My visit to American Apparel

Re:My visit to American Apparel by josefresco on Thursday January 08, 2009 @01:27PM (#425354)

Blurry, it's great that you choose to live in one of the most expensive cities in the entire world thereby requiring you to make much more than the average American, however most people don't. These immigrant workers are living in and around LA (already) and I highly doubt there are many employers lining up to pay them the same wage.

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Re:My visit to American Apparel by blurry on Thursday January 08, 2009 @01:43PM (#425389)

Jose

First, I am choosing to live in New York to exactly the same degree that those immigrant workers are choosing to live in LA, second, I am an immigrant worker myself, and third, as I pointed out, cost of living in LA is very similar to NY.

If you want to argue on facts, let's hear something other than "you are spoiled and don't know what you are talking about".

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Re:My visit to American Apparel by Retric on Friday January 09, 2009 @08:11AM (#426534)

You can live in NY on 15$ an hour. You need some roommates and you toss the car for public transport, but after that your cost of living is not that bad. Back in collage I shared my room with some random stranger and it was one of the best times of my life so sharing a room with someone is not the end times.

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Re:My visit to American Apparel by blurry on Friday January 09, 2009 @12:38PM (#426840)

Back in college. My point exactly.

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Re:My visit to American Apparel by Retric on Friday January 09, 2009 @02:24PM (#426991)

At 15 US$ * 50h/week * 48weeks/year = 36,000 U.S. dollars living at 515 West 52nd St., New York, NY 10019 a 2bed 2 bath is 5,265 / month, but it's a block from central park. Split that 4 ways and your rent is 1,316 but utility costs are low. (There are cheaper places to live around there, but these are fairly nice apartments.)

15 US$ * 50h/week * 48weeks/year = 36,000 U.S. dollars, I had a single apartment at 1050$ per month and a car while making 38k so I know it's reasonable to make it like that. Now having a wife and kids on that is not going to happen in that area but NY is more a place for the young or the rich.

Edit: 36k = 28k take home so about a grand a month after rent.

PS: Trying to make it on 15$ an hour in NY, NY might seem stupid, but a good internship can be worth it.

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Re:My visit to American Apparel by yummyfajitas on Friday January 09, 2009 @05:28PM (#427217)

You are also picking the most expensive place to live. A big 2 bed 2 bath duplex with a porch is $2100 up in Harlem (near 125th). That's $525/month split 4 ways, also a very nice apartment (3 blocks from the 4/5/6 train).

If you work between lower manhattan and 33rd st, you can live in Jersey City and rent a huge 3 bedroom for $1500 ($500 split 3 ways). Commute time is 15-25 minutes.

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