• jjagaimo@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    At 24 I can’t afford rent within an hour drive of my workplace. Average rent is $2700/mo (distribution is bimodal really, $2500ish and $3000ish). I could barely afford that if I was making twice what I do now

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      7 months ago

      I pay $800. Even if I move for a $10k raise, I’ll lose more than that paying rent somewhere where there are jobs.

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      7 months ago

      Where do you live? I am in MD and there are plenty of places that are under $1500 for a 1 bedroom. Still expensive, but nowhere near the number you are talking about.

        • EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          7 months ago

          Considering the cheapest place I could find in my hometown even 15 years ago was a room in somebody’s house with “occasional kitchen access” for $1k a month, this could easily be just about anywhere outside of the rural US.