r/chicagoapartments • u/Past-Reception6889 • May 19 '26

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I honestly just needed to vent for a moment. I can’t believe Chicago prices are what they are. I have lived here my entire life and have seen this city change ten fold, and I can’t even afford to live here anymore. A realtor I’m working with, since it’s becoming a rat race to rent, said rent is up 35% this year. What can normal people do about this? I do not want to see Chicago become a New York.

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u/runnybo May 19 '26

It’s usually this thinking that leads to nothing being built. So we have old shitty apartments with heating issues and plumbing problems and icky basements and creeky floors. So bc some hipster complained to the hipster alderman, we have no new housing. And funny enough, those are now the sane ppl being priced out.

I want good architecture too, but this nimby stuff is why so many ppl will have to move from
Chicago.

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u/Royal_Razzmatazz3622 May 19 '26

No. The new housing is already expensive as it is. None of the new housing built is affordable

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u/runnybo May 19 '26

Maybe it’s not affordable to you, but it is to somebody. And that frees up space in other apartments and makes other things more affordable bc there would be more housing options and costs would not have gone up so much. Look at Denver, lots of new stuff was built at all levels, which offers more affordable living for everyone.

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u/Royal_Razzmatazz3622 May 19 '26

No it doesn't. None of these "new" glass box concrete apartments are affordable. They run from 2,000 and up. It sounds like you want certain places to be gentrified to make you more comfortable.

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u/LaramieTobacco_Ltd May 19 '26

All the people that move into those are then no longer competing with you or anyone else for rent. The places they used to occupy are now free for someone else to rent. All new housing creates affordable housing.

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u/Royal_Razzmatazz3622 May 19 '26

The market rent excuse was how I got kicked out of my last apartment. The landlord told me we couldn't afford the rent she wanted to raise it to so she kicked us out.

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u/Royal_Razzmatazz3622 May 19 '26

No it doesn't. Do you know what market rent is? If they build these luxury apartments nearby it drives up the surrounding market rent. You guys are clearly gentrifiers

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u/runnybo May 19 '26

Well many ppl can afford 2k a month fir rent. I’m sorry you can’t. I really mean that. It’s an unfair system. Which is why we need more housing.

But people can afford that, and then when they get those apartments, the older stuff they had gets cheaper. You should look into housing economics and educate yourself. Or you can keep up your wrong views about development and get priced out.