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The article links to this report[1] by which SF 1-bedroom housing rents are also highest in the U.S. It's an interesting report, citing a median rent of $3,490
by vesinisa 11y ago
The article links to this report[1] by which SF 1-bedroom housing rents are also highest in the U.S. It's an interesting report, citing a median rent of $3,490 for 1-bedroom apartment in SF, but can someone please tell me if this is price per week, per 2 weeks, per month, or per year? In the UK for example rents are often cited per week or per 2 weeks, and where I live per month.
[1] https://www.zumper.com/blog/2016/01/zumper-national-rent-report-january-2016/ https://www.zumper.com/blog/2016/01/zumper-national-rent-rep...
- JoshTriplett 11y agoIn the US, home/apartment rental prices always refer to monthly cost unless explicitly stated otherwise.
- cangencer 11y agoI think UK is only place where rents are advertised as per week, found it very weird when living there.
- yen223 11y agoRents are listed as per week here in Australia too.
- tajen 11y agoAs a French citizen, I've always assumed that Oz and US could be culturally close. Both are young countries with a lot of space, "unlimited" resources and a need to manage imigration. After living 3 years in Oz, I've noticed it has a lot of similarities with UK, for example the use of the metric system (or their schizophrenia about it), the per week/per month rents, the orthograph and vocabulary ("aluminium";) and down to the awesome simplicity of their tax forms and tax code. Actually the UK tax code is canonically simple and should be adopted by the whole world ;)
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- Gustomaximus 11y agoIn Australia I head some anecdote that resonated that went something like; Aussies and Brits believe they are culturally different until there's an American in the room.
- esolyt 11y ago> I've noticed it has a lot of similarities with UK, for example the use of the metric system I'm not sure why you think this is worth pointing out, considering that Liberia, Myanmar, and the US are the only countries not using it.
- rhino369 11y agoA bunch of old British empire countries really half ass it.
- widdershins 11y agoHe was referring to our 'schizophrenic' use of it. It's used differently among generations. Older people use purely imperial, whereas young people use a confusing mixture. For example, I measure long distances in miles, but short distances in meters and centimeters! I think of weights and volumes in a metric way, except when talking about the weight of a person, when I use stone (not pounds, mind you). I might be an extreme example, but most people use an imperial-metric melange of some kind.
- pja 11y agoOnly in London - in the rest of the UK rents are usually monthly.
- petercooper 11y agoI think it only happens in areas of the UK where rents are very high, such that a monthly amount would look ridiculously high to almost anyone even if it's the going rate.
- diezge 11y agoThis trips many people up - £200 per week is not the same as £800 per month as most months are usually longer than 28 days. It is a way of (to many people, very sneakily) charging people more than they expect.
- jacques_chester 11y agoIt's not sneaky if it's the prevailing norm. Coming from Australia, I am accustomed to multiplying by 52 instead of 12.
- diezge 11y agoIt's different when you're used to it - a large amount of people here in London are from other countries/areas where this isn't prevalent and haven't worked out (or not really considered) the difference between the two.
- candeira 11y agoAustralia too.