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Mine's a bitch. I pay 1900 for a 2 bedroom in San Diego. It has in unit laundry, 2 full baths and a dishwasher. All crap I didn't have a hope to have in the SF Bay Area.
It's still a bitch.
So, a graph of "median rent per sq/ft" might be nice to look at along side a "median rent" chart, depending on your purposes.
Whereas middle class / working class wages have barely kept up with inflation.
So housing, healthcare and college costs have steadily increased while wages have been barely keep up with inflation.
I calculated 1% annual rise in 2014 dollars of rent based on (1.008)^54 = 1.53
Whereas $600 x 1.53 = $922
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