Currently paying $500 USD a month chilling at Cindy‘s mom‘s house. Anything more seems too expensive.
Even the thought of spending $1300 a month on a one bedroom or studio seems too expensive.
Why is rent so expensive?
Perhaps then the intelligent strategy is figuring out how to leverage things in order to not spend that much money on rent. For example, living with your parents at their house, and paying rent, or having a roommate or several roommates. Not living alone or solo.
Or, living abroad. When means in the were living in Hanoi we only spent $350 USD a month on a brand new studio apartment in Hanoi.