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Back to Reading Published Jan. 9, 2024, 8:04 p.m. ET Commuting from Ohio to NYC is cheaper than paying rent in Manhattan More Videos 0 seconds of 36 secondsVolume 0% Press shift question mark to access a list of keyboard shortcuts Keyboard ShortcutsEnabledDisabled Play/PauseSPACE Increase Volume↑ Decrease Volume↓ Seek Forward→ Seek Backward← Captions On/Offc Fullscreen/Exit Fullscreenf Mute/Unmutem Decrease Caption Size- Increase Caption Size+ or = Seek %0-9 Next Up Heroic husky finds gas leak that could have 'blown up the whole house' 00:43 facebook twitter Email Linkhttps://nypost.com/2024/01/09/lifestyle/wsj-journalist-commutes-from-ohio-to-nyc-to-save-on-housing/ Copied Auto180p1080p720p540p360p270p180p Live 00:01 00:35 00:36 MORE ON: RETURN TO WORK * EVERYONE IS NOW USING FULL-BODY DEODORANT: ‘PEOPLE ARE JUST STRUGGLING WITH BODY ODOR’ * UPS TO SLASH 12,000 JOBS IN COST-SAVING MOVE AS WORKERS ORDERED TO BE IN OFFICE 5 DAYS A WEEK * NYC’S RETURN-TO-OFFICE TREND GAINS STEAM, HITS NEARLY 70% OF PRE-PANDEMIC LEVEL * ARE YOU GUILTY OF BREAKING THESE UNSPOKEN OFFICE RULES?: ‘THIS SHOULD BE AN ACTUAL LAW’ He’s wingin’ it. With rents in the Big Apple hitting record highs last year, Wall Street Journal reporter Chip Cutter is going above and beyond by “supercommuting” from his home in Columbus, Ohio, to NYC three days a week. “When it came time to return [to the office] in 2022, I was underwhelmed at the housing options in my price range. I toured one-room studios facing brick walls and climbed crumbling staircases to reach dank apartments with ancient fixtures,” Cutter wrote in an essay this week. “I thought I could keep my expenses — rent in Ohio, plus travel costs — at or below the price of a nice New York studio, or roughly $3,200 a month,” Cutter added, noting that he covers his own travel expenses to spend three days a week in the office. The bold strategy isn’t entirely unorthodox — it’s actually gaining steam with the younger crowd as one Gen Zer boasted that she routinely commutes to Newark, NJ, from South Carolina to save money. 4 With rents in NYC hitting record highs last year, Wall Street Journal reporter Chip Cutter is going above and beyond by “supercommuting” from his Ohio home to NYC three days a week. Getty Images SEE ALSO HORRIFYING NYC RENTAL MARKET FUELS HOURLONG LINES TO SEE TINY APARTMENT In Cutter’s case, he had relocated from NYC to an apartment near family early in the COVID-19 pandemic. He planned to use travel miles and hotel points to make the journey worthwhile. “To get to the office on time, I set my alarm in Columbus for 4:15 a.m. and hustled to the airport for 6 a.m. flights,” he penned. “When everything went according to plan, I made it door-to-door in three hours. If delays occurred, I scrambled to rebook on other flights.” Cutter initially enjoyed swanky stays at high-end hotels like The Beekman — but such a lifestyle was unsustainable, he found. 4 Cutter commonly bounced around hotels, such as a Midtown Hampton Inn. Getty Images SEE ALSO MIDTOWN, LOWER MANHATTAN FOOT TRAFFIC DOWN 33% — ONE OF WORST POST-COVID RATES IN US: SURVEY “To conserve hotel points,” he traded Manhattan luxury — his newsroom is in the heart of Midtown on Sixth Avenue — for a South Queens hotel near Aqueduct Racetrack in the vicinity of JFK Airport and the Van Wyck Expressway. “My rooms overlooked a sea of empty parking spaces, but required half as many points as Manhattan alternatives,” he shared. And that was after staying at a Midtown Hampton Inn two days prior. Inconsistency aside, supercommuting also exacted a social toll, Cutter lamented. “I came to dread the go-to question asked at parties and work events in New York: ‘So where do you live?’” he sighed. Not to mention, he’s trying to make it work in the nation’s inflation capital. 4 Cutter initially enjoyed swanky stays at high-end hotels like The Beekman — but such a lifestyle was unsustainable, he found. Chip Cutter/Linkedin “Costs mounted in the fall, New York’s prime tourist and business-travel season. Friends teased me for embracing a life of chaos,” Cutter wrote. “They weren’t wrong. Without a refrigerator or stove, late-night dinners often consisted of yogurt and fruit purchased from a 24-hour CVS. Needing to pack light, I stored shoes under my desk and left spare outfits on an office coat rack.” Cutter eventually yielded to the yoke of planes, trains, and automobiles. 4 New York prices hindered Cutter’s strategy. Song_about_summer – stock.adobe.com 148 What do you think? Post a comment. “In the end, the math didn’t work. I blew my budget by 15% and drained my miles balance,” he admitted. “But I flew so much and stayed in so many hotels that I kept my elite status with Hyatt and American.” Still, he’s not ready to throw in the towel just yet — even as one co-worker demanded he “get a f—ing apartment.” “My lease is up, but hotel rates in Manhattan this winter have plunged now that the holidays are over,” Cutter wrote. “Maybe that New York apartment search can be put off a little longer.” SHARE THIS ARTICLE: * Facebook * Twitter * Flipboard * WhatsApp * Email * Copy * * 148148 Comments Filed under * air travel * airplanes * commuters * new york * office * ohio * return to work * 1/9/24 Read Next Meat your new dream job: Oscar Mayer will pay Weinermobile... TOP CONCERTS Vividseats: Official Ticketing Partner of New York Post Get seats. Earn rewards. 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Getty Images Cutter commonly bounced around hotels, such as a Midtown Hampton Inn. Getty Images Cutter initially enjoyed swanky stays at high-end hotels like The Beekman — but such a lifestyle was unsustainable, he found. Chip Cutter/Linkedin New York prices hindered Cutter's strategy. 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