Posted on 08/31/2022 9:12:33 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Gee, nobody saw rent increases coming after a year long rent moratorium, nope nobody.
Note all those cities are run by democrats.
Democrats may talk a good game about being the biggest protectors and defenders of the poor and middle class against the big bad rich people and their corporations. But give them the reins of power over a city, state, or country, and they make it much too expensive to live and survive for everyone except the rich and wealthy.
One of the main reason Boston is so expensive is the amount of college/university students right in Boston/Cambridge are.
There are 35 colleges/universities in the Boston area.
Many of the students end up living 4-5 in an apartment. Especially in the Back Bay section where BU, BC, Northeastern are all within a mile or two of each other. Then right across the river in Cambridge is Harvard and MIT.
I lived in San Diego during another era, in 1978, just west of the 805, and shared a 2-bedroom apartment. Total rent, $250. I kid you not.
In 1989 I was oceanfront at Windansea Beach in La Jolla, 2 bdrm $1200. for 4 years.
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