> I wonder if the concept of roommates pushed up the prices of 1 bd apartments I reckon no, since you'd have to pay more than half of the original rent for the

> I wonder if the concept of roommates pushed up the prices of 1 bd apartments I reckon no, since you'd have to pay more than half of the original rent for the price to go up, but you at most get to have just half the room. A higher cost per square footage, which doesn't seem like a good deal, if you could have already afforded the full rent intially.