I live in a decent sized city (but not what I’d call a large one -certainly not LA size) Good luck finding a one bedroom apartment for under $2000 if you want a place without roaches, mold, and bullet holes. The OP suggesting it might be that expensive someplace like downtown LA doesn’t seem crazy to me.
It’s not one or the other though. Op could find a room for rent in a house that gives him more privacy that just renting a bed, even in LA. The expense isn’t really the issue, it’s the shit conditions he’s choosing to live in.
I live in a decent sized city (but not what I’d call a large one -certainly not LA size) Good luck finding a one bedroom apartment for under $2000 if you want a place without roaches, mold, and bullet holes. The OP suggesting it might be that expensive someplace like downtown LA doesn’t seem crazy to me.
It’s not one or the other though. Op could find a room for rent in a house that gives him more privacy that just renting a bed, even in LA. The expense isn’t really the issue, it’s the shit conditions he’s choosing to live in.