A Moving Guide to NYC

moving to NEW YORK Voted the second best nightlife city in the country. New York City is the 5th most diverse city in the country. 51% 45% percent of New Yorkers moved there either from another country or another state. of people under 35 said they'd like to live in New York City. The last thirty years, New York City has had a revival. From 1970 to 1980, the city's population shrank by 800,000. From 1990 to 2008, the city grew by a million people. NEW YORK’S COST OF LIVING $2,500/mo. $450/mo. 2.9 - 3.6% average rent city income tax average car garage fee 8.875% sales tax 4%-7% state income tax Clothing and footwear under $110 is exempt from this. NEW YORK'S 5 BOROUGHS BOROUGHS COUNTY OF 1,385,108 itifi Manhattan New York The Bronx Bronx 1,585,873 3. Queens Queens Brooklyn Kings iti 2,230,722 Staten Island Richmond LAND AREA sq. mi sq. km 2,504,700 23 59 468,730 42 109 109 283 71 183 STATE OF NEW YORK LAND AREA 19,378,102 58 151 47,214 square miles CITY OF NEW YORK LAND AREA 8,175,133 303 sq mi. AVERAGE CHANGE IN POPULATION OF NYC Average Annual Population Change NY State, NYC and Boroughs 80 70 2000-2010 60 2010-2011 50 40 30 20 10 NY State NYC Bronя Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island HOW TO MOVE TO NEW YORK CITY Pkka Neighborhond. The city is Save up sume nianey How Yerk City is the Feel constrained nust expensive dty in the cauntry incrediblv Sell vour car in yoi cTIent, TIon New York environet diverse. Living in Brooklyn can e lhe living in completely dillerent cities, at tinres. Catch up with pld frivads Scour Craigslist. It's notoriausly difficult to find a good (and Inexpensive) place to live So be persistent. Don't ignore the sublets Visht the cily. If you haven t bren here you can't mowe here. Have e friends and have sonef them show yau aroand, real-lile style. Remember that Vfe oxis t outsice of New Yurk Clean up your credit report. Fincing a good place tn live is hard. But Purge your belongings. This is good advice whenever you move cities. but espocially lor a place as iynaini as New Yurk. having a good cred it report can make it a little casier. WFOGPAPHC DESIGN BY SHLEPPERS EENationalPositions Moviny & 1ieoor Sources Alp maumaeny.ceotallen-irt:g'metngda-a-pork-aty hty epamingamren,yr"ming.lie THOUSANDS