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This is not representative of the US.

• tomjakubowski 10y ago
  It's not even representative of Los Angeles. The "one-day notice" thing makes this person's situation different, but it's not hard at all to find 2 bedroom apartments for less than $2400, even in expensive areas like Hollywood. Split each bedroom two ways (assuming relatively "equal" bedrooms…) and you'd have < $600 rent in a much saner (from my POV) living situation. If you expand the scope to Long Beach, the Valley, and South Bay, I'm sure you could find some 3BRs for < $2000 and pay around $600/mo to have your own room. For what it's worth, among my friends in LA — most of whom aren't well-off tech workers — none split a bedroom with anyone other than a significant other.