Rental costs for young adults moving out

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He should be living with roommates if he’s moving out of your home. He should look for 2BR, 3BR or group houses. He may need to room with strangers that he will vet over Facebook groups. Aiming for around $1200/month or lower per person should be reasonable.

Need to know the kid's salary before saying $1200/month is all he can afford.

My kid lives somewhere with a MCOL, a decent but not STEM/CS/ENG salary, and they starting with paying $1350 for their place and it was easy to budget for that. Could have afforded more on their salary of $65K.