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Went to apartments.com for fun to look at apartments in the greater Los Angeles area to see what prices were like....
My head hurts now.
Anything I actually liked was upwards $1600 and anything two bedroom that I really liked were upwards $1900.
Just to see, I asked my boyfriend what he was paying for his one bedroom apartment [it's nice, but pretty small and cramped for the price he's paying for rent] and searched for the same price range in Chicago.
I found a pretty nice apartment [kinda cramped, but whatever] in a really nice high rise in downtown Chicago [it was a featured ad, so that implies expensive, and I think there was mention of a doorman, but I can't be sure] on LAKE SHORE DRIVE, with a view of the lakefront that cost the same amount of money he's paying now for a beautiful apartment with a nice view of a parking lot.
Plus, the fixtures were pretty. White, instead of that ugly off-white and brown colour my boy's fixtures are.
I want to go back to Chicago sometimes. Really bad.
The apartment I really really liked was a 2 bedroom in Marina Del Rey that was expensive but not horribly horrible. it has a beautiful layout, 2 bathrooms, and it is right by the beach. Too bad it'll take years and years to even contemplate going near it.
My head hurts now.
Anything I actually liked was upwards $1600 and anything two bedroom that I really liked were upwards $1900.
Just to see, I asked my boyfriend what he was paying for his one bedroom apartment [it's nice, but pretty small and cramped for the price he's paying for rent] and searched for the same price range in Chicago.
I found a pretty nice apartment [kinda cramped, but whatever] in a really nice high rise in downtown Chicago [it was a featured ad, so that implies expensive, and I think there was mention of a doorman, but I can't be sure] on LAKE SHORE DRIVE, with a view of the lakefront that cost the same amount of money he's paying now for a beautiful apartment with a nice view of a parking lot.
Plus, the fixtures were pretty. White, instead of that ugly off-white and brown colour my boy's fixtures are.
I want to go back to Chicago sometimes. Really bad.
The apartment I really really liked was a 2 bedroom in Marina Del Rey that was expensive but not horribly horrible. it has a beautiful layout, 2 bathrooms, and it is right by the beach. Too bad it'll take years and years to even contemplate going near it.