Your friend either shares a one bedroom, does not live in a cool a place as he claims, or has the square footage of a cardboard box.
KCMO is cheap but that rate is absurd.
KCMO is cheap but that rate is absurd.
No private parking, if that helps?
(I'm very familiar with the St. Louis rental market. My last one-bedroom in Tower Grove South (for those familiar with the area) was $625/mo. It was a decent apartment, too.)