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From: sebb@pyuxss.UUCP (S Badian)
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Subject: The results of the net.singles rent survey
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Date: Mon, 20-Aug-84 15:13:52 EDT
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	And here it is! The survey that net.singles has been waiting
for! THE RENT SURVEY. I have been compiling rents from all over the
country. Some areas are obviously better represented than others.
For instance, I have no information on rents in Wyoming, Florida,
Maine, Pennsylvania, Hawaii, or Arizonia, among others. In order
to graph the rents by area I broke the country into 7 areas. They
are:
	1 New England - MA, CT, NH
	2 Middle Atlantic - NJ, NY
	3 South - VA, TX, NC
	4 Midwest - IL, IN, MI, WI, OH
	5 Rocky Mtn. - CO
	6 Pacific Northwest - WA, OR
	7 West - CA

The following graph shows how the rents fell according to location.
Not all the rents are for 1 bedrooms; there are some 2 bedrooms
thrown in, and a few condos.

200-
   -2-6-7
   -5-6-6-6
   -3-4-6-6-7
300-4-4-5-6
   -2-3
   -1-1-4-5-7
   -2-2-3-7-7
400-2-4-4-4-7
   -2-2-4-7-7-7
   -1-2-2-2-2-3-7
   -1-2-2-2-2-5
500-1
   -4
   -2-2-7
   -
600-5
   -7
   -
   -
700+2

As you can see most of the NY/NJ rents fall in the $450 to $500
zone. And rents in CA are also high compared to the rest of the
country.

The next graph shows what the rents were for studio, 1 or 2
bedroom apartments. I also included mortages on 1 bedroom condos.

	1 One bedroom apartment
	2 Two bedroom apartment
	3 Studio
	4 Condo

200-
   -1-1-1
   -1-1-1-1-1
   -1-1-1-2-3
300-1-1-1-2
   -1-1
   -1-1-1-1-3
   -1-1-1-1-2
400-1-1-1-1-2
   -1-1-1-1-1-1-1
   -1-1-1-1-1-1-4
   -1-1-1-1-2-2
500-1
   -1
   -1-1-1
   -
600-4
   -1
   -
   -
700+2

So, you can see that most of the responses were from people in one
bedroom apartments.

In my next article I will show the information that I obtained
in a condensed form so that everyone can see how their rents
match up with their luxuries.

sharon badian