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[LeeEyerman at aol.com]

I grew up (33 years) one mile from the George Washington Bridge and worked  
in downtown Manhattan for over 10 years.  65k-80k is VERY difficult to  support 
a family on in any area of NYC.  Especially if you ever hope to  actually buy 
a house.  (average studio condo in queens is close to  $200k - 400-600 sq. 
ft. max - 3 bedroom condo/house - furgetaboutit!)  If you spend every last penny 
on rent and surviving... how will you ever  afford to save for a down 
payment?  And in the NYC area 10-20% is a  requirement, not an option to buy a house. 
 Unless your wife was working  full-time too, I would VERY carefully 
reconsider that move.
 
Check out Fortune/Money upcoming cities, and do research.  There are  plenty 
of cities that desperately need good PHP programmers and don't have the  high 
cost of living....  I left NYC in December of 2005 for the north west,  found 
TONS of work, and a much better life, and a 4 bedroom 2 bath house on .5  acre 
for $150k - great schools, great city, etc.
 
I'd think, think, think about it.
 
Lee
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 8/3/2006 10:55:23 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
dmintz at davidmintz.org writes:

On Thu,  3 Aug 2006, Joseph Crawford wrote:

> i am wondering if this is  enough to support a family on.

I live in Jersey City and support a wife  and a toddler. My guess is, yes,
it's probably possible -- people do it, I  believe -- but it's going to be
pretty close to the  ground.

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