Northeastern sprawl (amongst other colleges) has/is changed/changing that. A quick search on apartments.com for 2 bedrooms in Roxbury reveals 37 results for 2200 or less, 92 for 2400 or less, and 246 for 2800 or less. And some of these are misrepresented because they are actually apartment buildings with a “range” of pricing (but never actually have availability in the low end of the range).