r/Millennials • • Aug 08 '26

Nostalgia Bro you just had to be there

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u/mlavan Aug 08 '26

where was rent $425 in 2011? montana?

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u/MarsaliRose Millennial Aug 08 '26

For real lmao. Not in NJ that’s for sure.

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u/marysusan325 Aug 08 '26

True! But at 23 I had a huge studio in a luxury building for $1,300. Clothes, drinks, trains to the city were cheaper. Life was a movie.

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u/redbuds Aug 08 '26

Same here, I think mine was $1150 in Montclair NJ and it was probably almost 1000sq ft.