Buzz·Posted on Sep 9, 201323 Unexpectedly Difficult Things About Moving To New York CityThe moneyyyy, OMG the money.by Katie HeaneyBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Asking your friends where they all got their (superior) apartments, and all they ever say is that they "lucked into it." Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 2. Needing to pay a broker in order to find and sign a lease. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 3. The shame/guilt in not knowing what to say when someone asks you for directions. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 4. The first (and last) time you try to buy "wine" at a deli. 5. The amount of money needed up front for broker fee, first and last months' rent, and security deposit. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 6. Getting packages delivered, unless you are home at the EXACT moment of delivery. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 7. Figuring out the unspoken subway code of behavioral ethics. (Is there one? It's hard to tell.) View this photo on Instagram 8. Trying to understand where you are after getting off the subway. Or before, or during. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 9. Getting an actual human from Time Warner Cable on the phone, much less to come to your apartment. 10. Curbing your Midwestern/Southern enthusiasm for seeing people you know. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 11. Everyone's faces when you first pronounce Houston Street wrong (the way it looks). Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 12. The climb up to your sixth floor walk-up apartment. 13. Doing your laundry/getting your laundry done?? Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 14. Buying furniture, getting said furniture into your actual home. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 15. Trying to keep up with everyone's trendy combined-neighborhood abbreviations. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 16. Assembling your groceries bit by bit depending on how far you're willing to go that day and how much you can carry. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 17. Finding cleaning supplies. Why are there so few?? Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 18. The dramatically heightened number of curbs/corners/subway steps/street cellars to trip and fall over. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 19. All the sweating. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 20. Having enough cash for restaurants/bars/coffee shops that are cash only. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 21. The bugs. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 22. Going from being one of the trendier people wherever you came from to...not knowing what you'd even call what people here are wearing. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 23. Explaining the juice thing to your friends back home.