[geeks] relocating to NYC - pointers?

[R. John Quisenberry]

	The job market is fried right now. There are openeings, but the companies
are being more picky than they used to be because we have so many people who
lost their jobs in Silicon Alley.
	As for living space, only the rich and/or stupid live in Manhattan. Even
after 9/11 rent is high. Your best bet is to find something in Queens or
Brooklyn. The space I have in Brooklyn for $950 would cost me $3000-$4000 in
Manhattan. I also even have space for my Xterra.
	Let me know if you need some more detailed info...

John

>The decision as to moving is practically already made (family
>reasons).  I appreciate the perspective, and having spent time
>visiting in large cities (and a couple months in Osaka), I can
>certainly understand, and to a degree dread some of the troubles of
>big city life.  What I'm looking for, really, is suggestions on
>job-hunting especially.  It cursorily appears that the job market is
>fine in NYC for what I do (comparatively anyway).  But actually
>getting the job and apartment seems to be the difficult steps.  A
>lot of the apartments I've seen require proof of employment and
>40+ * the monthly rent in income.  But then I'm in the quandary of
>finding somewhere to stay when I go up for the final job-hunt push
>(which I imagine can take as long as a month or two).  It just seems
>so cost and convenience prohibitive, that I want to find whatever
>resources, contacts, shortcuts, etc that I can to ease the move and
>job transition.