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No, its not. That you are quoting these advertisements shows that you actually haven't been searching for an apartment in a long time. None of those prices you quoted are real. Absolutely none of them. You go into the place asking about the quote and it WILL be much different. Every company has a marketing scheme to get the potential renter into the building.
The fact that you seemed aghast at the idea of looking at and moving to a less expensive part of the country, a 'middle of nowhere' type place. It strikes me as a little condescending. I don't know, maybe I'm misreading you.
I've seen this attitude in a few friends and acquaintances, extended family, some of my girlfriend's family -- this complaining about how much things cost while insisting that the ONLY place that's worthy is a cosmopolitan city with all the amenities. The attitude exists, maybe I'm wrong about you having it.
I think part of the problem is the re-urbanization of America. Younger people and Millennials all seem to want to live in cities ... not the small towns. Here in Pennsylvania rents are cheap in places like Towanda or Altoona ... but almost no one wants to live there: they want to live right near downtown Pittsburgh or center city Philadelphia. They want to live within a 15 minute walk of the artisan brew pub, the Thai restaurant, the Starbucks, and the sushi bar. They want to live in a place with nightlife, an Apple store, a major sports team, and lots of decent shopping.
That place is $780 a month. And I PROMISE YOU, that price quoted is a lie. I know, because I have done that same thing with a dozen rentals so far. You go in and the price per month finally quoted is closer to $900-1000. You go in and they say "oh, our rates haven't been updated. Its a little higher now", plus the fees attached and the price goes up way high. A place I went to last week that put a price of $650 on their website ended up being $850 when it came down to putting a signature anywhere. That $850 price was in a middle class suburb of Jacksonville, FL. I scouted out that city recently looking for cheaper rent because I had a job offer.
And the low end scale they quote on their website is no doubt a marketing scheme to get potential renters to come into the complex.
Oh dear lord, you ask for an example, and then poo poo it. You want cheap rent, but aren't willing to go where the rent is cheap, you want want want.
If you want something you do what is necessary to get it, you don't sit there whining and wanting someone else to give it to you.
Nope, he is now paying his own way. He works fast food, pays his bills and pays for college. If he can do it, why can't you?
I did that, paying out-of-state rates, took seven years taking classes part time and working multiple min wage jobs. By the time I graduated, law school had become too expensive and without a law degree my liberal arts degree was worthless.
There should be urban growth boundaries, IMO, but local governments need to start building up. It's unsustainable to keep building out. World population is increasing, but we keep on using up arable land for sprawl. The solution is there, local governments just need to grow a set of balls and tell the NIMBYs to sit in the back of the bus
No chance that US is going to run out of land. Entire states are mostly rural.
Local governments open to creating affordable housing look to the federal government for a handout because the local tax base has no interest in footing the bill.
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