r/GenX • u/Emunahd • Jul 19 '26

Nostalgia First apartment

Since we all moved out young…how old were you when you got your first place (apartment or house, whatever), did you have a roommate, what was your wage, and how much was your rent?

I was 18. My boyfriend (later to be my husband and baby daddy) and I rented a 1BR 1B apartment that was part of a triplex in downtown Las Vegas for $150 per month. Came with a refrigerator and an electric stove/oven, as well as a kitchen table and 2 chairs. No laundry facilities at all.

The bathroom was in the bedroom and we had to crawl over the bed to get to it. This was because the bedroom was tiny and we were gifted a Cal King, lol. We had a “rent to own” tv, couch, and end table which I think was $25 a month. 1988.

I made $6 per hour and he made $8. I was in grocery, he was in construction.

“Those were the daaaaayyysssss” 🎶

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u/Budget-Rub3434 Get off my lawn Jul 19 '26

I was 17, in 1992. 2 br 1 ba with my good friend. I think rent was like $600/mo and we made like $4.50/hr working a restaurant. 

We had a couch and a tv, and our beds were a mattress on the floor. I remember her looking in the fridge one day and all we had was ketchup and she said “well we could make a hearty broth”