<p>Don’t just look in the boroughs for cheap housing and jobs–look right across the river in NJ, at Hoboken; Jersey City: Fort Lee, etc. Tons of young grads do that and are 20 minutes away from Manhattan–closer than much of Brooklyn and Queens</p>
<p>Other cities you can survive in without driving are Philly, Boston and DC</p>
<p>Good luck</p>