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<p>It’s really amazing, actually. In Pittsburgh, my girlfriend and I were subletting a two bedroom apartment (the second bedroom was used for storage by us and the people we were subletting from) for $450 plus about $50 a month for electricity in the summer.</p>
<p>Out here in Pasadena, I’m paying $630 a month for half of a small two bedroom apartment, and my HALF of the electricity bill is around $70 a month (and we don’t use AC or heat).</p>
<p>If I had stayed in Pittsburgh for grad school and was in a stable relationship with someone earning about the same, I’d have been able to buy a house. Same with Ithaca.</p>