cost of living
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- whodovoodoo
how much do you need to make to live comfortably in NYC or San Francisco? Are apartments really 2000 for a studio in those places?
- vanilla_cam0
no. not in sf anyway. depends on where you live. my wife and i pay 1200 for a small one bedroom in the mission. where are you located now?
- EKUL0
NY price has been down since the economy. still need at least $1300 - $1500 if you want to live somewhere close to civilization
- robco0
2000 would get you a decent studio in sf, in a reasonably non-dirty area.
- where are the non-dirty areas?whodovoodoo
- er... more like non-dirty street. every district bad parts, and nice street lined allys too imo.robco
- erikjonsson0
id say close to impossible to find a studio in manhattan for 2000. not easy in the alright parts of brooklyn either.
- refunktion0
Use craigslist to judge, you can find plenty of stuff in both cities for under $2k from what I have seen right now... seems you can find bigger places (bigger than ny as far as i can tell) in sf in pretty good areas for around 1600-1900 (1-2bd). I have been looking in sf for a few weeks and things are dropping steadily.... my sister is in ny and has noticed the price drops as well, her and her roommates just renegotiated their rent in washington park down to 2400 for a 3 bedroom.
- ukit0
Sounds like a six figure salary would be preferable in both places. Not just rent but overall cost of living is pretty high as well.
- pictodesign0
I think would be great a "Cost of Living + _city_" threads so people can figure out asking the right people in the right place...
- benfal990
Montreal is soooo cheap compared to those cities. for 1200 to 2000$ you live in a castle over here.
- benfal990
sure here a link Paralell:
http://montreal.kijiji.ca/f-hous…
- benfal990
my appartment in MTL, for rent soon:
http://benfal.tv/appart
- ukit0
My French is a bit rusty. How many square feet does a castle in Montreal generally have?
- benfal990
an appartment of 2000$ in montreal is 3 bedrooms, so something around 1500 square feets or 2000 square feet. It depend on many factors but it gives you an idea
- benfal990
those are real exemple:
1100$ month for a 1100 square feet 3 bedrooms place with an indoor parking space, a new building from 2006
or
900 square feet, 2 bedrooms for 800$
- Scotch_Roman0
I've got a house in STL. For what we pay per month on our mortgage, we couldn't get a cardboard box in NYC. That's one thing about the East Coast that I don't miss at all. Lower overall standard of living in the big cities.
- benfal990
with all the money we save, we buy beer and chips.
- ukit0
Site is looking nice benfal, especially that first pic on the illustration page.
- airey0
hey benfal, great illustrations! love your work.
- benfal990
zarconite, you live in Montreal or Calgary?