Not asking for donations, i just want to vent

$100 for 2 application fees, a $9 "service fee"each to pay for the application fee

$30 pet registration fee, with a $9 “service fee” to pay the $30

$400 pet deposit

$1500 damage deposit with a $50 “service fee” to pay that

$1500 first month rent

This is all for the cheapest 1 bedroom apt I could find this is insane. Also why was a 10 month lease like $300 a month cheaper than a longer lease? They’re gonna bump the rent up at least that much after aren’t they?

  • hogslayer [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    it’s cheaper to travel around the world and stay in a mix of hostels/long term stay airbnbs/share houses than it would be to rent a place by myself in a MCOL area while paying for a car.

    heck, I’d do that in my own country (Canada), but none of that stuff is cheaper than renting. So not only can I not afford to move out into my own 1 bedroom studio apartment, I can’t afford to live in hostels or whatever.

    I’m not sure what it would cost to travel around the world doing that – probably less than renting a shitty apartment in Canada, but I do not have a remote job I could count on to fund my travels.