"Last July, I got an email that changed my life overnight: I had been selected for a prestigious traineeship program at a Broadway theatre company. I had only a month to pack my bags, find an apartment, and move from Southern California to New York. For the last three years, I have lived alone as a resident assistant at the University of California, Los Angeles."
"In New York City, the median rent for a studio is $3,790 a month. With the $16.50 an hour that I would be making as a trainee, it wasn't possible to maintain the same standard of living that I'd had during college. I was already considering getting a roommate, no matter where I had found a job, but quickly, it became a necessity."
"After spending most of our days bathed in the blue light of StreetEasy.com, we asked his brother to show us a three-bedroom apartment in lower Manhattan. It didn't matter that the building lacked air conditioning or laundry. I ignored the fact that I would be living without a window in my room, that the bedrooms are railway-style, and that our only common space would be the kitchen."
A trainee was selected for a prestigious traineeship at a Broadway theatre company and had one month to relocate from Southern California to New York City. The trainee had previously lived alone as a resident assistant at UCLA with a one-bedroom, air conditioning, and in-building laundry. New York studio median rent was $3,790, while the traineeship paid $16.50 per hour, making solo living unaffordable. A close friend moving to New York joined the housing search, and the pair leased a three-bedroom in lower Manhattan for just under $4,000 a month. One bedroom lacked a window, bedrooms were railway-style, and the kitchen served as the sole common space.
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