By skyforbes I’m a flight attendant living in NYC at the moment. Because of my job I had the opportunity to visit Seattle multiple times over the past 3 years since I’ve been flying. With my seniority I don’t make a ton of money, but things get better over time in this industry.
I currently live in nyc for the past 2 years and a half, and honestly? I LOVE it and hate it at almost equal proportions. I feel like the idea of living in NYC is unbeatable. I personally love big and vibrant cities. In other hands, I always feel like I can’t afford living there. Almost nobody really can afford it.
In nyc most people have to have roommates to afford a place, they RARELY have a washer and driver at home, most apartment don’t even have a dishwasher. Mouse and roaches are a common thing unfortunately. It’s not really a city where you feel safe outside (mostly in public transportation tbh). Long story short, I feel like I end up having all these options, but lacking the money to really enjoy it. A small vodka soda at the bar/club costs $18 and a drink at a rooftop costs up to $25. Oh, we also pay a little over 10% of our pay checks in taxes.
The cost of an apartment in NYC is no less than $2k for a very basic one obviously far from Manhattan. For the same price in Seattle I get an awesome place to live.
Will Seattle provide me the happiness nyc does (when I stop thinking about these negative things lol)? I wonder how comfortable I would be living there. My job makes me constantly visit other cities and countrie, so I’m home about half of the month only. I don’t know… I’m very scared of moving to Seattle and regretting this decision later after start missing nyc.
What are your thoughts about living in Seattle? What would you do in my shoes? If you have never lived in NYC it’s really hard to explain the feeling of it.
I need to make this decision by the 25th in order to request a base transfer to Seattle…or not. 😟