Most expensive cities to rent. Want to live in San Fran? You gon pay!

• Commander of Awesome

  

  Automatik;1510617 wrote:That's why Cali is appealing to me...a few hours drive one way you have the beach, the other...snow. I don't see myself there anytime soon, but it's in the back of my mind.

  It's def awesome. low to mid 70s year round. Rarely rains, best water supply in the country (Hetch Hetchy) in 20 mins or less I can be out in the redwoods with great hiking/camping, and less than 3 hours away is Tahoe. Can't beat it.
• raiderbuck

  raiderbuck;1510504 wrote:Chicago rent could be cheaper. My (previous) landlord rented us their apartment at $1750 (2 bed/1 bath). In two years, she jacked up the price to $2300. We moved out, some other schmuck pays it now.

  No so much the price, but the jump in price is what shocked us.
• Midstate01

  

  Studios here in Honolulu are 2k plus. We decided to live on base solely because of off base cost of housing and electric.
  
  A 3br place in a decent area will be 3k+
  
  Just another reason I'm ready to get to San Antonio. Cheaper gas,groceries,food,and housing!
• Automatik

  

  2 people in a studio?! I'd be interested to see how that looks.
  
  I'm assuming it's rather large. I was in a studio before my current setup. Around 380 sq feet....fucking terrible.
• Glory Days

  

  Automatik;1510617 wrote:That's why Cali is appealing to me...a few hours drive one way you have the beach, the other...snow. I don't see myself there anytime soon, but it's in the back of my mind.

  you also have hipsters and democrats, so it breaks even in the end.
• Automatik

  

  I currently live in the hipster capital of...the world. I can handle it!!
• SportsAndLady

  

  Automatik;1511043 wrote:I currently live in the hipster capital of...the world. I can handle it!!

  Hipsters..worst
• Commander of Awesome

  

  SportsAndLady;1511047 wrote:Hipsters..worst

  Worse than rednecks in the midwest that still use homophobic slurs? Eh, give me a hipster over a bigot.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Hipsters are the wprst of the worst
• ytownfootball

  

  Moved to Charleston, SC a little over a year ago. There is a special kind of redneck down here, geesh.
• #1DBag

  

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• Automatik

  

  ytownfootball;1511060 wrote:Moved to Charleston, SC a little over a year ago. There is a special kind of redneck down here, geesh.

  I spent some time there last summer. Charleston is a nice place, very "up and coming." I still couldn't do it though, I can only handle the south and what goes along with in brief visits.
• Belly35

  

  My daughter informed me that the company she works for has ask if she could go the LA for three months on a project they need help with additional salary increase.
  Her job will be safe in Chicago after the three months, will put her up in LA (room and board) in a hotel/studio just down the street from the office in downtown LA. She will still have to pay for her apartment lease in Chicago, so when she does come back to Chicago off and on she has a place to come back to.
  
  Sounds like a good deal … almost to good..
• I Wear Pants

  Midstate01;1510698 wrote:Studios here in Honolulu are 2k plus. We decided to live on base solely because of off base cost of housing and electric.
  
  A 3br place in a decent area will be 3k+
  
  Just another reason I'm ready to get to San Antonio. Cheaper gas,groceries,food,and housing!

  I forget what my sister was paying but hers was a 3BR with a bit of a yard.
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  Belly35;1511885 wrote:My daughter informed me that the company she works for has ask if she could go the LA for three months on a project they need help with additional salary increase.
  Her job will be safe in Chicago after the three months, will put her up in LA (room and board) in a hotel/studio just down the street from the office in downtown LA. She will still have to pay for her apartment lease in Chicago, so when she does come back to Chicago off and on she has a place to come back to.
  
  Sounds like a good deal … almost to good..

  sounds like a standard deal to me?
• Pick6

  

  ZWICK 4 PREZ;1511899 wrote:sounds like a standard deal to me?

  same
• TBone14

  

  Belly35;1511885 wrote:My daughter informed me that the company she works for has ask if she could go the LA for three months on a project they need help with additional salary increase.
  Her job will be safe in Chicago after the three months, will put her up in LA (room and board) in a hotel/studio just down the street from the office in downtown LA. She will still have to pay for her apartment lease in Chicago, so when she does come back to Chicago off and on she has a place to come back to.
  
  Sounds like a good deal … almost to good..

  ZWICK 4 PREZ;1511899 wrote:sounds like a standard deal to me?

  Pretty standard. My company just did that with me. I spend most of the summer in Portland, Oregon. Didn't have to pay for a thing out there but still had my stuff here to take care of. All of the bills went to the company and i got per diem for food/groceries and incidentals. Expensed everything else. Actually saved money because I didn't have to pay for food, gas, etc. I did spend more time at the Indians reservations and throughbred race track than perhaps is advised but it still worked out.
  
  

  Pick6;1511903 wrote:same

• queencitybuckeye

  Missing part or all of one Chicago winter in favor of L.A. sounds pretty good to me.
• Classyposter58

  

  I'd rather buy a big old plantation in Alabama around no one
• I Wear Pants

  Classyposter58;1512167 wrote:I'd rather buy a big old plantation in Alabama around no one

  The only way Alabama is tolerable is if you don't have to deal with the people there.