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we wanted a 2-bedroom apartment and a reasonable commute. Ultimately this meant that our rent was $4250 USD per month... Whaaa....

• munchbunny 8y ago
  That sounds in the ballpark these days. It's in the range on the nicer end but not a luxury apartment.
  • tokyodude 8y ago
    I actually find the majority of the apartments in SF to be quite bad. I love the looks of some of the old buildings but,.. they were often built for single families. They'll have 3-4 bedrooms and one bathroom. For apartments so many are really old with zero sound insulation. Many apartments you have zero privacy and can here everything going at your neighbor's. My SF apartment just walking from one room to another after 11pm would piss off the neighbors. I basically had to tiptoe to bed for 6 years and otherwise stay out of the bedroom as the floors were really thin and the people downstairs would complain. Lots of apartments were single family homes and then split. They'll advertise 2 bedrooms but it will really be just a re-purposed living room or dining room with double doors or a temporary wall. I get the impression 30% to 50% of the city is that way (way old) and most of the rest is like 70s-80s stuff that really needs to be torn down and rebuilt. Some of the more modern buildings say down in China Basin might be more sound proof and energy efficient? No idea.
  • mmmmmmmmm 8y ago
    That's low-end these days. I have friends paying $4800 for a two bedroom in SF.
  • AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago
    Yeah, but it's also about 3 times my entire house payment here in the midwest.
    • LyndsySimon 8y ago
      It's five times my mortgage payment on a five bedroom house on a half acre, inside the city limits of a town ~13k.