Sorry about that outburst. I live down in the NYC metro area and am currently paying $1200 a month renting a somewhat shitty apartment and still have an hour plus commute to the city. Me and my gf are currently looking at moving closer to the city (ie. Hoboken) and its either we rent a ~600 sf 1br for ~$2000 a month or buy a ~600 sf 1br for ~$400,000. That was why i said what i said.