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How to plan a move to New York City?

I'm 19 and an aspiring singer/songwriter. After I finish some school I plan on moving to new york city to pursue my dream for a few years. My parents are allowing me to stay here as long as I pay for my insurance/phone/etc. so I should be able to put a considerably decent sum of money away. I currently work at a gas station and make about $800 a month and im going to start saving $100 a week. I understand with this job, I'm not going to get enough to move comfortably in 4-6 years. My parents know 2 people[one a good friend and high up in the company] that work at a general tire plant. A guy i've been talking to says he gets no less than $800 a week, and $3200 a month. If I could land this job, even at just $15[It may be 20 but I'm using this as a lower guess.] an hour, $15 x 8 x 5 x 4 = $2,400 x 12 = 28,800 x 4 = $115,200 x .30 - [<.30] = $80,640 - 14,440[to my insurance/etc for 4 years] = Grand total >>$66,200<< The company from what I hear, also pays for your schooling, I just don't know how much of it lol. I didn't include gas/etc but i usually use 10-20 a week for 40 every 2 weeks for food but I'm trying to cut that down so I'd say by the end it'd be around $40,000 by the time i'm ready to leave if I don't go crazy buying things, plus I'll prolly stay 2 more years cause my gf and her schooling so theirs a chance If I didn't spend a tremendous load of that money I could have atleast $50-60k if my parents allow me to stay here till then[which both have told me that they don't care as long as I pick up after myself and pay my stuff]. My gf will also be getting a job somewhere so we'll have that saved aswell. I'm going to buy a new laptop, a new acoustic, and the best interface/microphones/etc. I can get before moving so take out about $7000 for all that. We're going to take a weekend to visit a few months before we plan the move, and find out about any jobs hiring/etc. After that, we're going to continue looking on craigslist and get interviews lined up and then pack up and leave. Together if we can save $40-$50k, both having bachelors[mine in possibly Architecture, Interior Design, or Urban Planning. and hers in English.] will it be alright to move up their for a few years and pursue songwriting? She want's to be a writer and is going to pursue that. What else do I need to look at? Another reason why I want to is because I haven't really lived much lol, don't have a lot of stories to tell, and I think going to a fast moving city like new york city and pursuing a dream could open a lot of opportunities for some lol. I don't want to live their forever, just for a few years lol. Would love to settle down in Alaska haha, I visited a few years back and fell in love with it.

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1. Well, that's an admirable dream, and I wish you good luck with it, but I don't think you REALLY fully realize just HOW expensive it is to live in New York City (see links, below). Good luck!... :-D