{"id":13572,"date":"2013-06-06T03:00:26","date_gmt":"2013-06-06T10:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/?p=13572"},"modified":"2013-06-06T03:00:26","modified_gmt":"2013-06-06T10:00:26","slug":"moving-to-new-york-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/moving-to-new-york-city\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Things You Should Know Before Moving to New York City"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Embed Gallery<\/h3>\n<p><textarea style=\"width:587px;height:100px\"><\/br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/real-estate-tips\/20-things-about-new-york-city\/\">20 Things You Should Know Before Moving to New York City<\/a> By Movoto<\/textarea><\/p>\n<p><h2>1. Honking Horns are a New Yorker\u2019s Ambien<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2013\/06\/NYC\/images\/1.jpg\" title=\"New York Traffic\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"564\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nAt first, you\u2019ll move to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/ny\/new-york-city.html\" title=\"New York City Homes for Sale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York City<\/a> and the sound of traffic will keep you up. But then, a strange thing happens: The traffic begins to soothe you. \u201cIt\u2019s like the ocean, no?\u201d you\u2019ll explain to your bewildered mother. Then, when you go visit your parents in the \u2018burbs, the sound of silence will literally freak you out. \u201cAm I about to get murdered?\u201d you\u2019ll lie awake thinking\u2014as you count the hours until you\u2019re back in the city.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Stars: They\u2019re Just Like Us! (Really, We Mean It, Just Pretend They&#8217;re a Nobody!)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2013\/06\/NYC\/images\/2.jpg\" title=\"New York Traffic\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"564\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nDon\u2019t stare at them, don\u2019t smile knowingly at them, don\u2019t even quickly glimpse at them\u2014and for God\u2019s sake don\u2019t ask for their autograph. You\u2019re a New Yorker: You don\u2019t freak out over star power.<\/p>\n<h2>3. This is What $1,600 a Month Gets You (No, Really!)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2013\/06\/NYC\/images\/3.jpg\" title=\"New York Traffic\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"564\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nFor the privilege of living in the Upper East Side, you\u2019ll pay $1,600 for this room with just a twin bed and fax machine.<\/p>\n<h2>4. \u201cCozy\u201d Means You Can Reach Your Fridge From Your Bed<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2013\/06\/NYC\/images\/4.jpg\" title=\"New York Traffic\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"564\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nAds for an apartment on Craigslist often say \u201ccozy.\u201d At first, you\u2019ll think this means a nice little one-bedroom, maybe with some exposed brick or a fireplace. Nope: It means you can probably touch your fridge from your bed. Seriously, there are hundreds of apartments in this city that are 200 to 300 square feet. Sometimes you\u2019ll have to shower in your kitchen or store your clothes in the oven. And many of them cost upwards of $1,000 a month.<\/p>\n<h2>5. This is Your Outdoor Space<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2013\/06\/NYC\/images\/5.jpg\" title=\"New York Traffic\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"564\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nIf you want a patch of grass to call your very own in NYC, expect to pay at least $400 per month more in rent. Meet your new \u201cprivate outdoor space,&#8221; the fire escape.<\/p>\n<h2>6. Tuesday is the New Friday<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2013\/06\/NYC\/images\/6.jpg\" title=\"New York Traffic\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"564\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nIn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/real-estate\/homes-for-sale\/new-york.html\">New York<\/a> your job is your life\u201410 hour days are the norm (even if you\u2019re just an assistant). This means that by Tuesday, you\u2019re exhausted and in need of a cocktail (or seven). The good news for you is that NYC has one of the best bar scenes on Earth (we have a cocktail named after our most famous borough, Manhattan)\u2014and you never have to worry about drunken driving (woot subway!).<\/p>\n<p>var googletag = googletag || {};<br \/>\ngoogletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || [];<br \/>\n(function() {<br \/>\nvar gads = document.createElement(&#8216;script&#8217;);<br \/>\ngads.async = true;<br \/>\ngads.type = &#8216;text\/javascript&#8217;;<br \/>\nvar useSSL = &#8216;https:&#8217; == document.location.protocol;<br \/>\ngads.src = (useSSL ? &#8216;https:&#8217; : &#8216;http:&#8217;) +<br \/>\n\/\/www.googletagservices.com\/tag\/js\/gpt.js&#8217;;<br \/>\nvar node = document.getElementsByTagName(&#8216;script&#8217;)[0];<br \/>\nnode.parentNode.insertBefore(gads, node);<br \/>\n})();<\/p>\n<p>googletag.cmd.push(function() {<br \/>\ngoogletag.defineSlot(&#8216;\/1014900\/M_Blog_300x250_Inline&#8217;, [300, 250], &#8216;div-gpt-ad-1425403311834-0&#8217;).addService(googletag.pubads());<br \/>\ngoogletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest();<br \/>\ngoogletag.enableServices();<br \/>\n});<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<!-- B_Blog_300x250_Inline1 --><\/p>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1425403311834-0' style='width:300px;height:250px'>\n<p>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(&#8216;div-gpt-ad-1425403311834-0&#8217;); });<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>7. Your Bodega Guy Doubles as Your Therapist<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2013\/06\/NYC\/images\/7.jpg\" title=\"New York Traffic\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"564\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nWithout a car, going to the grocery store is a hassle.So New Yorkers get almost everything they eat and drink from their corner bodega. This means your bodega guys sees it all\u2014that 3 a.m. bottle of cheap Chardonnay you\u2019re using to console yourself after another bad date, your affinity for Chubby Hubby and Cool Ranch Doritos after a long day at work. It won\u2019t take long before the two of you are on a first name basis\u2014and it won\u2019t take long after that \u2018til you start to dish on your problems.  After all, with the rent you\u2019re paying, it\u2019s not like you can afford a real therapist.<\/p>\n<h2>8. You Will Never Eat a Bagel Anywhere Else Again<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2013\/06\/NYC\/images\/8.jpg\" title=\"New York Traffic\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"564\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nSure, pizza in NYC is incredible, but there are (albeit only a few) better slices in America (ahem, New Haven). But when it comes to bagels, we rule. Soft on the inside, crusty on the outside, and slathered in cream cheese, mmmm.<\/p>\n<h2>9. You\u2019ll Never Set Foot in the DMV Again&#8230; Because You\u2019ll Forgot How to Drive<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2013\/06\/NYC\/images\/9.jpg\" title=\"New York Traffic\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"564\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nDriving in NYC is best left to the taxi drivers. The traffic is insane, no one obeys traffic lanes and you can forget about parking for less than about $20. You\u2019ll take the subway or taxis everywhere\u2014and pretty soon, you\u2019ll come to love it (just read on your iPad and chill until you\u2019re deposited at your destination). Years go by, and almost by accident, you wonder if you\u2019ve forgotten how to drive\u2014but you don\u2019t really care.<\/p>\n<h2>10. You Will Eat Whatever You Want\u2014and Not Gain Weight<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2013\/06\/NYC\/images\/10.jpg\" title=\"New York Traffic\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"564\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nNYC has some of the best food on earth\u2014at all price points. You can easily spend $500 at Per Se for one of the best French meals of your life or $2 for a slice of pizza that will blow your mind. And you can get pretty much any type of food delivered anytime you like. You\u2019d think all these delicious eats would make the pack on the pounds, but they won\u2019t\u2014you literally burn them off because New Yorkers walk everywhere (that restaurant\u2019s one mile away\u2014no problem!). Oh, and thanks to Mayor Bloomberg, you\u2019ll be forced to look at the calories on menus of any chain restaurant, so you can forget about your appetite after that!<\/p>\n<h2>11. Black <em>is<\/em> the New Black<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2013\/06\/NYC\/images\/11.jpg\" title=\"New York Traffic\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"564\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nWe follow fashion like Anna Wintour is looking over our shoulder (because she literally is), but no matter what \u201cnew\u201d colors hit the runway, black will always be our first love. We cheat with the occasional pink or red or blue, but we always go back to black.<\/p>\n<h2>12. Manhattan is Simply \u201cThe City\u201d (There Are No Other Cities!)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2013\/06\/NYC\/images\/12.jpg\" title=\"New York Traffic\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"564\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nTo everyone from the rich bankers to the cab drivers, Manhattan is \u201cThe City.\u201d No explanation needed.<\/p>\n<p>var googletag = googletag || {};<br \/>\ngoogletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || [];<br \/>\n(function() {<br \/>\nvar gads = document.createElement(&#8216;script&#8217;);<br \/>\ngads.async = true;<br \/>\ngads.type = &#8216;text\/javascript&#8217;;<br \/>\nvar useSSL = &#8216;https:&#8217; == document.location.protocol;<br \/>\ngads.src = (useSSL ? &#8216;https:&#8217; : &#8216;http:&#8217;) +<br \/>\n\/\/www.googletagservices.com\/tag\/js\/gpt.js&#8217;;<br \/>\nvar node = document.getElementsByTagName(&#8216;script&#8217;)[0];<br \/>\nnode.parentNode.insertBefore(gads, node);<br \/>\n})();<\/p>\n<p>googletag.cmd.push(function() {<br \/>\ngoogletag.defineSlot(&#8216;\/1014900\/M_Blog_300x250_Inline2&#8217;, [300, 250], &#8216;div-gpt-ad-1425403275176-0&#8217;).addService(googletag.pubads());<br \/>\ngoogletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest();<br \/>\ngoogletag.enableServices();<br \/>\n});<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<!-- B_Blog_300x250_Inline2 --><\/p>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1425403275176-0' style='width:300px;height:250px'>\n<p>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(&#8216;div-gpt-ad-1425403275176-0&#8217;); });<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>13. You Won\u2019t Blink at Paying $30 for a Spin Class&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2013\/06\/NYC\/images\/13.jpg\" title=\"New York Traffic\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"564\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nSpinning, yoga, Pilates\u2014the notoriously thin New York woman takes these calorie-torching, body-buffing courses seriously. So not only can you expect to pay $20 to $30 per class\u2014you can expect to get waitlisted for the class.<\/p>\n<h2>14. &#8230;or at Paying $14 for a Cocktail<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2013\/06\/NYC\/images\/14.jpg\" title=\"New York Traffic\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"564\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nThe cocktail will come with organic juice or special ice or a sprig or something or another\u2014and that\u2019ll make you rationalize that $14. Seriously, the price tag will barely even register. Because compared to your dinner tab, it\u2019s really nothing.<\/p>\n<h2>15. Seamless is Your New BFF<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2013\/06\/NYC\/images\/15.jpg\" title=\"New York Traffic\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"564\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nSeamless, an online service that will deliver you food from one of a zillion restaurants (you do it all online! you don\u2019t even have to talk to anyone!), is every New Yorker\u2019s BFF. Seriously, there are days (too hot, too cold, too rainy) when you will order both lunch and dinner from there. (It\u2019s OK, we all do it.)<\/p>\n<h2>16. You\u2019ll Learn to Make Your Job Sound a Lot Better Than it Actually is<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2013\/06\/NYC\/images\/16.jpg\" title=\"New York Traffic\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"564\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nGo to a party, bar, event (or just leave the house) and the first question anyone will ask is \u201cwhat do you do?\u201d Most likely, you have some boring job in finance or law that will literally make the other party\u2019s eyes glaze over. So you\u2019ll \u201cenhance\u201d what you do so it seems like you get paid handsomely to save lives or launch businesses or whatever. They\u2019ll do the same.<\/p>\n<h2>17. You\u2019ll Begin Judging People Who Pronounce Houston Street Wrong<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2013\/06\/NYC\/images\/17.jpg\" title=\"New York Traffic\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"564\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nThere are eight million people living in NYC, and we\u2019re literally living on top of one another. So sometimes we just don\u2019t want to see another tourist. And one of the surest signs you\u2019re a tourist (other than the usual suspects like wandering with a map around Times Square or taking the &#8220;Sex &amp; The City&#8221; bus tour) is that you pronounce Houston Street like the city in Texas. It&#8217;s pronounced HOUSE-ton. This may seem trivial to you now, but give it a few months.<\/p>\n<h2>18. You\u2019ll Start Reading the Tabloids<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2013\/06\/NYC\/images\/18.jpg\" title=\"New York Traffic\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"564\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nYou may not be a fan of the national tabloids, but move to NYC and you will start reading the New York Post or the New York Daily News. No seriously, you will try to resist buying a copy with your morning coffee, but it will be impossible. Who can resist those crazy headlines?<\/p>\n<h2>19. Brooklyn is the New Manhattan<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2013\/06\/NYC\/images\/19.jpg\" title=\"New York Traffic\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"564\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nIt used to be that Manhattanizes scoffed at the thought of \u201cgoing over the bridge.\u201d And yes, there are still some who do. But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/property\/ny\/brooklyn.html\">Brooklyn<\/a> is having its moment; it offers some of the best restaurants in the five boroughs (seriously, just try getting a ressie at Chef\u2019s Table at Brooklyn Fare), its art scene is world class (hello Williamsburg), and plenty of celebs call it home (Maggie Gyllenhal, Solange Knowles and Michelle Williams, to name a few). How times have changed: Some Brooklynites scoff at the thought of \u201cgoing over the bridge.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>20. We Complain (A Lot), But Wouldn\u2019t Live Anywhere Else<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/movotoblog\/2013\/06\/NYC\/images\/20.jpg\" title=\"New York Traffic\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"564\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nNYC has got arts, culture, music, and restaurants that rival anywhere on Earth, but it\u2019s expensive (the cost of living is 70 percent above average), smelly (it\u2019s possible that a solid quarter of New Yorkers refuse to wear deodorant on the subway), and if it starts raining you can\u2019t get a cab and flimsy umbrellas at the bodega will suddenly cost $15. And we New Yorkers complain about all\u2014but we wouldn\u2019t have it any other way.<br \/>\n<b>Like This Post? You\u2019ll Definitely Love These:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/opinions\/upstate-new-york-pronounce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 Californians Tried To Pronounce Upstate New York City Names. 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