Every Wednesday Sophia Celentano flies from Charleston, South Carolina to Newark, then takes an Uber to her job in Parsippany.
It's $100 to fly round trip each week, which she says saves her a lot of money.
"I looked at places that were in the suburbs of New Jersey," Celetano said. "I looked at places that were in New York City and got absolutely terrified with the rent prices." The rising senior at the University of Virginia said she realized that even she settled for the cheapest possible apartment sublease, her quality of life would suffer.Rent in NYC is currently at record highs. In May, the median price of a studio apartment was about $3,200, while a studio in Parsippany is averaging nearly $2,000.
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