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Originally posted by deadbear80
Pricey in the sense that most of the apartments and condos near downtown are really meant for people with a fair bit of income to throw down. I wouldn't be surprised if the average rent for a one-bedroom was close to 800 or 900 a month. And that's in a suburb. I pay that right now with utilities already included--and I live in a priciest area of St. Louis, which is a medium-sized city; not a suburb. The area by the high school isn't great, no...but there are also few apartments near the high school--it's mostly lower income single family homes that start around 80,000-200,000. You could buy a small condo for that kind of money downtown. I grew up in Southeast Evanston (about 6-8 blocks south of Northwestern and 4 from the lake) and most of the houses near my parents sell for 750,000 (base price--the one down the street is on the market for over 2.8 million)...and the condos near us start at 500,000. That's pricey in my book...especially right out of college or as a young professional. Granted, I'm just a law student who will never be able to afford to live in Evanston until I'm married (since I do public interest work...a $30,000 a year paycheck won't really get me a nice place in Evanston) and who has lived in Boston on an Americorps stipend--so I'm used to being 'poor'...I'm trying to be realistic here...I wouldn't tell anyone that living in Evanston is cheap if they can't pay at least 700 a month in rent.
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the price on one bedroom apartments in Evanston is the same price as one bedroom apartments in Raleigh (where i live now). so yeah its not much of a difference in that area. but then again i've also lived in wilmington, nc where my mortgage payments were less than $600 for a 2 bedroom townhouse in the nicest area of town. and trust me, i'll be on around the same salary range as you and i know for a fact that an apartment is going to take up a hefty amount of my salary