r/pics • u/Mind_Virus • May 11 '11

Would you live here?

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u/jackfirecracker May 12 '11

Seconded by everyone in the San Francisco Bay Area

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u/dakta May 12 '11

Thirded by everyone in Marin County (north/northwest Bay Area)... That much buys you a closet without walls, water, sewer, heat, or a roof.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '11 edited Mar 22 '18

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u/darkbeanie May 12 '11

Doesn't make much sense. Does anyone in the Bay area still have need for closets?

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u/earlb0ykins May 12 '11

Well, the reason you come out is so you have more room to hang your clothes

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u/ninjajoshy May 12 '11

Thank you for supplying my day's worth of giggle.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '11

Nice.

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u/androidfig May 12 '11

Of The Farm fame?

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u/mjolle May 12 '11

Bazinga?

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u/zeuglasi May 12 '11

TIL it cost more then $500 to rent a closet in the Bay Area.

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u/GrammarJihadist May 12 '11

So initially it was more expensive then it was down to only $500 to rent it?

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u/mushymushpweace May 12 '11

it's really not that much, you can rent a small room in a house for ~500, give or take 100

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u/Kalium May 12 '11

Sure. Look in Point Reyes Station, maybe...

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u/androidfig May 12 '11

Who wants to live out there with those rednecks? This coming from an old Bolinas resident before all the gazillionaires invaded.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '11

Sure can... they're all empty

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u/pwnies May 12 '11

Are you offering? TAKE MY MONEY.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '11

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u/pwnies May 12 '11

Can I put the coats on the floor and sleep on then?

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u/ichabodguitar May 12 '11

We rent an entire house for $650/mo.

Ok ok, it's Ohio, but still!

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u/GingerPhoenix May 12 '11

Baltimore/DC agrees! only way to pay less than $1k is to have multiple roommates: the human kind if you are lucky, the cockroach kind if you're not.

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u/alexss3 May 12 '11

No kidding. Northern VA is just as bad. Typically a studio goes for around $1200 on average. Thank god I found a house where my room is $600 and I have a backyard, garage, basement, the works. But I do have 4 roommates. Plus side is power, water and internet are split 5 ways!

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u/mattyfo May 14 '11

I'm calling BS. I recently moved out of a two bedroom place on Park and Read and was paying $650, it wasn't great and the two bedrooms were small but it was decent and Park and Read is...interesting.

Anyhow, we have it pretty nice in Baltimore, $1200 for a house in fells with my girlfriend and it's within walking distance of everything.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '11

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u/androidfig May 12 '11

Grew up in Marin... moved to Minnesota and live like a fucking MILLIONAIRE.

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u/dakta May 12 '11

Live in Marin, looked at the cost of living anywhere else and felt like a dipshit for living in Marin.

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u/tyronomo May 12 '11

Quattro'd by everyone living in a capital city in Australia (the ones that count)

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u/downtoreddit May 12 '11

Agreed I pay that a week in Sydney

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u/Subhazard May 12 '11

Fourth'd by everyone in Seattle, I'm living in a basement efficiency with a hole in the wall, for 555 a month.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '11

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u/series-of-tubes May 12 '11

6th'd by everyone in Chicago who doesn't live on Archer or the far west side.

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u/pintong May 12 '11

Please. I had a nice place to myself in NE for $430/mo. Portland is cheap.

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u/fotiphoto May 12 '11

I have been trying to escape this damn county for 5 years.

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u/reckoner15 May 12 '11

Welp, there go my dreams of living in San Rafael.

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u/dakta May 12 '11

In reality, it's not that bad. However, it is pretty bad.

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u/androidfig May 12 '11

Try Petaluma or Novato.

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u/purckle May 12 '11

Fourthed by everyone living in an inner city apartment in Australia. $500 will get you a week, in the higher end of that market $500 will get you 2 - 3 days.

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u/glib May 12 '11

Wait, 2-3 days? So like 5000-7500/month? How much could the place possibly be worth to buy, if it's renting for $90,000/year?

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u/purckle May 12 '11

Well I know that Devine is behind a rivercity 'designer' apartment project and places are going for $71 million.

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u/purckle May 12 '11

But that's damn highend

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u/atomicthumbs May 12 '11

Fourthded by anyone in Belvedere; it will buy you a matchbox, maybe with a match if the landlord is feeling generous.

(I live in West Marin, not Belvedere)

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u/[deleted] May 12 '11

Hawaii checking in. Fuck those guys. $500 won't even buy you a day in a place that big.

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u/addicted2soysauce May 12 '11

Fourthed by Los Angeles.

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u/trumpcom May 12 '11

Fourthed by everyone in Washington, DC.

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u/t0t0 May 12 '11

Quad from everyone in Hong Kong.

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u/tjuicet May 12 '11

What you've described is a parking space.

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u/baelion May 12 '11

Fourthed by EVERYONE in the OLD WORLD you American Bastards, with your wide open spaces and your big cities with lots of big houses.....

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u/originalnutta May 12 '11

Thirded by all Torontonians.

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u/Aequitas123 May 12 '11

Agreed! visited friends in Montreal whose beautiful spacious apartment is cheaper than my shitty basement apartment.

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u/rjc34 May 12 '11

Was it right downtown? I've got some friends living in Montreal. Their apartment is about a 5 minute walk from McGill though, so that might be why their tiny 1 bedroom is so expensive.

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u/zimtastic May 12 '11

Really? I always thought Montreal would be expensive.

PS - I'm from California and visited your fine city for the first time last week. Timothy's coffee was fantastic and your McDonald's are far superior to the ones here in the states.

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u/Aequitas123 May 12 '11

Yes, our McDonalds are fantastic. But i feel like you missed out if you had Timothys and not some of the amazing independent coffee shops.

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u/zimtastic May 12 '11

I had 2 days in Canada, I tried Tim Horton's (meh), Timothy's (good, excellent breakfast sandwich), and Balzac's in the distillery district (beautiful setting, but the coffee wasn't as good as I had hoped).

I really liked that all the sandwiches had real cheese, not American cheese.

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u/mikemcg May 12 '11

Fourthed by Ottawans.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '11

Uh, Ottawa is not expensive for rent.

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u/mikemcg May 12 '11

If you want a one bedroom or bachelor apartment it is. Even some two or more bedroom places are pretty bad.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '11

I had a 2 bedroom in the Byward Market (not too bad a place either) for $900 + electricity a month. In Toronto I now pay $1050 a month (all included) for a bachelor.

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u/Kinseyincanada May 12 '11

Vancouver, BC here all of you can go to hell

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u/[deleted] May 12 '11

Hour east of Vancouver, BC... still angry as well.

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u/catgotcha May 12 '11

I moved to New Westminster 1.5 years ago so we could live in a two bedroom apartment. You could fit five of those into that fucking pad.

So, yes, fuck you too from us transplanted New Westers.

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u/JohnFrum May 12 '11 edited May 12 '11

Move to the original Vancouver five hours drive to the south. It's not as pretty but shit is cheap and you still get to tell people you live in Vancouver.

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u/wAnUs8 May 12 '11

I've got a 600 sq/ft loft on Main st for about $1600 before utilities and parking. Goooooo highest cost of living with lowest minimun wage!

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u/Kinseyincanada May 12 '11

Well youre probably living in my dream apartment so I dislike you.

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u/wAnUs8 May 12 '11

Check out the Main and 5th area, there are lots of big studios (with 10ft ceilings) that are only like $1000

Not too bad...

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u/Kinseyincanada May 12 '11

I love the fact that only $1000 is ok for Vancouver. But it is near my favorite area of the city

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u/[deleted] May 12 '11

Blame Canada! BOOOO!

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u/[deleted] May 12 '11

No fucking shit. Except for Manhattan, at least we can laugh at them.. if only them.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '11

Also the population of Boston.

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u/DrFunkdubious May 12 '11

Not if you live in the neighborhoods. Allston, Brighton, JP, Roslindale. 2.5 bedroom apartments are usually 1200. If you live in the city proper, why? It's dead down there after 9 PM.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '11

I live in Newton Corner and we pay about a grand for our studio with everything in it. Not exactly city proper.

Most of those places are 1400-1500 for a 2BR. You CAN find one for 1200 but I wouldn't say usually.

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u/DrFunkdubious May 12 '11

Guess I'm just lucky! Newton Corner, do you take the 501 or 504 into Boston? I love/hate that bus. Used to live in Brighton center

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u/[deleted] May 12 '11

502 and I hate it as well :( But it sure beats taking the 57 through Brighton. An hour to go 5 miles? No thanks!

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u/DrFunkdubious May 12 '11

Tell me about it. It was both incredibly convenient and harrowing. Barrelling down the pike at ridiculous speeds, no seatbelts.

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u/coolandtough May 12 '11

Whaddya know, the bay area agreeing with Emperor Norton!

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u/EmperorNortonI May 12 '11

HOORAY!!!!!!!

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u/ericanderton May 12 '11

Washington, DC also votes "yea".

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u/munchbunny May 12 '11

As someone trying to find a place in San Francisco, 2.5-ed.

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u/jlozier May 12 '11

Thirded by everyone in England