Living In A $2,000/Month Apartment In Pittsburgh, PA | Unlocked

Ben Boxer, 21, lives with two roommates in a 2-bedroom apartment in Pittsburgh, PA. Together they pay $2,000 a month in rent. Ben is a student at Carnegie Mellon University and a former intern at CNBC Make It. He pays $800 for his room.

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Living In A $2,000/Month Apartment In Pittsburgh, PA | Unlocked

[JakexGaming]

I would have converted the office space into a 3rd bedroom so that each roommate could have their own private space

[philip]

oh im a broke college student but i just bought this $7000 desk set up and its really cool. Plus like 15k worth of equipment. XD

[CaseyBurnsInvesting]

I don’t miss being a broke student at all.

[NicoleMsowoya]

He should pay $1000 and his roommates should pay $500 each

[grainofsalt]

Eating SALMON as a college student??? Y'all have it good

[TF-meti]

Looks like Cj and Misha got the wrong end of this deal

[iwannaquit]

Shouldn't he be paying $1000 for his room and his 2 roommates pay $500 each? Just to make it fair? But hey, if it works for them, it works!

[jqbfrep]

It’s misleading when you put $2000 in the title, yet he only pays $800 🙄

[robertschafer]

Confirmed, you now need a YouTube channel to be featured on these segments.

[breaellis]

2k for an apartment in Pittsburgh?! Sounds like he got finessed

[mcralphael]

Someone please tell me, he’s not on a budget. Because his spending is out of control. He installed security cameras around the apartment to monitors his roommate activities. That’s crappy bro. This episode is mainly about how cool my apartment is with all these smart I sincerely wish you the best of luck bro.

[macymacyy]

The rent spilt should’ve been more like $1, 000 and $500 for the other two.

[MetalSlimeDrummer]

You couldnt pay me to have roommates again.

[smartlikewoah]

People are complaining about how they split the rent but his 2 roommates converted the dining room into an office for the 2 of them. So they're also paying for an office space.

[ellie]

So he claims they are paying even splits for the space they respectively live in and yet the roommates are only paying $200 less for a half bedroom?? Either this guy knows how to finesse or needs to immediately change his major to math smh

[abbyoneill]

Kinda feel like he should be paying $1000 and each of the other two roommates should pay $500... he gets one bedroom, they each get half a bedroom.. makes sense 🤷🏻‍♀️

[tonkabear]

I had no idea it was that expensive in Pittsburg.

[drewconway]

$2, 000/mo and you don’t even get a dishwasher or an in-unit washer/dryer? And you have to live in Pittsburgh?! LOLOL

[notyourfriend]

$2000 for 2bed apartment in Pittsburgh is stupidly expensive. 😂 I know my friends stayed in a 3 bed 2 bath apartment for 1400$.

[FredDogification]

He has 2k in light bulbs and home pods... at least he didn’t complain School is to expensive 😂