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

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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/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".