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don't you think this poll would be more informative if we knew how many rooms one was getting for the rent one paid?

and in what neighborhood

...and if they share rent.

and I just felt like adding a fourth and, but I completely agree. This poll only makes me that much more curious about the answers given.

2bed/2ba., two blocks from beach in sleepy beach town called Del Mar (So Cal)

oops... and we (roomate and I) pay $1950 total

$1100 for 1 bedroom 1 bath in the slums of beverly hills

$975 for a refurbished bachelor (1 room + separate eat-in kitchen + bath + dressing area) in MacArthur Park. It's all about the views views views.

$1200 for a 2 bedroom guest house (aprox. 1200 sq ft) in La Canada.

$1800 for a 3 BD/1BA restored Craftsman in a 4 plex with eat in kitchen, formal living and dining room, laundry room and 1 car garage in West Adams (Los Angeles).

$1500 2BR in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (Lorimer stop)

$1275 for a 1BR in West Hollywood with my hubby and 2 dogs. Small apartment but nice amenities. Also, the park down the street more than makes up for the small indoor space.

$1750 + utilities for a 2 bedroom 1.5 bath apt. in West L.A. (bordering Santa Monica).

$1865 + Utilities (ughh) Brand new apt. w/open loft layout 1 BR and upstairs loft (loft is small but great for guest space/office). The closest I could get to 2 BR w/o paying $2000. Walk-in closet, gourmet kitchen and appliance, balcony and W/D. Around the corner from Venice and two blocks north of Playa Vista

$923.39 (rent stabilized) for a 1BR in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. shared by a couple.

@ 6 years ago I left a very nice spacious one-bedroom with swimming pools, apartment complex in Los Feliz (right on the blvd.) to a dumpy 70's aprtment located in no-man's land (adjacent-adjacent-adjacent-adjacent to Hancock Park) in the City of LA proper. The rent at my old place is probably up to four figures as the landlord took advantage of the 7% increase every year. I'm up to $525.00 a month after initially moving in paying a $510.00 first and a $200.00 dollar deposit...with two cats. Tenants pay for gas and electric. There are 12 units, underground parking, we all share one washer and one dryer and a clothesline. Yeah, I'm lucky, but if I won the lotto, I'd bail in a minute. It's noisy, hot (lack of trees), and anything not secured (read: locked up) is stolen.

$850 for a small 1 Bdrm/1 Ba cottage in Carroll Park area of Long Beach...rent has remained the same for over 4 years...great area of LB.

$416 for central Glendale in a 2 bedroom 900 sq ft apartment. It is a condo that is rented out... The rent seems to go up about 4% a year - sometimes a bit less but often a bit more. Shared laundry with unlimited water. The main downsides is that the place has not been updated by the owner in a fair while and parking is often a problem. A problem in that the newest residence seem to either park in my spot or block it - grrr. I once had to have 5 autos move to let me out... I have been saving for a while and now that housing prices are lowering, I might just leave to get a same sized house when someone bugs me enough. Rant... Sorry.

$1975 for a 2BR/2BA townhouse in Silverlake Junction. Pricey for me and BF, but we love being able to walk to the 4100.

$1800 + utilities for a tiny 2 BD/1 BA bungalow in W. LA. I share with my two teenage daughters, single mom.