the public transportation in NYC is great. Finding great cheap apts is like finding a needle in a haystack. Some friends are reading obituaries to find vacant a

the public transportation in NYC is great. Finding great cheap apts is like finding a needle in a haystack. Some friends are reading obituaries to find vacant apts. Everything is available within 1 hr commute via public transportation. I would look at a 30-45 minutes commute from your work location. Look at L magazine and Time Out New York and see where your interests are located. Some of the more affordable places are upper manhattan, the upper east side of manhattan and the outskirts of brooklyn and queens. Even Staten Island for some and if your a real homesteader there are some areas in the South Bronx which are getting cool, although very slowly.