Originally Posted by
Pilotchute
I was in Cleveland for a while commuting to EWR. My rent in CLE was $700 a month for a decent one bed apartment that was 30 mins from the airport. I moved to Rahway in NJ which is 25 mins drive from EWR and only pay $300 a month more. When you take into account the crash pad ($150) I'm out $150 a month.
Well worth it.
I find people who shout loudest about how bad/expensive a city is either grew up in a one horse town or haven't actually lived there themselves.
Exactly. The COL difference for me between living in Chicago and living where I grew up in Indiana is so minimal that I already come out ahead picking up one day trip. Factoring in not driving two hours, ability and flexibility to pick up more trips, etc. it’d be even closer if I was commuting via air and paying for a crash pad/hotels.