> Your career better be going to a really, really good place if it requires living in an area with $4500/month rent. There's no requirement that you stay in th

> Your career better be going to a really, really good place if it requires living in an area with $4500/month rent. There's no requirement that you stay in the same place which made your career. My personal plan is to work in NYC for the next ten years and then take the accumulated savings to buy a house outright in a nice town.