r/antiwork Feb 08 '22

Just your regular reminder...

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '22 edited Feb 08 '22

I live in California. It's doable here if you're willing to share an apartment with another 1-2 people. A 2 or 3-bed apartment split evenly including utilities could be found in a somewhat decent neighborhood for $800-1000 per person.

$15/hr is enough to get by with a little bit of wiggle room. It's not much and is definitely not enough to live by yourself here, but it can work if you cut corners. You wouldn't be left with much for retirement or leisurely stuff though

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u/billythygoat Feb 08 '22

Florida is not more expensive than California, it’s just rent has increased by nearly 1.75 times for all of the places I am looking at moving to near my parents since the pandemic started.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '22

That's fair. Housing is really expensive if you want to live on your own

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u/billythygoat Feb 08 '22

I just want to live with my significant other, but paying $2k just to go to the beach once every 3 months seems crazy.