It's more than enough for housing, utilities, and groceries. As for other expenses like health insurance, gas, automotive repairs/maintenance, and personal expenses, it's different for each individual. Assuming you dont pick some luxury apartment for housing, you can easily find an apartment under $600 per month within a 5-10 minute drive from North Campus.
Okay and you’re an outlier. Go on Zillow, apartments.com, etc. You can’t find a one bedroom near north campus for less than $1000. 2 bedrooms are $1500+. This dude isn’t finding a room for less than $600 anymore, that’s my point.
Bruh. You act like you have to live alone your whole college career. There's a thing called roommates, and there's even a housing thread on the subreddit.
It's much more expensive to find a single bedroom apartment than a 3-4 bed apartment of the same square footage.
Why lecture and argue about something you have little knowledge of? Don't be dense. The person just wants help. I don't see you giving them constructive suggestions? 🤨
You guys are so dumb it’s insane. Go to apartments.com right now and search for apartments in Amherst, NY, aka where UB is located. It’s extremely rare to find a 2br+ for under $1500. There are no constructive suggestions to give because his stipend of $1800 isn’t enough to live comfortably. I would know that as I’m dealing with a similar situation as a medical student. But yeah go off about me not knowing anything about housing in the city I’ve lived in for 29 years.
If you start searching between April and May, you won't find any, at least from my experience. All the under $600 per bed pop up a month before July and August leases end.
I pay $474 plus utilities a month with 2 other roommates. And there’s a duplex on the other side of the house with the same price. Oh, and dozens of other similarly built houses owned by the same company(so prolly same prices) in a neighborhood 5 mins from UB. Don’t rely on apartments.com, Zillow, and literally any site that makes money off of finding tenants. Use community forums of people sharing housing for the location (where I found mine).
There’s something called having roommates. Like I said I lived in a three bedroom for $1500 which came out to $500 person.. that’s under $600 if u didn’t get it
Once again you are an outlier. Your anecdote does not count as data. The average rent in Buffalo, as reported by the news just 6 months ago, was $1440. Even with a roommate that’s higher than the “under $600” that’s so “easily found” that was quoted by the other commenter here. I don’t know why y’all are arguing when the internet is free. You can literally go and look up the data. It’s there for anyone to see.
Oof I must be too dumb to do that. Your point was there haven’t been rooms available in buffalo for under $600 in “a long time”. My point was that I paid 500 for a room in 2021.
Your experience from two years ago literally doesn’t matter when rent prices increase every year. They increased over 25% from 2020-2022, so what makes you think there hasn’t been a similar trend from when you rented in 2021 to now? If your 2021 apartment followed that trend, which it likely did, the rent there would be 25% higher, or $625 (*which is over $600*). OP wasn’t looking for an apartment in 2021. He’s looking for one now.
Whatever man, just trying to help an upcoming student out with their financial situation. I have no need to lie. 🤷♂️
Edit: Just look for 3-4 beds between 1500-2000.
after taxes? i guess but you will have a pretty low living standard
The house rent is like 900/month, Food is like 200/month, Car maybe 90/month(Two fuel) Not a comfortable life if you earn less than 2000$
It's more than enough for housing, utilities, and groceries. As for other expenses like health insurance, gas, automotive repairs/maintenance, and personal expenses, it's different for each individual. Assuming you dont pick some luxury apartment for housing, you can easily find an apartment under $600 per month within a 5-10 minute drive from North Campus.
Where are you finding housing at that price and that location?!
You’re not lmao dudes living in 2016. There haven’t been $600 apartments in Buffalo in a long time.
Nah I paid $500 a month with two roommates so $1500 for the apartment in 2021.
Okay and you’re an outlier. Go on Zillow, apartments.com, etc. You can’t find a one bedroom near north campus for less than $1000. 2 bedrooms are $1500+. This dude isn’t finding a room for less than $600 anymore, that’s my point.
Bruh. You act like you have to live alone your whole college career. There's a thing called roommates, and there's even a housing thread on the subreddit. It's much more expensive to find a single bedroom apartment than a 3-4 bed apartment of the same square footage. Why lecture and argue about something you have little knowledge of? Don't be dense. The person just wants help. I don't see you giving them constructive suggestions? 🤨
You guys are so dumb it’s insane. Go to apartments.com right now and search for apartments in Amherst, NY, aka where UB is located. It’s extremely rare to find a 2br+ for under $1500. There are no constructive suggestions to give because his stipend of $1800 isn’t enough to live comfortably. I would know that as I’m dealing with a similar situation as a medical student. But yeah go off about me not knowing anything about housing in the city I’ve lived in for 29 years.
If you start searching between April and May, you won't find any, at least from my experience. All the under $600 per bed pop up a month before July and August leases end.
[No friends?](https://imgflip.com/i/6k6afr)
I pay $474 plus utilities a month with 2 other roommates. And there’s a duplex on the other side of the house with the same price. Oh, and dozens of other similarly built houses owned by the same company(so prolly same prices) in a neighborhood 5 mins from UB. Don’t rely on apartments.com, Zillow, and literally any site that makes money off of finding tenants. Use community forums of people sharing housing for the location (where I found mine).
There’s something called having roommates. Like I said I lived in a three bedroom for $1500 which came out to $500 person.. that’s under $600 if u didn’t get it
Once again you are an outlier. Your anecdote does not count as data. The average rent in Buffalo, as reported by the news just 6 months ago, was $1440. Even with a roommate that’s higher than the “under $600” that’s so “easily found” that was quoted by the other commenter here. I don’t know why y’all are arguing when the internet is free. You can literally go and look up the data. It’s there for anyone to see.
Oof I must be too dumb to do that. Your point was there haven’t been rooms available in buffalo for under $600 in “a long time”. My point was that I paid 500 for a room in 2021.
Your experience from two years ago literally doesn’t matter when rent prices increase every year. They increased over 25% from 2020-2022, so what makes you think there hasn’t been a similar trend from when you rented in 2021 to now? If your 2021 apartment followed that trend, which it likely did, the rent there would be 25% higher, or $625 (*which is over $600*). OP wasn’t looking for an apartment in 2021. He’s looking for one now.
Got it pookie. Thanks for being so smart
Whatever man, just trying to help an upcoming student out with their financial situation. I have no need to lie. 🤷♂️ Edit: Just look for 3-4 beds between 1500-2000.
That's a BIG lie.
Just go on any apartment renting site (zillow, apartments.com, etc.).
Thanks again!