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US: Percentage of total income spent on rent by city
« on: November 14, 2017, 09:53:46 PM »
https://boingboing.net/2017/11/14/the-most-and-least-expensive-p.html


High rents aren't so bad if there's high income.

BTW, Durham sucks.

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Congrats, Trav. VB is 2nd-highest.
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Re: US: Percentage of total income spent on rent by city
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2017, 11:33:02 PM »
Rents are normal here. People just don't make as much $$

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Re: US: Percentage of total income spent on rent by city
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2017, 12:47:54 AM »
>BTW, Durham sucks.

I think I've heard most of those in the right column described as crappy & don't move here.

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« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2017, 01:27:12 AM »
Interesting data.  I'd like to see the cost of rent & utilities as a percentage of income.  A lot of the low rent places seem like they would have high energy needs.

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The least expensive city is Toledo, Ohio ($550)

Sometimes you get what you pay for.

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« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2017, 01:43:29 AM »
>Rents are normal here. People just don't make as much $$
>I'd like to see the cost of rent & utilities as a percentage of income

And transportation.  A lot of those cities/states have wildly high car insurance rates. Virginia, for instance, used to have a hellatious annual car tax. Or how about Wyoming where you might find cheap rent but you have to drive 150 miles one-way to get groceries? What about child care?

It's the whole ball of wax. You can't just pick rent and say that's the problem.

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« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2017, 02:48:09 AM »
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The least expensive city is Toledo, Ohio ($550)

Sometimes you get what you pay for.

How much time have you spent there?

A friend is moving from Davis to Ohio because his pay will stay the same, but his standard of living will take a big jump

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« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2017, 03:02:51 AM »
>How much time have you spent there?

It's a story I've told a few times while on Redneck ToursTM, but 30 yrs ago Louise permanently banned us from ever again entering Ohio.

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« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2017, 03:38:58 AM »
I've been to Ohio once, but that was enough.  It is a miserable place.

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« Reply #8 on: November 15, 2017, 11:05:31 AM »
Raleigh and surrounding [NOT Durham] areas should be explored. IMFO
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Re: US: Percentage of total income spent on rent by city
« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2017, 12:44:02 PM »
Lots of speed traps in Ohio.

Don't mind me, I'm just piling on since we're beating up on Ohio.

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Re: US: Percentage of total income spent on rent by city
« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2017, 01:18:00 PM »
My in-laws are in Ohio just outside of Columbus. That right there is good enough reason to never set foot in that pit of rust, misery, and despair.

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« Reply #11 on: November 15, 2017, 02:56:48 PM »
>that pit of rust, misery, and despair

You forgot 'decaying, gritty, grimy'  ...and a few other salient adjectives.  

AND that describes the nicer places in Ohio.  We were around Mansfield, which is the poster child for gritty, grimy ---and that was before the rust belt had really started to implode.



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« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2022, 03:00:59 PM »
>>that pit of rust, misery, and despair

Hate for the Buckeye State extends as far as Essex, UK
https://old.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/tzady5/hate_for_the_buckeye_state_extends_as_far_as/

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« Reply #13 on: April 09, 2022, 04:50:45 PM »
> Ohio

Good to see Ohio's fame has spread internationally.

A year or so back there was a big Twitter thread about what states were part of the Midwest and which ones could be kicked out if need be, Ohio was at or near the top of the list.

To be fair dumping Indiana was mentioned but we just kept quiet and soon everybody went back to ignoring us like usual and beating up on Ohio and Missouri.   8)

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« Reply #14 on: April 09, 2022, 05:12:22 PM »
>Indiana

This Is the Red-Hot Center of the Tightest Job Market Since WWII
In Indiana’s Hamilton County, companies are raising pay, improving benefits, and hiring inmates from the local jail.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-07/labor-shortage-forces-indiana-businesses-to-get-creative