kahn2154 Posted June 4, 2010 Posted June 4, 2010 Right now I just need to get out of my parent's house ASAP. I'm 24 and I've been in a situation where they have basically guilted me into staying, not wanting to lose me I guess. I have no privacy, no social life, and they basically use me like I'm some personal assistant and just sick of it. I live on Long Island and right now I"m not comfortable making a long move (eg across the country) but NYC seems too expensive if you don't have roommates and while LI isn't exactly cheap either, every condo/apt complex I was looking at has a one year lease required and I'm not willing to commit that long because I want to move a little further away once I see I am ok on my own. I do not want to rent a room/basement apartment in someones house, don't have to worry about a landlord breathing down my back. I just want to get out now, but doubt I want to commit to living on Long Island for another year as it is a pretty crappy place to live for twenty something year olds, but don't want to move to a place like Austin/SF without visiting since I might hate it. Any advice?
Stung Posted June 5, 2010 Posted June 5, 2010 I don't know anything about your area and the rental market differs wildly from location to location, but yes, it is possible to rent in the short-term if you look hard enough. Some places will offer six-month leases, or month-to-month. There are also vacation rentals which are always furnished, usually in nice areas, and usually far more expensive. Craigslist is one good resource. That being said part of leaving home and being a grownup is usually sucking it up and dealing with less-than-ideal circumstances for a few years as you figure out what you want from life and how to get it. If you seriously want to move to New York or San Francisco, those are two of the most expensive places in the western Hemisphere. You should consider advertising for roommates or renting just a room in someone's house and trying to save up money for at least a year while you research the areas and plan your visits carefully. There are rites of passage most of us go through in our early 20s as we find our way through the world, and your post kind of reads like you want to bypass most of them and just fall into some perfect situation to show your parents you're the boss. Life usually doesn't work exactly that way.
Author kahn2154 Posted June 6, 2010 Author Posted June 6, 2010 In regards to NYC/SF being expensive, they are #1 and 2 in most expensive rent, but area I live in right now is #3 so won't make too much of a difference. I found places with 6 month leases but have yet to find somewhere with month to month. What are the rites of passage you are talking about? I'm not trying to show my parents I'm boss, its just that they won't let me go, basically use my as their personal assistant, and I work from home so I basically lose income when I spend all this time helping them
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