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re: what was rent at your first "on your own" apartment?

Posted on 5/30/17 at 10:10 pm to
Posted by dat yat
Chef Pass
Member since Jun 2011
4900 posts
Posted on 5/30/17 at 10:10 pm to
$299 for a 2br in BR in 1989 - $603.74 in today's dollars. I thought it was nice.

They jacked it all the way to $325 after 6 months.
Posted by little billy
Orange County, CA
Member since May 2015
8469 posts
Posted on 5/30/17 at 10:13 pm to
$400 a month for 2br 2ba in Dove Creek Baton Rouge. 1991.
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2007
37925 posts
Posted on 5/30/17 at 10:14 pm to
Room at frat house: $40 a month.
First apartment: $600 a month for a two story townhouse.
Posted by Hangit
The Green Swamp
Member since Aug 2014
45447 posts
Posted on 5/30/17 at 10:21 pm to
Hey BooDreaux. I knew a coke whore that hung out in there. The baws would argue about who had to take her home that night. Nobody wanted it again. She was also a Golden Girl in the mid to late 60's.

How did your gumbo cook-off go?

ETA: Rent was $200 in 1981. Electricity was about $20 a month. It is a crap area now so probably all section 8.
This post was edited on 5/30/17 at 10:24 pm
Posted by Masterag
'Round Dallas
Member since Sep 2014
20049 posts
Posted on 5/30/17 at 10:22 pm to
quote:

first apartment was just off Highland Road across from the fire station - rent then was $35.00 in today's dollars, $275.19


Are you the oldest person alive?
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
23097 posts
Posted on 5/30/17 at 10:25 pm to
Me and my podna had a 2br 1ba rent house house on 3/4 acre. Our rent was $200 month. I paid the rent, he paid all the other bills. This was 1997-8.
Posted by DaBeerz
Member since Sep 2004
18304 posts
Posted on 5/30/17 at 10:27 pm to
2400 or so, downtown DC
7 years ago, feels like yesterday though
This post was edited on 5/30/17 at 10:30 pm
Posted by LooseCannon22282
Mobile, AL.
Member since May 2008
35462 posts
Posted on 5/30/17 at 10:27 pm to
$475 then

$550.26 NOWWWWWWWWWWWW

although the rent dropped to $450 after a WHOLE year.

Posted by Zappas Stache
Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Member since Apr 2009
42406 posts
Posted on 5/30/17 at 10:44 pm to
$700 in 1990 1 br condo in Dana Point, Cali.....$1344 in todays dollars but I bet you cant touch that place for less than $2k these days.
Posted by VADawg
Wherever
Member since Nov 2011
47781 posts
Posted on 5/30/17 at 10:51 pm to
$600/month
Posted by Zappas Stache
Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Member since Apr 2009
42406 posts
Posted on 5/30/17 at 10:52 pm to
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This post was edited on 5/30/17 at 10:53 pm
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
73238 posts
Posted on 5/30/17 at 11:02 pm to
$425
Posted by little billy
Orange County, CA
Member since May 2015
8469 posts
Posted on 5/30/17 at 11:05 pm to
I don't think you could get a 1br in Santa Ana for $1344 right now.

Eta confirmed

This post was edited on 5/30/17 at 11:08 pm
Posted by NYNolaguy1
Member since May 2011
21695 posts
Posted on 5/30/17 at 11:09 pm to
$1626/month, which was $1450 in 2010. 1BR, Queens, NY
This post was edited on 5/30/17 at 11:11 pm
Posted by Hamma1122
Member since Sep 2016
21907 posts
Posted on 5/30/17 at 11:30 pm to
465
Posted by Popths
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2016
4401 posts
Posted on 5/30/17 at 11:33 pm to
I paid 150 a month in 1980. Calculated to 440 today.
Posted by Bristol Dawg
God's Country
Member since Jul 2016
2934 posts
Posted on 5/30/17 at 11:43 pm to
$110 each. Rent was $440 for 4 bedroom in 80's.
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
33316 posts
Posted on 5/31/17 at 12:08 am to
The calculator says my $360/month in 1983 is $900/month now. That's close to what they're renting for now, but the apartments were brand new when I moved there. It was also designated as "Singles Only". Now you could move in a family of five or six people.

Posted by RocketPower13
Member since Jan 2017
2541 posts
Posted on 5/31/17 at 2:38 am to
$ 510 after inflation according to link; Tiger Manor on State Street.

Would have been? more but I moved in w/ a friend who had lived there a while and they would "grandfather in" whatever rate the longest current resident was paying on their initial lease.

So basically you could change roommates over many years but your original rate would remain the same. If you left and too over the lease, they made the rate current.

Pretty cool deal honestly, idk if they still do it.
This post was edited on 5/31/17 at 2:40 am
Posted by Ashwednesday666
Gulf Coast to New Orleans
Member since Dec 2016
152 posts
Posted on 5/31/17 at 3:42 am to
1985 Houston $600.
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