How do you afford the big city?
>>25713259
i work a shit job in a cafe kitchen and have no money, my apartment has no running water and i live across an alley where black ppl deal crack rocks
>>25713259
I'm a wage slave with a decent amount of money.
>>25713330
Are there a lot of options like that? ill do that
>>25713259
A job. Nothing fancy is needed. You can get studios in decent areas of Chicago or LA for about $800 (bit lower in Chi, bit higher in LA usually).
Get a roommate and it's cheaper.
Or if you dare... there are houses on the south side of Chicago for $10-25,000. No way in hell a sane person would want to live there, but if you want to be about that action... good choice.
>>25713564
Will they even let you a room in their apartment if you're paying half your check for rent?
>>25713689
They go off of percent of gross income. 30% of gross is a nice target but not at all realistic for lower-class LA. If they think you can afford it they don't care. You might need a cosigner if you have bad credit or no credit history. Many people in big cities are paying half or more of their take-home income to rent.
If you're just moving there willy nilly, you'll probably want to crash on someone's couch on a month-to-month basis to start (or some other not-so-official arrangement), some landlords require pay stubs.
>>25713259
I live in San Diego, like 5 minutes from downtown. I pay $900 for rent, gf pays half as well. I make $ just under $80k
>>25713776
80 grand is a lot
>>25713765
What if your just roommates with other poorfaggots?
>>25713859
If you're not on the lease, they're probably too stupid to bother fully vetting you for ability to pay. Just have to seem likeable/trustable enough to them.
If you're on the lease, the landlord will only expect you to pay your share.
I say go for it. Just come up with a plan. Without a job lined up you could be homeless real quick.
>>25713859
>80 grand is a lot
That's probably a bit above average in most big cities; how do you think normal people afford the rent in these places.
>>25713968
I'm saying as an early 20s person with life still ahead of them not a 5 year college graduate with years of experience
>>25713859
In SoCal? Lol, that's like lower middle class
>>25713997
Mate I work in UPS and make 90k if I do overtime, and that's after taxes.
>>25714071
>>25714071
There's no way unless that's nyc and even that's rare as fuck
>>25714142
>There's no way unless that's nyc
Bingo, also I'm going on my 6th year of working here so not that crazy.
>>25714281
If a package delivery person makes a 100k a year why are there homeless why are blacks living in the ghetto selling crack for half that?
>>25714305
I'm pretty sure he has a cdl
>>25714305
A UPS delivery job is getting harder and harder to get by the day. Also that's usually more their fault, I only ever finished high school so it isn't like I'm smarter than your average joe.
>>25714338
I'm pretty sure the blacks get free education
