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Originally Posted by ADqtPiMel
I live in DC, too -- I'd be surprised if the majority of people around our age aren't spending close to 50% of their salary on rent. It's hella expensive to live here. I was ECSTATIC to find our current place for $1500 a month.
I felt very posh to be making 30k at my first job out of school since I was surrounded by Hill staffers making 25k (I had one friend who got paid 18k to work on the Hill  ). I do make considerably more than that now. |
I think that's fairly accurate for most college graduates who live in major cities (NYC, Boston, DC, San Francisco, etc.). You definitely start out spending a ridiculous percentage of your salary on rent. It was certainly true for myself and my friends, except for those people who went into banking or finance. I had a fairly decent-paying job out of college, and people on here would still probably be surprised about what percentage of my income went to rent.
I think people who don't start out in major metropolitan areas have a really hard time understanding it. You just find ways to make it work.