything other than tech career.
here in nyc we have tech meetups monday-friday from data engineering/science, web dev/perf/design, quant, etc dating hands down nyc. make sure to get your own apartment so you have more freedom and not bother your roommates w/ the loud sex lots of stuff happening from concerts, events, festivals, underground parties, breweries, night markets, indoor/outdoor sports. and a lot of hidden gems in nyc that are free (parks, museums, etc) overall living expense in nyc is low. as long as you keep your apartment rent low (i have 1650 1bed in astoria - hipsterish part of queens) and don't own a car, and cook you meals (my groceries are around 200USD/month). btw apartments here doesn't require renters insurance the thing that will hit your wallet are the variety of activities that you can do here in nyc. a cocktail in the city is 18usd, so if you are on a date that's 36 + tips. but once you are a local you'll get to explore the spots that are relatively cheap and where locals go
DO bother roommates with your loud sex. Rub it in their face 😜 extra points if your date walks around the living room the next morning with no pants on. Extra extra points if it's a different girl every time. Best of luck, my friend. And if successfully accomplish all of the above, let me know your secret.
that happened. the girl has a roommate. and i know she's on the other room because we were introduced (cute too). and when we were having sex this girl is so loud that i think she doesn't really care so i went w/ it and it was porn sex all night. the morning after i had to take a leak and i walked out naked. so turns out roomate was in the kitchen making coffee in her undies. and when i was coming back she offerred coffee (like this is a normal thing to her seeing naked men in the apartment) and had a small talk. wtf
If you're male, it's hard to understate how nice it is to feel like a valued human being due to the flipped gender ratio instead of just another guy contributing to the sausage fest. Here I go to parties and the majority of the people I meet are female, and they are usually friendly. In SF I felt like the rare female would be borderline stuck up and unapproachable due to an overload of male attention. As far as money goes, your dollar goes a little further in SF, but here you have options to cut expenses down more. Hoboken/Jersey City/Westchester (if you're willing to spend 30 minutes on the metro north each way, breakeven compared to Jersey is 520k earned income) give you a pretty nice tax break compared to CA or NYC for a reasonable commute. Queens, Brooklyn or Manhattan north of 90th ish have pretty good value housing. Also the closer you get to the rivers around Manhattan the cheaper housing is, at least in midtown and above. In SF there is no such thing as living by yourself for under 2k, and the transit is awful. Crime I think is also worse.
Wow! Thank you so much for an in depth answer. I appreciate it. I’m leaning towards New York as well.
Yea np, Facebook is on East side so you might decide the NJ tax haven isn't worth the multiple train transfers. If you're L4 you'd probably pay ~10k less income tax in NJ but getting to the office would be annoying.
Don't forget the NYC 5 burrough City Tax. That's a good sized hit....enough to move across the river to Jersey.
Thanks everyone!! I’ve accepted the Facebook NY offer :)
Welcome to 770 ;)
Haha see you there soon ;)
Wise choice grasshoppa..
Haha thank you!!
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Absolutely positively NY
Can you give a reason? I'm ny looking at possibly moving to sf
Sf is a sausage fest. The only good thing about it is the somewhat nice weather. NY on the other hand is NOT a sausage fest and has ALOT more to do than SF.