Bo$ton, too expensive

Quote from Thelonewolf1031 : Correction, Don't live in Manhattan. Move to queens, I live very comfortably in a large apartment with 3 other people for 650 a month.

Well was referring to Manhattan. Queens is cheaper for sure.

You can save quite a bit by shopping the sales at the right grocery stores. Stay away from Whole Foods, go to Market Basket & Aldi's.

If similar career opportunities are available at lower cost regions, move and get a new job. Otherwise, cut your costs. Share a 2 bdrm near public transit, sell the car, that should save you at least $500/month.

i live in worcester ma about 40min to boston. i only.paid $550 for a two bedroom. and have parking.

Quote from hcazualcc : I'm an M&A analyst. Good pay actually and pretty good work-life balance, but my impression lately is that unless you hit 6 figures you won't be able to put much money away. Is that a shared opinion Jabbit?

Don't corp finance hit 6 figure after bonus too? Actually isn't M&A part of IB quant? It should be hitting 6 figure outta grade.

Hmm I work in cambridge and have been living in the suburbs for cheap $1000 rent for 2 bedroom place and have been looking for a place in boston/cambridge with 1 bedroom for around the same price and no luck. I would like to know where people see rents for $1000 in boston for anything other than a 300ft studio or a really crummy area. Basically in any places even remotely convenient and close to what I wanted it was $2000+ a month for rent. Other things were in really bad areas and when I added up the route it would take me as long to get to work as my place north of boston does. As a general note when you are looking when I was looking anything on craiglist at a decent price generally turned out to be a scam so be very careful.

Anyways I'm a cheapskate... I could afford it, but for the price prefer to live with the bit longer commute, but much cheaper/more space.

Quote from zzyzzx : Just someone who worked his way through college, twice. It can be done.

You went to college twice? That's not very efficient.

IMO Boston salaries never match cost of living. It's a good place to start a career though.

My brother has an 2 bedroom apt in South Boston and hes paying roughly 1200. His parking isn't the best but the apartment is pretty big. Best bet is to go through a realtor to find something.

Quote from rennix : You went to college twice? That's not very efficient. IMO Boston salaries never match cost of living. It's a good place to start a career though.

This...+1. Started my career here and found an even better opportunity via headhunter. Lots of opportunities in life sciences, software, defense, healthcare, university, etc.

Quote from LordB : Hmm I work in cambridge and have been living in the suburbs for cheap $1000 rent for 2 bedroom place and have been looking for a place in boston/cambridge with 1 bedroom for around the same price and no luck. I would like to know where people see rents for $1000 in boston for anything other than a 300ft studio or a really crummy area. Basically in any places even remotely convenient and close to what I wanted it was $2000+ a month for rent. Other things were in really bad areas and when I added up the route it would take me as long to get to work as my place north of boston does. As a general note when you are looking when I was looking anything on craiglist at a decent price generally turned out to be a scam so be very careful. Anyways I'm a cheapskate... I could afford it, but for the price prefer to live with the bit longer commute, but much cheaper/more space.

well 1 br is another story. I share a 2 br. to put it in context, my unit costs $2k. The same exact unit as a 1 br in my building is $1.6k. Definitely economies of scale to having roommates.

i searched exclusively on the no fee section of craigslist with my roommate and found a good deal (for boston) recently in the south end. safe & close to the t. same price as above.

Quote from kyotuosa : Don't corp finance hit 6 figure after bonus too? Actually isn't M&A part of IB quant? It should be hitting 6 figure outta grade.

if you work at a bank, yeah.