Man, how did rent become so expensive.

[chuckywang]

When I was at UIUC from 2005-2006, I had a one year lease on a 3 bedroom apartment for $800 per month. My two roommates and I split up the rent three ways, so it was $267 per month for me. I thought it was a little expensive for me, since I only made about $700 per month.

Now, in Chicago, all one bedroom apartments go from $800 to $1200, with the $800 per month apartments being older and more desolate than the more expensive ones.

Wow, I need to pay over 4x as much as I used to.

 

[tfinch2]

I pay $685 for a brand new one bedroom apartment.

 

[TheWart]

I hear you....graduated this month, moving to DC in august to start my job and rent for Studios (not even 1 bedroom places) is like 750-1300 unless you want to live out in the country.

 

[Joony]

My 3 bedroom apartment at UIUC is $540 a month! 🙂

Darn expensive Chicago!

 

[effowe]

I pay 825 in Lakeview for a 1br. That's just how it is in the nicer neighborhoods. Look at Logan Square, Hyde Park, East Southside, or up north (of Irving) if you want more reasonable prices.

 

[PrinceofWands]

Rent is some higher now, but mostly it's about location. You can still grab an apartment around here for 500/mo pretty easy.

 

[michaels]

Damn that sucks...our house payment is 500 and that is a 4 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car garage on 1 1/2 acres.

 

[Accipiter22]

that's expensive? I'm lookin at 1400 in boston for a 1BR

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: effowe
I pay 825 in Lakeview for a 1br. That's just how it is in the nicer neighborhoods. Look at Logan Square, Hyde Park, East Southside, or up north (of Irving) if you want more reasonable prices.

How close are you to Wrigley Field? Do you have a link to your apartment complex?

 

[trmiv]

We pay $1874/m for a one bedroom here in the SF Bay Area. We're moving to Raleigh, NC next month and looking at a 2 bedroom 2 bath apartment for $835 a month.

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
that's expensive? I'm lookin at 1400 in boston for a 1BR

Well, you have to first set an upper bound, say at $1000.

 

[VenomXTF]

Be glad you don't live in NYC. I'm still trying to find a nicer apartment with rent low enough to have money left to put in the bank. Anyone have any suggestions for a 1 bedroom close to midtown Manhattan, I'm willing to move to Jersey but don't know the area well.

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: trmiv
We pay $1874/m for a one bedroom here in the SF Bay Area. We're moving to Raleigh, NC next month and looking at a 2 bedroom 2 bath apartment for $835 a month.

Got a baby on the way? 😉

Why 2 bedroom?

 

[illusion88]

I pay $400 a month to split a 5 bedroom house with 4 other individuals in Salt Lake.

 

[Chaotic42]

Yeah, it's rough. I live in a small town in Mississippi and I pay $815/mo. Of course, one thing I've noticed is that apartments down here are orders of magnitude nicer than ones up north. Washer and dryer hook ups, central heating and air, outside storage space, individual entrances... I haven't been able to find an apartment down here that didn't have all of that. Kind of like a small house.

 

[trmiv]

Originally posted by: chuckywang

Originally posted by: trmiv
We pay $1874/m for a one bedroom here in the SF Bay Area. We're moving to Raleigh, NC next month and looking at a 2 bedroom 2 bath apartment for $835 a month.

Got a baby on the way? 😉

Why 2 bedroom?

We're only going to live there for like 9 months while we pay some bills and find a house. We have a garage here we use for storage so the second bedroom there is going to be for storage.

 

[effowe]

Originally posted by: chuckywang

Originally posted by: effowe
I pay 825 in Lakeview for a 1br. That's just how it is in the nicer neighborhoods. Look at Logan Square, Hyde Park, East Southside, or up north (of Irving) if you want more reasonable prices.

How close are you to Wrigley Field? Do you have a link to your apartment complex?

I'm at Belmont and Broadway, which is about 4-6 city blocks from Wrigley. For my Apt. I used Chicago Apartment Finders. It's a free service where you just give them all the info you want, location, price, amenities, and they find all the places for you and drive you there to check them out. And it's all free. Check them out.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: trmiv

Originally posted by: chuckywang

Originally posted by: trmiv
We pay $1874/m for a one bedroom here in the SF Bay Area. We're moving to Raleigh, NC next month and looking at a 2 bedroom 2 bath apartment for $835 a month.

Got a baby on the way? 😉

Why 2 bedroom?

We're only going to live there for like 9 months while we pay some bills and find a house. We have a garage here we use for storage so the second bedroom there is going to be for storage.

We use our 2nd bedroom for storage/computer room 🙂

 

[AStar617]

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
that's expensive? I'm lookin at 1400 in boston for a 1BR

ygpm 😉

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: effowe
I pay 825 in Lakeview for a 1br. That's just how it is in the nicer neighborhoods. Look at Logan Square, Hyde Park, East Southside, or up north (of Irving) if you want more reasonable prices.

Didn't know you lived in LV, where at, so do I 🙂

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: chuckywang
When I was at UIUC from 2005-2006, I had a one year lease on a 3 bedroom apartment for $800 per month. My two roommates and I split up the rent three ways, so it was $267 per month for me. I thought it was a little expensive for me, since I only made about $700 per month.

Now, in Chicago, all one bedroom apartments go from $800 to $1200, with the $800 per month apartments being older and more desolate than the more expensive ones.

Wow, I need to pay over 4x as much as I used to.

How are housing prices in and around Chicago? Higher housing prices generates a greater demand for rental properties, hence the higher apartment prices.

 

[effowe]

Originally posted by: Platypus

Originally posted by: effowe
I pay 825 in Lakeview for a 1br. That's just how it is in the nicer neighborhoods. Look at Logan Square, Hyde Park, East Southside, or up north (of Irving) if you want more reasonable prices.

Didn't know you lived in LV, where at, so do I 🙂

Look at my 2nd post.

 

[her209]

As home prices go up, there are more people who cannot afford to buy and therefore must rent thus causing competition and creating an increase demand.

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: effowe

Originally posted by: Platypus

Originally posted by: effowe
I pay 825 in Lakeview for a 1br. That's just how it is in the nicer neighborhoods. Look at Logan Square, Hyde Park, East Southside, or up north (of Irving) if you want more reasonable prices.

Didn't know you lived in LV, where at, so do I 🙂

Look at my 2nd post.

lol whoops, YGPM 😛

 

[LegendKiller]

I live in the upper west side in Manhattan. I pay $3,475/mo for a 720sqft 1-bedroom. Cry me a river.