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"The high cost of living in Boston only adds to Harvard students' struggle." "The average rent for a Boston one-bedroom is $3,215 a month. Ljunggren said it’s
by lapcat 3y ago
"The high cost of living in Boston only adds to Harvard students' struggle."
"The average rent for a Boston one-bedroom is $3,215 a month. Ljunggren said it’s not uncommon for students to be paying $2,000 a month for a studio apartment, or living with multiple roommates to cover a $4,000-a-month two-bedroom." https://www.vice.com/en/article/93kwaa/harvard-tells-grad-students-to-get-food-stamps-to-supplement-the-unlivable-wages-it-pays-them https://www.vice.com/en/article/93kwaa/harvard-tells-grad-st...
- amluto 3y agoThat latter paragraph is odd. It seems that the reporter is mentioning average rent in Boston, and I wouldn’t expect the HGSU president to use that as a benchmark: Boston is an unusual place for a Harvard grad student to live. Perfectly nice Somerville 2BR units appear to be available for a bit above $2k/mo, and they quite a bit more conveniently located to Harvard than most of Boston is.
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