It's really hard to be poor in New York - I was really poor when I lived in New York.
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I was very poor and I was a waitress, and it's hard to be a poor waitress in New York.
New York is hard living. It's fun living, but it's hard.
New York is hard for me. I grew up in Texas. I can't do without my car, and you can't have a car in New York.
New York is tough on lonely people.
There's something so romantic about being broke in New York. You gotta do it. You have to live there once without any money, and then you have to live there when you have money. Let me tell you, of the two, the latter is far better.
New York City has become a place where it's not easy for the working class to even live.
I've still got family members living below the poverty line in New York.
One knew in advance that life in New York would not be easy, but there were cheap rents in cold-water lofts without heat, and the excitement of being here made up for those hardships. I didn't move to New York to make a fortune.
Part of that is that New York has proved to be too much fun for me to live and work; I love New York so much.
In a city like New York, you're aware of the rich and poor.
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