My Rent Ran $90 Per Month

I could live on practically nothing

This is the height of luxury compared to my old apartments. Photo by Kinga Howard on Unsplash.

My first apartment was freezing in the winter, boiling in the summer and we believed it to be haunted, but you couldn’t beat the price: $180, split with my college roommate, Belinda.

I was able to easily afford my share with the $3.35 per hour that almost all m…