Living $Mart New York City: The Ultimate Insider's Guide for the Budget Savvy

By Craig Wroe

Book Overview

New York City is proud of its Donald Trumps and Woody Allens, its Matthew Brodericks and Sammy Sosas, but the backbone of our great teeming metropolis is made up of teachers and sales reps, cashiers and consultants, actors and cab drivers, public defense lawyers and personal trainers. With these people in mind, actor/teacher and 20-year New York City veteran Criag Wroe pounded the pavement with notebook in hand, traveling all over the city comparison shopping. When he found stores that were giving people a fair break on price and product and service providers who understood the value of offering more for less, he wrote down their names, addresses, and details in his big book Living Smart: New York City - The Ultimate Insider's Guide for the Budget Savvy. The book includes several listings, such as "frugal living" websites, important/emergency phone numbers, ways to avoid health insurance scams, inexpensive yoga and meditation classes, and much more. If you have to choose between purchasing a good haircut or a good meal, then you need this book

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879103086
• ISBN13: 9780879103088
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Limelight
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

The Best Bargain Book On NY( That I Know Of..)

As a frequent travler to NYC,I have actually used this book and I have to say that the author really knows the city inside out(or East side-West side,sorry couldn't resist) A very good book for both visitors or people wanting to re-locate, I found quite a few of the things he listed to be accurate and even though the book was written a few years back,still relevant.Finally, He's refreshingly honest and funny as well. Have a nice trip!

A quality of life advice guide

Living Smart: New York City: The Ultimate Insider's Guide for the Budget Savvy is a resource packed with tips, tricks, and techniques for living frugally in the big apple. From avoiding health insurance scams to discount internet service providers to stretching the dollar while shopping to partaking of high culture on a low disposable budget and more, Living Smart: New York City balances quality with economy. Written in a lighthearted, fun-filled tone, Living Smart: New York City is a quality of life advice guide that quite literally pays for itself.

This is a Wonderful Book!

This book is great! It has everything from a chapter on finding apartments, to where to get cheap groceries! For New Yorkers, or Future New Yorkers, who aren't overloaded with cash, this is a book you can't afford to do without!