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> In other words, even if developers built more two-, three-, and four-bedroom apartments, you probably wouldn’t be able to afford one

But almost most apartments are multi-bedroom???

I searched my area on Zillow for Apartments/Condos for rent. [1]

Studio - 85

1 bed - 225

2 bed - 233

3 bed - 39

4 bed - 1

https://www.zillow.com/salt-lake-city-ut/rental-buildings/?s...

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Uh, your numbers agree perfectly with the article. Notice they cluster around 2, with 6.8 (not noice)% of apartments being 3 or more bedrooms.

My numbers are that nearly half of apartments are multi-bedroom.

Which the article depicts as unusual.

From your own numbers, I'm counting 310 with 1 bed or less, and 273 with 2 or more beds. Now, I'm not a math professor, but I do believe "most" means "more than half", and I also do believe that 310 is a bigger number than 273.

I also wouldn't consider a 2-bedroom unit "family sized", since even a couple living without kids probably needs to use a bedroom as an office, study, or something else.

But he didn't say "most". He said "almost most". Most would be 292 or more, and 273 is arguably almost 292.

By your own count "most" apartments are 1 bedrooom or less.

Salt Lake City isn't representative of the US -- and in particular places in the US with a housing shortage.

Utah has a significant housing shortage, in no small part driven by its status as the fastest growing state over the past decade (even more than Texas and Idaho).

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