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In response to "Seattle has "mico-apartments" which are becoming popular with developers and renters but not with the neighbours....(link)" by Walt_Disney

Seriously, is no one else amazed that they can get $600-900 a month for less than 250 square feet? That's appalling to me.

Posted by Jim (aka Jim) Apr 24 '13, 06:50

Maybe it's because I'm in the midwest. But I can't fathom making the same payment I'm making now for just living room and bathroom.

That's fuckin' nuts!

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Why do you hate NYC, Jim? -- nm - spamlet Apr 24, 06:58 9
- and Chicago and Vancouver and Toronto and ... -- nm - zork Apr 24, 07:27
- I know, right! -- nm - Jim Apr 24, 07:07
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  - I only posted it based on yours below. - spamlet Apr 24, 07:06 5
    - [deleted] 4
      - I'm not sure what our plans are just yet. - spamlet Apr 24, 07:16 3
        
        Figure it out! -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 07:17 2
        
        I know, I know. -- nm - spamlet Apr 24, 07:18 1
        
        :-) -- nm - Krusty Apr 24, 07:25
student housing here is rented by the bedroom, right? there are six person apts in our new hives that cost $700 per person per month. you get a - amanda Apr 24, 06:53 8
- I guess this is what I have to look forward to when my boys go to college. Good lord, that's ridiculous. -- nm - Jim Apr 24, 06:54 7
  - Not if they go to IU! -- nm - Spawn Apr 24, 07:15
  - Not if they go to Columbia. -- nm - spamlet Apr 24, 06:58 5
    - I realize they're only 8th and 9th grade...but I'm thinking, um...SLU! :) -- nm - Jim Apr 24, 07:06 4
      - I didn't think about that. I'd imagine SLU's student rates are fairly high. - spamlet Apr 24, 07:17 3
        
        Actually, I don't know that they will go to SLU, they can try to be part of the exchange program with another Jesuit university... - Jim Apr 24, 07:21 2
        
        Oh, I forgot about that. My ex-boss's husband taught at SLU and I know her kids went to other Jesuit schools. - spamlet Apr 24, 07:25
        
        Stony Brook, here in NY, has an amazing marine biology department. Send Jamie here! - Krusty Apr 24, 07:24
not surprising at all. -- nm - znufrii Apr 24, 06:51 1
- NYC, sure. Seattle? No way. -- nm - Spawn Apr 24, 07:01

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Seriously, is no one else amazed that they can get $600-900 a month for less than 250 square feet? That's appalling to me.

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