Rent

I've begun talking to a friend of mine from college who has recently moved back to Lawrence where we went to school. He was speaking of the cost of living and asking me about what it's like out here.

Lord have mercy! The cheapest rent I've found here is $220 without utilities. To achieve this very low (by SoCal standards) rent I lived with 5 other young women in a 1080 sq ft apartment and shared a 10x10 room with a roommate.

In Kansas where I went to school the rent for the same situation and size would be at the most $160. And that's just what I found searching for only a few minutes. If I ever plan on living in Kansas I should think to save as much money here as possible as it will stretch farther there than in SoCal.