Reviews & Comments
Shelby, NY
$AVE YOURSELF THE MONEY! -
7/7/2010
Buyer beware! This is the worst state in America for the cost of living!! I moved here from the Midwest with dreams of grander to better our lives for my daughter and myself, my livelihood, income, excitement. etc. Thus far all of my dreams have become endless nightmares! This state is full of nasty, impatient, rude, spoiled rotten people. The F bomb is their 2nd language, which everyone speaks very fluently, including all the foreigners which are just as nasty as well. The traffic everywhere is congested with impatient drivers full of road rage due to the fact it takes you forever to get anywhere...which is also due to the congestion and endless traffic lights on every corner. Oh, and plan to pay $3 a gallon for the gas your burning while sitting stagnant on the overcrowded highways and streets! Yes, they also have mass transit but plan on sitting, or better yet standing on a bus or train with the all their masses of smelly people up in your face. That ride as well will cost you $2.50 per stop, even if it's 2 miles to your destination. Rent..well I pay $1,100 plus utilities for an average ONE BEDROOM apartment with no amenities. I DO NOT live in Manhattan but on a small suburb which will also cost you $11 per day just to get over the bridge to travel to lager the areas for the so called fun and better jobs. If you decide to work in Jersey ( just over the other bridge) it's an $8 bridge toll, but then (both) NY and NJ will make you pay them income tax on that $ too! If your a smoker, plan on supporting your habit with $13 a pack. If your not a smoker, you will be, just to calm your nerves to get through the hustle and bustle of day. So why don't I move you ask...Because can't save any $ here to do that!! I make $20 an hour before NY taxes. Not bad $ any where else, but not near enough in NY to call it good $ by any means or standards! I'm a single mother of 1 teenage daughter...after paying rent, utilities, a car payment (2009 Civic) insurance, groceries, gas, tolls, etc, who has a dime left to save for moving? I feel like I am trapped here , and I can't get out! I'm beginning to wonder if that's why the population here is so out of control, perhaps we ALL are trapped here? As Frank Sinatra once sang..”If I can make it their, I can make it anywhere in old New York, Neeeewwww Yorrrrrk!”.....
PS..and he wasn't lying folks!