OK, but even assuming you can get a boat for a very low price, they're still comparing average apartment rent to the cost of living in a small floating trash ca

OK, but even assuming you can get a boat for a very low price, they're still comparing average apartment rent to the cost of living in a small floating trash can. Yes, it may be less expensive to live in a floating wreck than an average apartment. It would also likely be miserable. A cost per square foot comparison would at least be somewhat more appropriate, and I would bet the cost would be higher for the boat. The author is clearly trying to create a story about a topic that people are already up in arms about, and they're stretching the truth to get there. It gets clicks and it gets shared.