Me and my wife together bring home about 75-80k and we’re able to pay rent (1600 a month for a studio) and save several hundred dollars a month. Granted I’m the only one that has to drive to work (we only have one car) and she walks to work. It’s taken three years to build our salaries, but at this point we spend sensibly and don’t have to live paycheck to paycheck.

I lived in a poorly insulated building dowtown and racked up 1500 in electric bills in three months. Had to pay it all too. No help from the leasing office. Took me over a year to pay it completely off. Stay away from Bancroft on the grid!