Urban Rent Prices

Users debate and compare apartment and housing rental costs across cities, highlighting high prices in tech hubs like San Francisco, LA, and Seattle versus cheaper areas in the US, Europe, and Midwest.

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bla2 Sep 11, 2018 View on HN

That's just a bit over 1k / month -- similar to rent in SF :-P

rajanikanthr Apr 2, 2013 View on HN

you are underpaid if a single bedroom costs around 1500-1600$ per month in your country

blurbleblurble Feb 10, 2017 View on HN

In many urban areas, rent is not $1000 a month, let alone $2000 or $3000. In smaller cities you can often find rooms for $250-$500, although that seems to be changing very quickly in my area. Jobs often pay less too.

cousin_it May 1, 2008 View on HN

I pay around $1300 for a 1 bedroom apartment. This is a bit on the high side, but I like living in the city center, in summer it's almost European.

rfnslyr Jan 12, 2014 View on HN

It's HN, I just assume everyone pays like 5k~ in rent.

manfredo Sep 12, 2019 View on HN

The rent figures are an exaggeration. I lived in a mediocre studio for between $1.8k and $1.9k. $3k will get you a mediocre 1 bedroom or a pretty good studio.

weroiwehrk Sep 19, 2017 View on HN

Where are you living 30 minutes out that the rent isn't still an egregious > 1.5k/mo?

Raphmedia Aug 29, 2017 View on HN

Probably living somewhere that allows you to rent a room for less than half a bazillion dollar per day.

tempsy Nov 21, 2019 View on HN

It's certainly possible I've become numb to the idea of paying $2k+ a month in rent, but as far as I'm aware this is the cost of a typical 1 bedroom in LA or Seattle and cost of a smaller studio in NYC.The difference is the salary you can command in SF is well above the difference in cost.

igor_filippov Jun 21, 2017 View on HN

Still cheaper than paying rent in Bay Area I assume?