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$3000 for what? That seems high outside of in-demand urban areas. In the rural parts of Oregon and California where I've lived, $2000 would get you a nice house

$3000 for what? That seems high outside of in-demand urban areas. In the rural parts of Oregon and California where I've lived, $2000 would get you a nice house with 2 or 3 bedrooms, and $1750 would get you a studio or 1 bedroom pretty easily. It just depends. As a single dude, I don't think I've ever paid $3000 for rent, anywhere I've lived, urban or rural. I think $2200 was the max and that was for a nicer short term rental. Some figures: https://www.apartments.com/rent-market-trends/us/ https://www.apartments.com/rent-market-trends/us/

MeetingsBrowser 1y ago
3 bed 2 bath house in the suburbs. In an above average, but not affluent area outside of a major city. Average rent for the city + suburbs is around $2400/month but that includes houses as well as apartments. It looks like the link you shared is focused on 700sqft apartments. The national average rent for a 3 bed house shows to be $2400
- solardev 1y ago
  Yeah, I can believe that. I've never been rich enough to be able to rent a single-family house to myself, only with several roommates or a partner. So to me "rent" has always been "cheap small apartment in a relatively safe but not luxurious part of town". It's all relative :) Even now, with a steady partner, both mid-career and in our late 30s/early 40s, we can only afford to rent one half of a duplex (for about $2000). That gets us 2bd/2ba next to a nice little hiking spot though, so we feel quite lucky! It's a very different life than the millionaire FAANG folks live, I assume. We barely scrape by month to month, but we're content and grateful for what we do have :) Just means no Vision Pro in our futures, lol. But if someone comes out with a good $300-$500ish wearable virtual monitor, I'd love that. Curious about the Xreals...
mettamage 1y ago
Detroit Michigan rents out studios for like 600-700 bucks

MeetingsBrowser 1y ago

3 bed 2 bath house in the suburbs. In an above average, but not affluent area outside of a major city. Average rent for the city + suburbs is around $2400/month but that includes houses as well as apartments. It looks like the link you shared is focused on 700sqft apartments. The national average rent for a 3 bed house shows to be $2400

solardev 1y ago
Yeah, I can believe that. I've never been rich enough to be able to rent a single-family house to myself, only with several roommates or a partner. So to me "rent" has always been "cheap small apartment in a relatively safe but not luxurious part of town". It's all relative :) Even now, with a steady partner, both mid-career and in our late 30s/early 40s, we can only afford to rent one half of a duplex (for about $2000). That gets us 2bd/2ba next to a nice little hiking spot though, so we feel quite lucky! It's a very different life than the millionaire FAANG folks live, I assume. We barely scrape by month to month, but we're content and grateful for what we do have :) Just means no Vision Pro in our futures, lol. But if someone comes out with a good $300-$500ish wearable virtual monitor, I'd love that. Curious about the Xreals...

mettamage 1y ago

Detroit Michigan rents out studios for like 600-700 bucks