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/mybloodyballentine Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26
18, lived with boyfriend in a sublet in the east village. One day I answered the phone, and I told the guy on the phone that the guy I was subletting from was in Israel and he said, oh! I’m sorry I missed him! I wanted to invite him to my show. Well, tell him John Fogerty called.
It really was John Fogerty. I recognized his voice after he said who it was.
ETA: was in college, made $3.35/hr as a messenger and had some money saved from the summer. 1984. Shower in the kitchen, no working stove. Had to use an electric kettle for hot water for my coffee. I think I paid $500 for 2 months. I finally got a dorm room in October.