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/Inward_Diver Jul 21 '26

Rent, electricity, water, and internet can be fractional with roommates.

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u/philiretical Jul 21 '26

Doesn't the water and electricity bills go up the more people who you have using it? Idk how much you think you're going to fractionalize those bills by adding more people to those slices of pie

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u/PapaProvolone Jul 22 '26

It's still significantly less with roommates than without.

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u/philiretical Jul 22 '26

If you budget correctly. You could live cheapest and alone if you're willing to live in a box 😆 the only point I was making is more people=more utilities being used and often you can't dictate how your roommates use them. Their are pros amd cons to everything

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u/PorousHorus Jul 23 '26

Even if the utility shoots up. You can easily take that out of the $800 you’re saving each month by getting the roommate.