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Re:San Francisco by usaphp on Sunday June 16, 2013 @05:36PM (#5890111)
Are you sure that the average rent for 1 bedroom is $2,700? I lived on Market street in a studio apartment with a pool and a gym in our building and I paid only $1500, that was couple years ago tho, but I dont think that the average rent is $2,700...sorry
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Re:San Francisco by veemjeem on Sunday June 16, 2013 @05:40PM (#5890133)
I think you need to look around again. Prices have increased dramatically over the last two years. I have friends who landed a cheap place in SOMA for $3600. They were the ones who used the word "cheap". If you glance at craigslist, the majority of the listings are above $3k. All the cheap apartments are outside of SF-proper.
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Re:San Francisco by liveinoakland on Sunday June 16, 2013 @05:43PM (#5890144)
key phrase: "couple years ago"

welcome to rent increase 30% in last two years... SF is a disaster and incomes aren't rising to keep up with this. these "high" tech worker salaries assume an outdated rental market.

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Re:San Francisco by ryanSrich on Sunday June 16, 2013 @05:42PM (#5890140)
From the company who did the estimates:

> "is based on averaging all of the data points from each neighborhood, not the average prices of the neighborhoods."

Here's the application they're using --> https://www.zumper.com/sf

1.) http://sfist.com/2013/03/07/map_average_rent_for_1br_in_san_...

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Re:San Francisco by baddox on Monday June 17, 2013 @01:05AM (#5891540)
People would kill to pay $1500 a month in the tiniest studio apartment possible anywhere in the city.
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