I am also stunned by the cost of an apartment in MA, $2500 per month! I thought $1500 around here in the Kansas City area was high!
Well, I need to thank God more for what He has enabled. Even coming here is a story of providential grace. And we are one of the very few with some room for a garden facing S/W.
I am also stunned by the cost of an apartment in MA, $2500 per month! I thought $1500 around here in the Kansas City area was high!
Actually, that was for a 3 bedroom apt., with no parking, and a small backyard, based upon what some neighbors pay. With no washing machine in the apt. I am not complaining myself, our being much lower, thank God.
When you have many places of employment, and other cities close by, and easy access to public transportation, that of buses, subway, commuter rail, and with even ferry and airplanes being close by, and which sees a need for house repair and landscaping, food purveyors, mechanics, etc. then it makes for a densely populated city (about 2200 ppl per sq. mi.) of mostly "low income" (middle to high income based upon all possessions and services in terms relative to other countries and the past), and it is much a sellers market.
However, the same building would be Zillo-estimated as worth about 900,000, with a Residential tax rate of $11.51 and combined Water and Sewer rates beginning (1 – 1,000 Cubic Feet Usage per Month) at $16.16 based upon what I just looked up.
The average rent for here is listed (zumper.com) as
1 bedroom $2,250
2 bedroom $2,591
3 bedroom $3,237
But for a Christian, this is not our home,