Bang for Your Buck
This is what $1,500 gets Fort Worth renters right now
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In places such as New York City and San Francisco, rents are high and apartments are tiny. Texas, on the other hand, is known for living large — but at what cost?
According to RentCafe, if you're shelling out $1,500 a month in Fort Worth, you're luxuriating in 1,389 square feet. Put another way, that's $1.08 per square foot. The situation is more expensive in Dallas, where you get 1,210 square feet ($1.24 per square foot).
As far as the rest of Texas is concerned, you'll get the least amount of space for your $1,500 in Austin (1,049 square feet, or $1.43 a square foot), while El Paso comes in at under a dollar a square foot. Houstonians can expect comfy living quarters at 1,271 square feet, or $1.18 per square foot. San Antonio is similar to Fort Worth, with 1,376 square feet.
In pricey New York City, $1,500 will most likely get you a measly 274-square-foot studio. The average rent there is closer to $4,031, but that only translates to about 727 square feet.
Rentals are the biggest in Memphis, Tennessee, where you can have 1,948 square feet for $1,500 a month. On average, though, renters tend to go for much smaller units that only cost around $700.
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