Quote - Where is everyone else living that they can afford so much more spacious accomodations, I wonder? ;)

 

I'm in Winnipeg Canada. The highest taxed province in Canada, west of Quebec. Our cost of living is atrocious here.

However, rents here are widely varied. In the more rundown areas, a 1 bedroom will run about $500 to $600.  And a 2 bedroom maybe $650 to $700 per month.

In other areas 1 bedrooms go for $700 to $850 per month.

In my area a 1 bedrrom typically is around $800 to $1,000 per month.

I'm currently paying $775 for my 950 sq ft 1 bedroom. The building is under rennovation and once it's completely done, 1 bedrooms will be around $900 per month and 2 bedrooms will be $1100.00 per month. No balcony, no air conditioning, coin operated laundry on each floor, no insuite storage and parking extra (only outdoor parking). Plus you pay your own hydro and cable. Heat and water is included in the rent.

Of course there are exceptions to the rule. Less than a mile west of me is a very affluent area.  A 2 bedroom I looked at was $1500 per month, and that is cheap for that area. I think it was about 1100 sq feet.

Some apartments include all utilities except for cable and phone. While others don't include anything except for water.  Having to pay your own utilities really adds up. One place I lived in cost me about $100 per month just in hydro because I had an electric hot water heater. If I had to pay for the heat on top of that the price would have more than doubled in the winter time. And if there had been AC, it would have doubled in the summer too.

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi