Three of the younger guys in my office share a three bedroom apartment. The upper floor of a two family house in Nashua.
$2500/month for rent in not the best part of town.
The young guy next to me(26 year old) lives with his dad. He drives an hour to work just so he does not pay rent.
50+ years ago I was sharing a one-bedroom apartment with 3 other guys. The total rent was $165 a month. But I was 19 and on my own, which was my wish. A few years later I got married and we both had jobs. We got an apartment for $95 a month. It’s all relative, the numbers look different but that’s meaningless.