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Why does the going to school bit make it cheaper? Are you eating less? Requiring less shelter?
by dschobel 17y ago
Why does the going to school bit make it cheaper? Are you eating less? Requiring less shelter?
- yummyfajitas 17y agoMy point is that you don't need to live in NYC even if you attend school there, so the comment of "try living off $20,000/yr in NYC" is irrelevant. He might as well have said "try living off $20,000/yr while living in NJ and spending $1000-1500/month on bling bling." Yes, you'll have a hard time making ends meet. So what?
- jballanc 17y agoThere are locations in Manhattan that are cheaper than locations in NJ (I live in Harlem, for example). Besides that, the expense of NYC is not just housing. Food is more expensive. Transportation is more expensive. Forget about going to the movies ($12.50 for a ticket). And yes, I have been making ends meet with part time jobs on the side. The issue that I have with funding is that a student going to a university in Indianapolis where everything is cheaper and an apartment can be had for 1/5th of the cost of the NYC area gets the same $20,000 from the NIH. The government would probably get more efficient use of their research dollars if stipends were pegged to cost of living.