nyc: My friend and i are trying to save up enough to move and live in NYC. We will be moving the summer of 2015 and we want a studio or 2 bedroom apartment for at the most $3,000. We also want to be near time square.|||Times Square is basically an Entertainment/Business area which you may not find apartments in that are, but west of 8th Avenue. I would recommend Hell's Kitchen, however the area is changing. with more modern buildings among the tenement buildings as well. By that time when you reach 2015 with the rent regulations, the price will increase in value based on market rates. My suggestion and others who will post regarding your question is to rent in the outer boroughs like The Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island. You can commute to the city by bus, subway and ferry (coming from Staten Island) or perhaps out in New Jersey.|||thanks! Report Abuse |||As Mr. Opportunity said, the best value is in the outer boroughs. If you don't mind spending 45 minutes traveling into Manhattan, you can get a nice place in a safe area for a reasonable rent. You might want to check out Midwood, Bensonhurst, Sheepshead Bay, and Bay Ridge (Brooklyn), Rego Park, Forest Hills, Kew Gardens and Ridgewood (Queens), and Morris Park, Bronx. If you go out even further, you'll get even better value. I hope this information was very helpful.|||you could rent a cardboard box for that much :)