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How to get help with tasks and move stuff around NYC without a car in 2026

This weekend I had an adventure! I needed to move a big TV from 12th Street to 57th Street, and then take a different TV from 57th Street to 47th Street. In Manhattan. I can't do it with a train pass, so how do you do it!?

TaskRabbit to the rescue!

What can you use TaskRabbit for?

Think of it like this. If you've got a task like:

  • Mounting;
  • Installation;
  • Moving;
  • Packing;
  • Furniture assembly;
  • Home improvement;
  • General handy tasks; or
  • Heavy lifting;

These are the people for you! Super duper-friendly people who come to your place (with a car if you need it) and help you with a seemingly insurmountable pain in the butt problem.

SPECIAL shout out to Tim T, my legend from this week:

Tim T Task Rabbit

He took care of my whole task in 45 minutes! I mean. That's near superhuman! Thanks, Tim!

If you want $20 to get started (and want to give me a kickback of the same so I can use Tim again) head to my referral link at: https://www.taskrabbit.com/r/3ux23/try

Let me know how you go!

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Josh Pugh

Josh Pugh is the founder and CEO of America Josh, the largest community for Australians living in the United States — a network of more than 75,000 members across all 50 states, grown in part through the acquisition of the Australians in the USA and Aussies International communities. Originally from South Australia, Josh moved to New York in 2017 and became a US citizen in October 2025 — so the advice he publishes comes from having personally navigated the whole journey, from the E-3 visa to citizenship. Through America Josh he has written hundreds of practical, first-hand guides on moving to and living in the US: visas and immigration, taxes, healthcare, banking, housing and settling into life in New York City. Josh is also President of Variety – the Children's Charity of New York and Founder & CEO of Fortnight Digital. He lives in the New York area with his wife Stacey and their two sons, Danny and Liam.View Author posts

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