<prompt> Human: I am planning on moving to NYC after graduating from school in May. Im mainly looking for salesbusiness development sort of positions that could pay anywhere between 45-55k depending on what I land for the sake of this question lets assume 45-50k. My friend and I arent necessarily dead set on living in Manhattan, but again for the sake of this question lets assume we are. He has been looking at stuff priced around 2500 per month total, and I am getting worried because that would mean 1250 per month plus utilities each - which would pretty much be half of my salary after taxes, right? I am open to living in Hoboken or another neighboring city for cheaper rent, while my friends only other option is Queens which is a bit far for commuting into Manhattan for work, correct? Anyways, sorry if this was a mouthful, but any sort of advice or insight would be appreciated.  <response>: You need to plan for more roommates. 