For those that rent...

[Scroby]

I live in a pretty damn nice, if small, 1 bedroom apartment in Ft. Wayne which is $433 per month counting EVERYTHING but electric. Even cable. The two bedrooms on the same property are something like 550-6. That 1000+ bullshit for RENT is just insane. Fuck urban areas. New York isn't that cool.

Is it a studio?

 

If not, I applaud you sir.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Indiana's cheap, dude. It's not a studio. Small galley kitchen, modest living room, adjoining nook-like thing, and a decent bedroom and bathroom. Perfect size and price for a couple with no kids or aspirations of having any.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

I could rent a two or three bedroom house in the neighboring small towns for the price we're paying for the apartment, minus utilities and maintenance and shit. Sick of getting raked over the coals for rent? Move to the midwest.

[Art Sandusky]

But... ew.

[Craig Th]

I pay $1300 for me and my girlfriend. One bedroom, living room, bathroom and kitchen. I pay an extra $20 for cable ($10 for the box, $5 for DVR and $5 for HBO On Demand) but everything else is included. It better be for that much.

[Scroby]

I pay $1300 for me and my girlfriend. One bedroom, living room, bathroom and kitchen. I pay an extra $20 for cable ($10 for the box, $5 for DVR and $5 for HBO On Demand) but everything else is included. It better be for that much.

Its a house?

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

But... ew.

 

I'm in a decent spot now. Ft. Wayne isn't exactly small. The second largest city in the state, I'm pretty sure. I'm also 90 minutes from Indianapolis, Detroit, and only a little further to Chicago if need be. Rent's cheap, there's plenty of jobs, crime isn't TOO outrageous outside of the hood, the taxes aren't bad, and the people are less redneck than the south.

[EricMM]

I dunno why, but that's it!

 

Agent!

 

Monthly gas bill!

 

Go!

 

*waits expectantly*

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Gasoline? Something like 40 a week. Gas heat? Nothing. Mexican food? 50 per month.

[EricMM]

where is that stupid rimshot smiley?

 

See?

 

Thats $160.

 

Obviously.

 

Plus wear and tear on your car...

 

Obviously you need to move closer to work

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

No, gas just needs to be cheaper.

 

I lived in the same town as my employer for a few months and spent nearly the same amount in gas driving to other places worth a shit to do the consumer thing. The truck runs like a champ. In the 3 years I've had it, I haven't put any money into it other than basic maintenance and a new set of tires.

 

Compared to $1000 rent and dealing with public transportation or dense urban traffic, I'll take $233 for my share of rent, $160 in gas, low-moderate traffic, and a little over an hour of total commute time (99% of which is interstate highway and country roads) per day ten times out of ten.

[EricMM]

And a fuckload of CD's, books-on-tape, XM radio, SOMETHING right?

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

You will never convince me in a million years that rent that high is a good idea. Lets look at my monthly spending..

 

We've established around 500 bucks for rent/commute. My truck payment is around 250 just for the sake of round numbers, I smoke a carton a week or so, which is $30 and change, eat food, and buy stuff. Lets say 60 a week for that. Adds up to a little over 1100 bucks a month. That's damn near EVERYTHING I spend money on, and is a tenth more than a reasonable rent price for the areas you're talking about.

[Edwin MacPhisto]

Eric just wants you to ride a bike.

[Art Sandusky]

But... ew.

I'm in a decent spot now. Ft. Wayne isn't exactly small. The second largest city in the state, I'm pretty sure. I'm also 90 minutes from Indianapolis, Detroit, and only a little further to Chicago if need be. Rent's cheap, there's plenty of jobs, crime isn't TOO outrageous outside of the hood, the taxes aren't bad, and the people are less redneck than the south.

It isn't the lack of civilization, I just found most of the Midwest to be incredibly depressing whenever I've been there.

 

I'm going to call about that Brooklyn job today. I mean, shit, why not? I think it'll be good for life experience.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Eric just wants you to ride a bike.

 

Bikes piss me the fuck off in the street. Not as much as the Amish, but almost. There's internal combustion engines now. At least get a moped.

[EricMM]

Not like I don't split rent three ways too...

[Edwin MacPhisto]

I've been thinking about getting a bike to ride around on back roads and through parks and shit because I like that sort of thing, but I've also been realizing that there really aren't a ton of opportunities for that around here without going through heavy traffic first. Maybe I do yearn for the wide open, low-cost frontier.

[Craig Th]

I pay $1300 for me and my girlfriend. One bedroom, living room, bathroom and kitchen. I pay an extra $20 for cable ($10 for the box, $5 for DVR and $5 for HBO On Demand) but everything else is included. It better be for that much.

Its a house?

I live above someone, so yes.