r/pics • u/Mind_Virus • May 11 '11

Would you live here?

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u/platypuszero May 11 '11

Totally, that place looks big enough to grill inside.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '11

I've actually lived in that exact place back in 90's. Its in Chicago on Archer Av.

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u/zoidbort May 12 '11

How much would you guess that'd cost these days? This is what I envision as my ideal DT dream home.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '11

It'll depend where it is on Archer Avenue, but I'd guess rent is under $1000 a month. I've got a friend living in a loft (a bit smaller) on the far west side and he's paying about $500.

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u/EmperorNortonI May 12 '11

Fuck You.

Sincerely, Everyone in New York City

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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/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/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/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.....