Not asking for donations, i just want to vent

$100 for 2 application fees, a $9 "service fee"each to pay for the application fee

$30 pet registration fee, with a $9 “service fee” to pay the $30

$400 pet deposit

$1500 damage deposit with a $50 “service fee” to pay that

$1500 first month rent

This is all for the cheapest 1 bedroom apt I could find this is insane. Also why was a 10 month lease like $300 a month cheaper than a longer lease? They’re gonna bump the rent up at least that much after aren’t they?

  • ObamaSama [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    17·
    3 days ago

    After I moved out from a place I was renting with my ex last year I crunched some numbers and realized that it’s cheaper to travel around the world and stay in a mix of hostels/long term stay airbnbs/share houses than it would be to rent a place by myself in a MCOL area while paying for a car. It’s absolutely fucking criminal how much price gouging there is in the US, I’m currently paying ~700 USD/mo for a cozy apartment in downtown Kyoto. It’s clean, quiet, safe, and I have literally everything I could ever need within a 20 minute walk. I don’t think anything comparable even exists in the US but the closest is likely downtown NYC/Boston for $3000+ a month while that same price might get you a place in bumfuck nowhere, North Dakota where a car is absolutely required.

    So all of that is to say, OP, get the fuck out of the US if you can.

    • hogslayer [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      1·
      11 hours ago

      it’s cheaper to travel around the world and stay in a mix of hostels/long term stay airbnbs/share houses than it would be to rent a place by myself in a MCOL area while paying for a car.

      heck, I’d do that in my own country (Canada), but none of that stuff is cheaper than renting. So not only can I not afford to move out into my own 1 bedroom studio apartment, I can’t afford to live in hostels or whatever.

      I’m not sure what it would cost to travel around the world doing that – probably less than renting a shitty apartment in Canada, but I do not have a remote job I could count on to fund my travels.