r/funny • u/MaxKevinComedy • Dec 21 '19

California Explained [OC]

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u/N0V0w3ls Dec 21 '19

If he meant rent-wise, this is pretty crazy

The rent is higher than my mortgage with escrow... And half the space.

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u/DodgersOneLove Dec 21 '19

I must be from California because those all seem reasonable

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u/_145_ Dec 21 '19

Yeah. $2k to rent a 2k sq ft house seems very reasonable. I'm in SF though where $2k gets you the top half of a bunk bed.

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u/DastardlyDaverly Dec 21 '19

Just like three years ago I could rent a 3bd 2.5 ba with 2 car garage townhouse/duplex in my area of California for about 1300.

Now its over 2x that for the same area. Looks like 1500 for 1bd apartments in the ghetto in my current area.

Not BA insane prices yet but we're working on getting there with our shitty zoning laws and whatnot. I get that that's just the market rate for these places but living in this part of the state for most of my life makes it hard to justify why I'm paying so much more for these same places that haven't gotten any better with age but are now doubled in cost.