# What do you pay for rent?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 22, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996 "2010-01-22T16:01:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![NoLAFIN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9bcb4/32.png) [@NoLAFIN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoLAFIN)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996/141 "2010-02-04T22:12:07Z")

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We live in New Orleans, in the MidCity neighborhood. $930.00/mo, water included for a 1100 sq. ft. half of a shotgun double with a large back shed, but no yard to speak of. Neighborhood is great, pretty blue-collar.

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**Author:** ![Baby\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@Baby\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baby_Driver)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-pay-for-rent/525996/142 "2010-02-05T01:40:32Z")

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Here in college, I and each of my four housemates pay $500/month for the house we rent. We each have our own bedroom, 2 bath, washer and dryer downstairs, all utilities included. It’s in a small town in New York, located in upper collegetown (the quieter part). It’s considered a good price for rent…but if I was looking to live with fewer friends, rent would inevitably be more expensive.

My folks have a mortgage, but they’re renting our old house out. It’s in Oakland, CA, in a nice area up on the hills. 4200 sq ft, 4 1/2 bath, renting for $5000/month.

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