One unavoidable reality about modern living in America: City-living is increasingly expensive, perhaps no more so than in terms of rent levels. While by no means the national average, the rent levels in big cities like New York, San Francisco, Boston, San Jose, San Diego and Miami are all above $3,000 per month (the Big Apple tops them all with rent levels around $3,600 per month for a one-bedroom unit). Even with cost of living levels trending towards the stratosphere in general, that’s an awful lot of money to pay for rent in a big city. 

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