This could be the most elaborate answer of all time and I remember being in your same exact shoes but there’s a few key points that I always think about when people ask. You will not find an apartment right away and you will need a friend to stay with who can be patient with your lack of knowledge, be patient and don’t just think that living in New York is living where the gossip girl cast reside. You will be discouraged and wonder if you made the right choice for a while at first, but if you have any hope in yourself and your ambition it is the most beautiful and fulfilling thing you can do for yourself.
No one NEEDS to afford sl because its so BAD. I wanted to see the new store that opened since I moved to NYC you prick.