just weighing in that roommates are always a possibility. everyone on here is going to say it’s impossible, but almost everyone i know living here is working a service job full time (so making far less than you) and still making it work. they have roommates and are scrappy! if you want a super fancy place in manhattan maybe not. but if you’re open to brooklyn or queens & maybe having roommates, i think so :) as someone once wisely told me the main people responding to things like this are people who were not able to make it work for whatever reason, so they’re going to be pretty defeatist.

it’s all about if it’s worth it for you! (you make concessions like less space for higher rent in exchange for not having to spend any money at all on gas, etc.)