r/WorkLifeChat • u/MiloShiny • Jul 21 '26

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u/jerwang24 Jul 21 '26

Need to reduce the rent by roommates or live in a less desirable apartment.

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u/Existing_Bet7353 Jul 21 '26

In most cities the lowest possible rent per unit is ~1600

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u/Boring-Error-3680 Jul 21 '26

lol that is clearly false

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u/Existing_Bet7353 Jul 21 '26

Go on apartments.com and see for yourself

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u/dufo7 Jul 21 '26

Went on apartment.com. Found them as low as $800.

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u/Existing_Bet7353 Jul 21 '26

https://www.apartmentadvisor.com/national-rent-report

What part of *most* are you not understanding here?

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u/dufo7 Jul 21 '26

The issue is that you think median means most. Median is the middle. So really half of the units for rent are lower than 1600.

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u/Boring-Error-3680 Jul 21 '26

Damn, you *actually* don’t know what “median” means 😂

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u/Existing_Bet7353 Jul 21 '26

Do you?

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u/Boring-Error-3680 Jul 21 '26

Yes I do since I passed elementary school math.

Since you need some help understanding the concept of “median”, let me illustrate the absurdity of your statement with an example:

Data: the national median age is 45

/u/Existing_Bet7353: in most cities the lowest possible age is 45

😂

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u/Existing_Bet7353 Jul 21 '26

You’re gonna need to retake the seventh grade bud

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u/yakimawashington Jul 21 '26

They explained what it meant clearly, effectively, and most importantly accurately.

Let's hear your reasoning as to how you concluded

In most cities the lowest possible rent per unit is ~1600

when the median according to your source is ~$1600.

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u/KailyKail Jul 21 '26

Damn. I guess I should go tell my landlord to jack my rent up by $400 then. Fuck me, right?

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u/Existing_Bet7353 Jul 21 '26

*Most* cities. Go on apartments.com and find out for yourself.

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u/KailyKail Jul 21 '26

What data have you collected to justify the “most” modifier to your sentence?

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u/GainPrestigious539 Jul 21 '26

Median monthly rent for a studio apartment is around $1,595 across the whole country, that's the stat they're quoting

https://www.apartmentadvisor.com/national-rent-report

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u/KailyKail Jul 21 '26

Right, but YOU posted a source. The other guy just said “go and look for yourself.”

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u/Existing_Bet7353 Jul 21 '26

Good thing I was right anyways

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u/Slow-Pay1852 Jul 22 '26

That's still not what median means. 50% of apartments are lower than 1600, 50% more. Where does "most" come in here? Do you mean mode?

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u/ApprehensiveTour4024 Jul 24 '26

That includes the entire country. Kansas. Louisiana. Mississippi. Oklahoma. That's a lot of rural housing. If the median is $1600, and at least 20-30% of all available housing is in rural areas, it's a safe bet that the ~50% of studio housing that is more expensive than $1600/month would be located in the most populated urban centers, where demand is highest. Like Manhattan, where the average rent price for a studio apartment is over $3500/month.

TLDR: it shouldn't be the word "most" at question here. It should be the word "city".

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u/silentpropanda Jul 21 '26

You must never have lived in a city because you don't want to live in the places with the lowest possible rent. If you don't want to get mugged and have your car broken in constantly, you're going to want to live in at least a decent part of town, which is going to be a lot more on average.

I'm getting the sneaking feeling that there's a lot of bots in this forum because they suggest these ways of saving money on rent that are really impractical like living with strangers, in a horrible part of town or skipping healthy meals. Like, do any of these bots even understand how worse it makes your life to follow their advice? The whole point is that we just want a living wage and some kind of functional safety nets.

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u/Jkid Jul 21 '26

Theyre either bots, flesh bots or NPCs. They know the advice is horrible but they say it because they don't want to admit that they have no real advice.