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w0nderer

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7. wouldn't be surprised

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #6)

Mon Oct 5, 2015, 10:04 PM

Oct 2015

lowest rent i ever had was killed off by county
4 'families' one house

renter+gf
workbuddy of renter
secondhand renter+gf
me

we each paid $450 all included cept phone (internet, water, trash...)
that was 5 years ago

we still had, cept for the gf pairings, one room each

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Rise in overcrowded housing, overcrowded = More than one person per room [View all] Liberal_in_LA Oct 2015 OP

Hmmmm ... likely the exorbitant rent is also a reason 3+ share a studio. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2015 #1

rent/living cost supposedly (according to immigration authorities) w0nderer Oct 2015 #3

That's after 4+ people are in the NYC studio sharing rent! LOL!!! n/t RKP5637 Oct 2015 #6

wouldn't be surprised w0nderer Oct 2015 #7

Part of this is the influx of ten million immigrants Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #2

HELLO Skittles Oct 2015 #4

right! w0nderer Oct 2015 #8

One person per room is an interesting threshold. Massacure Oct 2015 #5

having gone through army (non us) w0nderer Oct 2015 #9

funny this should come up last week i was talking with a friend in really crap financial straights dembotoz Oct 2015 #10

I think it's not okay flamingdem Oct 2015 #11