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Depends on rent. I know people who decide to “splurge” on rent getting a 1 or 2 bed for just themselves in a decent spot. I also know people with multiple roomm
by opportune 7y ago
Depends on rent. I know people who decide to “splurge” on rent getting a 1 or 2 bed for just themselves in a decent spot. I also know people with multiple roommates and about an hour commute. And of course how much you eat out, buy expensive stuff, etc is a factor.
For me I only spend about $3-3.5k/mo including rent, all bills, flights home and vacations, and other crap. So my savings rate is relatively high
- bradlys 7y agoNo car and living with roommates? I can imagine that lifestyle in SF. But not in the rest of the bay.
- opportune 7y agoIf you live with roommates there are some luxury apartments nearish to Caltrain where you can get by fine. Usually lots of shopping around there
- bradlys 7y agoI guess if you're not going anywhere but along caltrain (and within caltrains hours) then sure. Otherwise, if you have an active nightlife or like to explore further away from caltrain (Or have to pay for caltrain and aren't getting it for free through work) then you'll quickly run up lyft/uber fares into car ownership territory. The luxury apartments are so expensive too! Renting one bedroom in a two bedroom is comparable to having a non-luxury one bedroom.
- opportune 7y agoI suppose you’re right about being limited but it doesn’t bother me. Wrt to luxury apartments the optimal strat is definitely to live in larger units (3+ bedrooms) and preferably a couple or two as well. You can get your rent down pretty low while maintaining a pretty high standard of living
- bradlys 7y agoI can't imagine doing it at my stage of life. I have plenty of peers who have done that. I've lived in a 5 bedroom 2 bath house (only 900sqft tho) with 4 strangers as well. Solitude and your own space comes at an outrageously high price here, sadly. But I pay it cause I can't live any other way sanely.