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Your number for SF is a bit outdated, add an extra $1k.

• michokest 15y ago
  Last time I visited it was a homeswap :) I'll edit that, thanks!
  • timr 15y ago
    The parent is wrong. $2-$3k is still quite reasonable as a rent number in SF.
    • goodweeds 15y ago
      I've spent the past 4 months obsessively browsing craigslist. This summer I moved out of an apartment (non rent-controlled) because my rent was increased from $2850 to $4,150. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/apa/sfc?query=&srchType=A&minAsk=2000&maxAsk=3000&bedrooms=2 http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/apa/sfc?query=&srchTy... is a search of 2br apartments in the city of san francisco, all neighborhoods. It returns 253 listings. Raising that to 3000 -> 4000 gives you 265 listings. If I exclude the neighborhoods where I wouldn't live due to distance, safety, or a dislike of feeling like I'm in the burbs (bayview, excelsior, ingleside, north beach (fuck tourists), portola, richmond/seacliff, sunset, tenderloin) treasure island) then those searches (http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/apa/sfc?query=&srchType=A&minAsk=3000&maxAsk=4000&bedrooms=2&nh=1&nh=2&nh=149&nh=3&nh=4&nh=5&nh=6&nh=8&nh=11&nh=12&nh=14&nh=15&nh=16&nh=10&nh=20&nh=24&nh=17&nh=18&nh=19&nh=21&nh=164&nh=25&nh=27&nh=29&nh=118&nh=114&nh=30 http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/apa/sfc?query=&srchTy...) drop down to 106 and 184 apartments, respectively. The competition for apartments is fierce right now due to a combination lack of credit keeping people leasing rather than owning, and the current tech bubble having imported 10s of thousands of new dot-commies happy to spend 50% of their salaries on housing, because they're young and stupid. If you make under $150k, are fiscally conservative and don't want to live with roommates, then you're priced out of San Francisco.
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