Sure, Starbucks is negligible, but that much rent (assuming you're not in San Fran) makes the difference between a nice apartment in a nice location or a bad on

Sure, Starbucks is negligible, but that much rent (assuming you're not in San Fran) makes the difference between a nice apartment in a nice location or a bad one in a bad location (or some such mix) in many place. There's all sorts of other implications that come with a better place that we can't necessarily chalk as simply extravagant unneeded spending.