There are no one bedroom apartments in Queens that are $1K USD a month that exist where the apartments reachable by the public transportation from Union Sq for under 2.5 hours one way when everything is running ( so most often ~ 3 hours ) . So that's basically living in Poconos.
To get there for 1.5 hours one would have to buy a car and pay for insurance and find parking by the subway.
Dave Ramsey who peddles FIRE is a charlatan who makes money not of following his advice but of selling his advice to his followers.
If the average one bedroom apartment in Manhattan costs 3.5K USD a month, and the average one bedroom apartment in Queens costs 2.5K USD a month, the average one bedroom apartment in Queens costs 1K USD - less - than the average one bedroom apartment in Manhattan.
You can - save - 1K USD a month by living in Queens instead of Manhattan.
There are no one bedroom apartments in Queens that are $1K USD a month that exist where the apartments reachable by the public transportation from Union Sq for under 2.5 hours one way when everything is running ( so most often ~ 3 hours ) . So that's basically living in Poconos.
To get there for 1.5 hours one would have to buy a car and pay for insurance and find parking by the subway.
Dave Ramsey who peddles FIRE is a charlatan who makes money not of following his advice but of selling his advice to his followers.