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Kyuubi4269 posted...

That rule of thumb is ancient and wrong, it's pretty common to spend half your income.

I wouldn't necessarily say "wrong" so much as "unrealistic." That's a good ideal to aim for, if you can manage it, but because of how aggressively the rental market has inflated relative to wages, you probably won't achieve that standard without either making quite a lot (way more than can reasonably be considered a minimum standard for renting) or settling for a shoebox.

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