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chocobridges t1_j2565dh wrote

I live in Pittsburgh too and all of your bills look atrocious. Like why are you paying $123 for internet?!? We've never paid more than $65 (both Verizon and Comcast) the five years we lived here.

Your gas and electric combined is really high too. We have a 1500 sqft house and never spend that much. I lived in a luxury apartment where we paid $1200 and our comfort billing never went over $40.

So many of our friends lived in super connected neighborhoods for $600 month. The only reason I did the luxury apartment was to have in-unit washer dryer (you're paying $50 for laundry?!?!?) since my husband was short on time so he did laundry when we hung out.

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minnehaha123 t1_j26bp0f wrote

Wait, you can get a luxury apt for $1200/mo?

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chocobridges t1_j26cq2x wrote

Yeah, we checked recently it's still the same price. Obviously not the best views or anything but parking, facilities, and unit washer/dryer was worth it.

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minnehaha123 t1_j274qgr wrote

Wow. I guess I’ll stop complaining. My daughter renting a 1500sf house here for $2800. Just a regular one story house on a street in a subdivision

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28carslater t1_j278gxd wrote

Pgh "luxury" is probably not in same vernacular as actual luxury enjoyed in real cities.

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MadameTree t1_j26jn6v wrote

I'm from Pittsburgh too and those numbers seem out of date.

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28carslater t1_j278m2q wrote

Renting within the City has gotten kind of dumb, despite the overall suckiness of said city compared to the surrounding boroughs.

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chocobridges t1_j26mdxc wrote

We checked the price of our old apartment recently. It's the same. But yeah the rental market has definitely increased. But that doesn't mean that deals don't exist especially if it's only for 6 months.

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megamigit23 t1_j2700cp wrote

for real!! $50/month for laundry is insane

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Admirable_Wallaby_96 t1_j271zyg wrote

I wouldn't be surprised by monthly cost if hes using a laundry service. Drops off his laundry, has someone else wash and fold. Drives to laundromat to pick up laundry.

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dannyj611 OP t1_j25hjin wrote

When I moved into my last apartment, the only thing that was available was Xfinity and I was sucked into the highest plan bc I was a dumb 22 year old who didn’t know anything.

My gas payment is part of my rent, so I can’t do much about it. My electric budget is from my old apartment bc EVERYTHING was electric so my bill was higher.

I moved from my old apartment to this one to be in a more walkable neighborhood. The rent was comparable but I lost in unit laundry :/ so now the laundromat

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chocobridges t1_j25ofiy wrote

1300 is still a lot for a walkable neighborhood.

You're not willing to give up your car or shop for housing so you don't have a lot to work with.

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Fantastic_Regret_854 t1_j28km48 wrote

You moved to be somewhere walkable but won’t get rid of the car you state you can’t afford?

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