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Originally Posted by TheKiprusoffResurrection
When I lived in Sydney, I was buying something off a guy I found on gumtree (Aussie kijiji). He told me to come to his apartment in the CBD. When I arrived I found a very interesting arrangement. 3 bedroom place, 2 bunk beds in each bedroom and 2 more in the living room. 16 people living in a 3 bedroom flat with 1.5 baths. Seemed to all be students/young workers from China.
The guy told me they pay $500/mth each. Landlord bringing $8k month rent on a dated 3 bedroom worth maybe $2700 max. He said it was worth it for them as any full room in the CBD is $1000+ and none of them were home that much. Seemed horrific to me.
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Yep, very common here with international students etc. Multiply the situation in Calgary probably by 10.
We've got two world class universities within the CBD, and immigration seems to be a free for all these days. A newspaper should probably do a proper investigation on this, people would be surprised how widespread it is. When people my age (late twenties) are paying $2000/month for a basic one-bedroom within a reasonable distance from the city, you can see why some do it.