2 bedroom under $600 (Philadelphia: renting, neighborhood, live in)

[Marius Pontmercy]

Originally Posted by phillies2011

haha. good one.

you can't even get a one bedroom in a desirable area for $600. Even a studio would be pushing it.

also since when are stops along the eastern end of the MFL desirable? Frankford? Wissonoming? Bridesburg? These are not desirable places to live. I mean there are worse neighborhoods but no one in their right mind would call any of these neighborhoods desirable... barely acceptable at best. Even there you'll never be able to find a 2BR for under $600. The market would likely dictate that it would be possible because as i said these are not desirable neighborhoods, but the market is skewed in places like this because the landlords know they can take advantage of the section 8 system and get more than $600. That's why so many places in crummy neighborhoods don't just accept section 8 applicants, but demand them.

so yea... you're way off. $600 for a two bedroom in a desirable area is nuts. you'll never find that.

Bridesburg is a very good working class neighborhood. I'm talking about Bridesburg proper between I-95 and the river. West of the railroad and highway is Frankford, and Wissonoming, and as these things go Wissinoming is a lot better than Frankford as well.

edit: oh, and a house worth 50k in Kensington either has something very wrong with it that would make it practically unlivable, or its in a very undesirable area.

[blue bird]

Definitely not in Philly but you could in Phoenix, Columbus, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Memphis and Jacksonville.

[Marius Pontmercy]

Originally Posted by blue bird

Definitely not in Philly but you could in Phoenix, Columbus, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Memphis and Jacksonville.

lol

[FBJ]

Originally Posted by blue bird

Definitely not in Philly but you could in Phoenix, Columbus, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Memphis and Jacksonville.

I thought it was possible on 17th and Diamond

[streetcreed]

Originally Posted by blue bird

Definitely not in Philly but you could in Phoenix, Columbus, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Memphis and Jacksonville.

I don't know about that. In Columbus that would have to be in the most dangerous, horrible area. You can get an okay two bedroom, in a slight just ok area, for maybe 700-800.

The most desirable areas have two bedrooms in the mid 1000s and up.

[phillies2011]

Originally Posted by WestPhillyDude75

I thought it was possible on 17th and Diamond

Haha what are you smoking? That is practically on Temple's campus. No where in this has more artificially inflated rent prices than around this city's many universities. A two bedroom apartment around there would be over a grand, easy. Keep in mind a dorm room is basically a studio apartment with shared kitchen and bathroom spaces that two people live in and pay over 500 a month each to do so. It's an insane ripoff and leads to jacked up rent prices in nearby off campus housing.

[sweendog024]

So i've done a ton of research on this in the last couple of years. I'd say that you might be able to find a 2 bedroom for 800 in Port Richmond or in the few decent blocks past Aramingo that are "Port Richmond/Kensingon" depending on who you ask. However it is not hard to find a 3 br place for 900 in that area...if you can find a 3rd roommate. Otherwise it is very hard but you can comb the web and find a place in a dangerous area like Frankford, Kensington, North Philly, Southwest Philly for something like that.

[RightonWalnut]

Originally Posted by WestPhillyDude75

I thought it was possible on 17th and Diamond

While attending Temple, myself and my other two roommates each paid $550 a month not including utilities to live at 15th and Norris, and then at 16th and Diamond.

[FBJ]

Originally Posted by phillies2011

Haha what are you smoking? That is practically on Temple's campus. No where in this has more artificially inflated rent prices than around this city's many universities. A two bedroom apartment around there would be over a grand, easy. Keep in mind a dorm room is basically a studio apartment with shared kitchen and bathroom spaces that two people live in and pay over 500 a month each to do so. It's an insane ripoff and leads to jacked up rent prices in nearby off campus housing.

It shouldn't be because is nothing like the University of Penn area. Why would I pay a lot of money to be robbed?

[phillies2011]

Originally Posted by WestPhillyDude75

It shouldn't be because is nothing like the University of Penn area. Why would I pay a lot of money to be robbed?

Believe it or not, your lack of knowledge of North Philadelphia does not drive rent prices down. Students renting in the area can expect to pay at the very minimum $500 per bedroom! You're not going to find a $600 2BR anywhere near Temple, end of story.

The perception of crime or the quality of the neighborhood doesn't matter. There are a ton of students and the demand is insane, thus prices are high. You can think it should be less if you want, that doesn't change prices.