A one bedroom, one bath, 740 square foot apt for $2400 a month. WTF?

[graywarrior]

No wonder I can't afford Boston.

http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/nfb/612988675.html

[DS1]

1. Not many people can

I know I can't!


keep driving

[graywarrior]

2. I guess I'll be living in Manchester NH

MA is just too expensive.

[otherlander]

31. New Hampshire?

Why not Vermont? It's pretty much better in every way imaginable...

[azmouse]

3. Ouch! I wonder how anyone can afford to live there.

It is a city I would love to visit some day though. I'd love the history there and the seafood wouldn't be a bad thing either.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

4. Very cute!

I hope it's in a nice neighborhood.

[KitchenWitch]

5. Gawds, sounds like Orange County CA!

[Gormy Cuss]

6. When I moved to the San Francisco area the rental management/realtor types always started the spiel

about how housing is is expensive here, blah blah blah, until we said we were relocating from Boston. Rentals in Boston are still not much cheaper than San Francisco, although buying property is a different story.

[1620rock]

7. Northern Maine is cheap, if you don't mind a 200+ mile commute.

[graywarrior]

10. Machias.

I can get a job as a trapper.

[graywarrior]

8. Who in hell would pay $2400 for a rental?

Why not buy it?!?!?!?!

[Gormy Cuss]

18. That's assuming you can buy it for a price that would be in that range for PITI.

There are a lot of owners who are sitting on properties out here and because of our whacked out tax limits and crazy escalation, they may be able to pay debt service etc while renting it out for $2500 but a new owner with 20% down would be paying 3-5 times that much. It's really nutty.
I have friends who did the math and became renters out here after selling in the Northeast.

[graywarrior]

23. I forgot about that.

[bicentennial_baby]

9. Where we at, 2 bedroom, 1 bath,

Kitchen, Large livingroom, Lots of closets, Bathroom, Dishwasher, Parking, Secure Bldg

New lease: $1540

Oh, and we don't pay Utilities, other than cable.

[graywarrior]

11. Yipes

I can afford $950

[bicentennial_baby]

12. We're about 2x the norm for the Qz

Location, location, location....i.e. spitting distance to the Red Line

[graywarrior]

13. Red line is the best line to be on

[bicentennial_baby]

15. Hence why we stay here...

it works for us...esp. with the JFK/UMASS stop ;)

[NewJeffCT]

14. Live outside of Boston & take the T into town

It runs as far out as Worcester, if I recall, and is usually very convenient. It's easy enough to find a place outside of Boston that's cheaper & a quick T ride into town. Framingham? Shrewsbury?

[graywarrior]

16. I'm thinking Haverhill, but it's tight there too.

[DS1]

17. I'm close to Haverhill, the Newburyport line is the first stop

so there's always a seat if you have to work in Boston. Salisbury should be much cheaper, and might be worth a look. Short commute over the river to the train station.

[graywarrior]

20. Newburyport actually has some reasonable rentals

We'd be pulled over on Route 1 if we rode together...hahahahahaha

[DS1]

21. I cross Route 1 on my trip to work each day

all 2 miles of it. Living near downtown, and having such a short commute is so nice. Don't hit me when I start riding my bike to work!

I see a bunch of houses/places with rental signs up, if you like I can give you the addresses.

[graywarrior]

22. I'd rather ride a bike to work

But surely, you couldn't ride all the way to Boston from where you are.

[DS1]

24. no, like I said, 2 miles

I've walked it.

[graywarrior]

25. Man, I'd love a job where I could walk rather than drive or bus

[Mrs.Matcom]

26. You will be working in Boston??

We live in Metro west nice little town, lots of stuff for sale and about a 20 minute ride to the purple line (any of three)...PM me and I'll tell you all about it! :D

Can't wait to meet you in person...oh and don't forget about L O S T tonight!! :hi:

[graywarrior]

30. Possibly

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

19. Come here....

I'm in Wichita, and just scored a deal on a 3/3, almost 2000 s.f., with a 2 car garage, and only 4 years old. $1000 a month. I didn't think it was possible, but I found it!

[City of Mills]

27. What about Lowell?

I never pass up an opportunity to pimp my hometown :)

45 minute train ride to Boston, most reasonable housing prices in the area.

http://www.liveinlowell.com/

[littlebit]

28. 2400??

I could get a warehouse for that down here.

[Xipe Totec]

29. Down payment, or outright purchase? n/t