4200
x2
I've been through Portland recently, just as fucked as LA.
That's kind of a snap judgment. Downtown any city is pretty much the same. There's a lot of vagrants (nicely called homeless people). Rents are high, pretty much unfordable on an entry level salary. It's cool to live downtown as long as you live in the Pearl or the southwest waterfront area. The 'cool' factor comes at a premium though. A 1 bd, 1 ba with 750 sq. ft. costs $2,100 a month in the Pearl. A 2 bd, 2 bath with 1700 sq ft in the south waterfront area runs $4,000 a month. I stick to my suburban 'white' enclave where my house payments are $1,500 a month for just under 3,000 sq. ft.
The last time my wife and I lived in L.A. - Granada Hills - we rented a smallest 3 bd, 2 ba home with around 1,400 sq ft. for probably pretty close to $200 a month. This was in in 1971. Everywhere we went we'd be in the car for over an hour because the north end of the valley was pretty much living out in the tulies.