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The video taps into the relatable and often aspirational topic of living affordably in an expensive city like New York. By featuring diverse women sharing their rent costs and career paths, it provides a glimpse into the realities of urban living and offers practical advice, making it engaging and shareable.

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This video features several women in New York City discussing how much they pay for rent and what they do for work. One woman explains how she found an apartment by cat-sitting for free, highlighting it as a "hack" for living in the expensive city. The video also touches on career advice for young women, particularly encouraging them to consider sales roles.

Structure

1Introduction and rent discussion
2Finding affordable housing hacks
3Discussion of careers and income

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The women of the West Village have figured it out 💅💋 #girlswhosublet #nyc

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$3,800 $5,500 $6,900 $5,800 $2,100 I live in the West Village I live in the West Village I live in the West Village I live in the West Village I live in the West Village I pay... I pay... I was paying... I'm moving into an apartment and cat sitting for free in the West Village so that's another another hack what do you do for work I work in pharma sales I do tech and I also model I am still a student at NYU but I'm also interning at a hedge fund I'm starting a job at NYU and then I'm gonna get my masters at the same time I work at a company called stripe so in fintech and I'm in sales What advice do you have for girls moving to the city? my advice is New York is a really expensive city and so I think making sure that you focus on a career where you're earning a lot and still having a good work life balance I think is ideal I think a lot of uh young women don't think of sales as a career path I think it kind of is like associated as a little bit like a boys club or like a sleazy salesman vibe and I think that like I've been able to make a lot of money and live a really great life in New York that I wouldn't be able to afford to do if I wasn't in the career path that I'm in so um yeah so I think like find a job where you can afford to live in a city like New York because I think it's really stressful to live here if you feel like you're living beyond your means

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I live in the West Village I live in the West Village I live in the West Village I live in the West Village I live in the West Village and how much do you pay for rent? about $3,800 a month $5,500 I pay... $6,900 I pay $5,800 I pay $2,100 I was paying $2,300 but I'm not anymore hahaha sounds bad um I actually am I'm moving into an apartment and cat sitting for free in the West Village so that's another another hack what do you do for work I work in pharma sales I do tech and I also model I am still a student at NYU but I'm also interning at a hedge fund I'm starting a job at NYU and then I'm gonna get my masters at the same time I work at a company called stripe so in fintech and I'm in sales What advice do you have for girls moving to the city? my advice is New York is a really expensive city and so I think making sure that you focus on a career where you're earning a lot and still having a good work life balance I think is ideal I think a lot of uh young women don't think of sales as a career path I think it kind of is like associated as a little bit like a boys club or like a sleazy salesman vibe and I think that like I've been able to make a lot of money and live a really great life in New York that I wouldn't be able to afford to do if I wasn't in the career path that I'm in so um yeah so I think like find a job where you can afford to live in a city like New York because I think it's really stressful to live here if you feel like you're living beyond your means