Tips for living in New York
Autor: Leonardo Belegante | Publicado: 2011-05-17T17:55:00-07:00

Advantages&nbsp;and&nbsp;disadvantages
A story&nbsp;to tell
I am Brazilian and I live in New York for seven years.I'm really happy living here.When I arrived I spoke only basic English a tourist and after 4 years since my English was fluent without ever having gone to school.Once you get a chance to study for English courses are not expensive and I went to learn grammar because I already knew how to read and write well.I arranged employment two days after I arrived, I was babysitting today and do flowers for parties.&nbsp;Whenever I got enough to support myself, pay rent and send money to my family in Brazil.I never regretted coming, the bad points of NY is that rents are very expensive and living alone is something unthinkable!&nbsp;You have to have roomates to share the debt with rent, water and light.Another downside is that it makes strong cold during eight months, slight chill for 2 months and only 2 months of heat fortissimo.I recommend the tourist season is coming autumn, between 1 and 15 November when the trees are all in color, is a spectacle!If you want to see snow, see in January or February, but get ready for a 20 degrees below zero!Spring is very beautiful, but the first month it is still cold and only in early May starts to get better and sunny, but has many rainy days, so think twice.Advantage here is that not lack job when you work a lot (not immigrant works less than 12 hours almost never), the conditions are good, public health and for everybody, even the undocumented.&nbsp;Living close to so many different cultures enriches you too, you acquire habits that you never imagined, meet people from around the world!&nbsp;And yes to save the money and a lot!&nbsp;In seven years working out moderately and eating well I already bought a house and an apartment in Sao Paulo.&nbsp;I do not think it could so easily in Brazil.&nbsp;Now the best thing of all is you leave the theater having seen a film in NY and bumping into the Times Square ... priceless (as they say here)If you can, come on, is a priceless experience!I'm not going back to Brazil soon!


Financial life
And&nbsp;wonderful&nbsp;life&nbsp;in&nbsp;New&nbsp;York&nbsp;but&nbsp;the&nbsp;cost&nbsp;of living&nbsp;and very expensive&nbsp;(one&nbsp;of the mostexpensive&nbsp;U.S.)&nbsp;and&nbsp;medical courses&nbsp;cost an&nbsp;average&nbsp;$ 40,000&nbsp;dollars per&nbsp;year.Outside&nbsp;bedroom&nbsp;/&nbsp;chalet.&nbsp;The&nbsp;workload is&nbsp;heavy&nbsp;then&nbsp;lacked&nbsp;time to&nbsp;work.&nbsp;Brazilian knowledge&nbsp;that formed&nbsp;on the&nbsp;outside&nbsp;and they are&nbsp;super&nbsp;comfortable working&nbsp;in&nbsp;Albert Einstein&nbsp;in&nbsp;Brazil and&nbsp;some&nbsp;still in&nbsp;NY.

Do not&nbsp;forget&nbsp;that the&nbsp;method&nbsp;of&nbsp;choice&nbsp;of&nbsp;universities&nbsp;are&nbsp;super&nbsp;strict&nbsp;besides&nbsp;faces.You&nbsp;need to have&nbsp;high points&nbsp;in the&nbsp;TOEFL&nbsp;test&nbsp;(English), SAT&nbsp;and&nbsp;ACT&nbsp;(general knowledge),&nbsp;historic&nbsp;school&nbsp;with&nbsp;excellent grades, writing,&nbsp;curriculum&nbsp;etc&nbsp;...

For&nbsp;you&nbsp;have an idea,&nbsp;my husband's nephew&nbsp;took a year&nbsp;preparing to&nbsp;enter&nbsp;law schoolin&nbsp;the U.S.&nbsp;have been&nbsp;several&nbsp;tests, several&nbsp;requirements, writing,&nbsp;etc&nbsp;...&nbsp;She&nbsp;went&nbsp;tostudy&nbsp;law&nbsp;at&nbsp;Georgetown&nbsp;University&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;same&nbsp;Bill&nbsp;Clinton&nbsp;(former&nbsp;U.S. president)studied!&nbsp;He&nbsp;went well&nbsp;beyond&nbsp;the&nbsp;tests&nbsp;and&nbsp;such,&nbsp;his&nbsp;grades&nbsp;were&nbsp;9.10&nbsp;each year&nbsp;ofschool.
But there are&nbsp;less&nbsp;demanding&nbsp;universities.

If you&nbsp;really&nbsp;want&nbsp;and&nbsp;why,&nbsp;among&nbsp;the websites of&nbsp;various&nbsp;schools&nbsp;and begin&nbsp;to&nbsp;learn more.


Where&nbsp;can I&nbsp;buy&nbsp;watches?
Look&nbsp;for

Swatch&nbsp;Watches
640&nbsp;Broadway&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Bleeker&nbsp;St.&nbsp;or&nbsp;at&nbsp;100&nbsp;West&nbsp;72nd&nbsp;Street

Macy's
151&nbsp;W.&nbsp;34th&nbsp;St.,&nbsp;at&nbsp;Broadway,&nbsp;first&nbsp;fl

World&nbsp;Watch
2218&nbsp;Broadway,&nbsp;at&nbsp;79th&nbsp;St