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Mr_Finley7 t1_iw9gswx wrote

Rent is that high in Biddo? I thought those were Portland prices

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ScarletFire21 t1_iwai0em wrote

No, a decent 2 bedroom in Portland will run you $1800 per month and up. Even in Biddo, a decent 2 bedroom is $1400-1700. That’s for a decent one with nice appliances and not a sketch building. I see one bedrooms and 2 bedrooms in Biddo for under $1400 per month here and there, but they are gross as hell and not worth it.

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Mr_Finley7 t1_iwdjgsr wrote

I don’t know why but I was assuming we were talking about a one bedroom, my bad. I still can’t believe Biddeford rents are keeping up with Portland’s. The housing/rental market is an absolute horror show. But from what I’m hearing from friends in NH maybe that’s just the price we have to pay for the “privilege” of living in NE.

Mb they intentionally want the poor to fuck off to some red state dystopia.

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ScarletFire21 t1_iwepgro wrote

No, it’s a lot of demand and not enough supply. Plain and simple. No other ulterior motive. Couple that with a historic region of the country that still maintains a lot of draconian laws in regards to building new affordable housing and old zoning laws etc etc etc, and the supply that IS out there is 90% of the time of older quality. Go to Phoenix AZ and $1500 per month apartment gets you a brand new luxury 1 or 2 bedroom with a bidet and your own personal Asian masseuse. In Biddeford, Portland, Westbrook, or any other “affordable” cities in Southern Maine, $1500 gets you a toilet meant for an ass the size of the Keebler Man, heat that doesn’t work, neighbors with missing teeth and a 23 year old non-verbal son, and a homeless guy who sleeps underneath your bedroom window. Lol.

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