Seagull wrote:
This guy has 1.6 MILLION dollars to spend on a place and he chose JC....what an idiot. He could have afforded a REALLY nice apartment in the best neighborhood in Manhattan and enjoyed everything NYC has to offer for that price tag.

Meanwhile rents had risen in Manhattan, so he reluctantly took a two-bedroom at a new building in Jersey City. His rent there, which also covered a parking space, was about $3,000. He walked to work. Instead of eating out or having meals delivered, he cooked at home. ?I now had real grocery stores that I could drive to,? he said. ?I could load up a kitchenful of groceries.? With lower bills for rent and food, he saved about $4,000 a month. But he knew his situation was temporary. ?Jersey City is not exactly a happening town,? he said. ?I was particularly upset because I had taken this job to live in Manhattan, and now I wasn?t even living in Manhattan.? He got into the city less than once a week. ?Most people who have moved out of the city to the suburbs realize that even the best intentions go awry and you don?t go in that often,? he said.