Well, you have been waiting for it. The top two reasons of the Top 10 reasons to move to New York NOW.
2. If you can make it here, you'll make it anywhere. Now, before you get all mad at me for whimping out and using Frank's line, there is a tremendous amount of truth in this line. Of course, the key question is "how do you define making it"? Well, that is the beauty of a City where anything can be found, where every type of person and personality is located, and where every activity is available to you. Making it here can mean a lot of things, from being able to afford a nice apartment to that first by-line in a magazine, from hearing your song played at amateur night on the Lower East Side to getting your first promotion in an incredibly competitive environment. Making it is not just being Donald Trump in this City. It is truly a city of limitless possibility and thus limitless success. If you come to New York, and make it here, then failure anywhere else doesn't look like much of an option.
1. Cheap(er) Rents. An admittedly boring choice for Number 1, but remember, this list is to convince a friend to move NOW, and the best reason I can come up with is that in a City where every inch of space is prized like your first child, the square footage rental prices have decreased, in some areas as much as 20%, since the current recession started. So far, the recession has not brought back the New York of the 1970s with its wandering gangs of criminals and decrepit infrastructure. Instead, you still get a relatively low crime city with amazing amenities, all at a discount. Considering rent usually makes up about 50% of the average New Yorker's salary, ask anyone who moved here from 2002 until 2007, and they will tell you it has never been a better time to move to New York.
I ran across a great video which captures some of my Top 10 reasons in this Lonely Planet video about New York. Enjoy.
There you have it. My top 10 reasons. Hope to see you here real, real soon!
