[wplug] The evilness of it all (Verizon OT post)

[Tom Rhodes]

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:36:58 -0400
"Jonathan S. Billings" <billings at negate.org> wrote:

> On 08/23/2006 10:31 AM, Michael Semcheski wrote:
> > Doug Green wrote:
> >> In Shadyside you'll pay every
> >> penny of 1200 for a decent 690sf apartment, and then some. PLUS
> >> you'll have to pay outrageous utility bills.
> > 
> > $1200/month for a choice pad in an excellent part of town.  Compare that
> > to Manhatten, where $1200/month won't get you in the smallest door. 
> > Squirrel Hill is very reasonable, where $600/month will get you a very
> > nice one bedroom.  Thats within walking distance (long walk, I'll give
> > you that) of the Universities.  15 minute bus ride downtown.
> 
> I'm paying $1470/mo for a small 2 bedroom apartment in NJ, in a fairly 
> reasonably-priced neighborhood.  That's about twice as much as we paid 
> for a similar (but nicer) apartment in squirrel hill.  Most people 
> around here actually commute to NYC from Jersey because the apartment 
> prices are so prohibitive in the city.

1600 here.  Two bedroom, two bath, 22nd story of a large
tower in a decent area.

-- 
Tom Rhodes