# I pit my petty, passive-aggressive, occasionally confrontational, bigoted satanspawn of a roommate. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 29, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-petty-passive-aggressive-occasionally-confrontational-bigoted-satanspawn-of-a-roommate/565741 "2010-12-29T20:02:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 123
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-petty-passive-aggressive-occasionally-confrontational-bigoted-satanspawn-of-a-roommate/565741/123 "2010-12-30T21:56:57Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > You know what I can’t believe? That’s you’re paying fucking [$450/month](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13199114&postcount=21) for this place. Either cost of living truly is obscene wherever you are ([somewhere around Chicago](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13081071&postcount=8), it sounds like), or you are truly \*terrible \*at apartment-hunting. I know you’re theoretically stuck in the current place until April, but I would suggest that you start asking around the board to see if anybody can suggest a better option: neighborhoods, companies, even specific buildings. We have a \*lot \*of Chicago-area Dopers, so I bet there would be plenty of people who can suggest areas that are cheap but still pretty safe. Yeah the cost of living is high here. I can’t find anything cheaper than this without venturing into the south side of Chicago, which I’m too white and chickenshit to handle. Also my 450 includes everything-water, gas, electric, internet, cable, trash, laundry, heat, a/c. It’s a really great deal for the area. There are occasionally places with “cheaper rent” but they don’t include utilities. Though I may scope one of those out if I get a raise after this year’s annual review (fingers crossed!) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-my-petty-passive-aggressive-occasionally-confrontational-bigoted-satanspawn-of-a-roommate/565741)._