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I_have_a_chair t1_j7c1o7x wrote

Reply to comment by BPCGuy1845 in Apartment Hunting Prices...Is There A Catch, Here? by [deleted]

> DC rents are actually below other major cities, particularly if you incorporate inner ring suburbs.

Huh? The DC metro area is one of the most expensive areas of the country for rent and COL (the more useful indicator imo) by almost any measurement. The only US cities that are more expensive are NYC, San Francisco, LA and Honolulu.

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Cyprovix t1_j7c24fu wrote

Boston is more expensive than DC.

But yes, DC has some of the highest rents in the country.

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BPCGuy1845 t1_j7gbmzr wrote

Average rents are higher than DC in a dozen metro areas, including LA, Seattle, Denver, Miami, Boston, NYC, and SF. Orlando, Salt Lake, Phoenix, and Atlanta are closing in fast. That doesn’t make rent cheap or affordable. But DC has not experienced the same skyrocketing rental rates as other cities (yet).

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