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GPerson a day ago

I can’t imagine ever affording such a nice apartment.

garciansmith 15 hours ago | parent | next [-]

At least in whatever apartment you can afford you won't trip constantly due to each of the four rooms having slightly different floor heights. And you won't have a wall that extends into another room but somehow not take up the space, like you're in some perpetual "House of Blue Leaves"-esque horror. Your apartment will be real and not made by AI.

arjie a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

In the US, it's pretty easy. My wife used to live in the Tenderloin for $2400/mo and her place was nicer than this because she was good at putting things together. I don't happen to have a photo of the whole studio handy, but here's the view from the window: https://wiki.roshangeorge.dev/w/images/b/b7/Photo_-_San_Fran...

Avicebron a day ago | parent | next [-]

Pray tell how much she was making at the time to be able to afford 2400/month in rent?

Legend2440 a day ago | parent [-]

Keep in mind that both wages and rents are higher in SF and not really comparable to the rest of the country.

Avicebron a day ago | parent [-]

I know, I'm still curious because a lot of people I knew who also lived there were making like 45k to 80k (8 years ago?) So it's relevant to say their job and how much they were making becauase they might be a rarified class among evev SF...which very much defeats the point of the original comment.

fasterik a day ago | parent [-]

$2400 a month is $29k per year, pretty affordable at the U.S. median household income of $83k. It's not uncommon for people living in big cities to spend a larger portion of their income on rent. And don't forget that many people have roommates.

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pibaker a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The tenderloin, famously a place where people can afford homes.

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QuercusMax 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The fanciness is mostly decorations, which can cost a huge amount but don't have to, especially if you buy secondhand.

boxed a day ago | parent | prev [-]

That's a super tiny apartment. The niceness comes from caring, not from money.