Indeed, feel free to scrutinize my numbers, I just did a quick search for the statistic (and looking at your link it's entirely possible that it was showing me a number in Canadian dollars, oops!). Even still, I've broken even from moving to the city and selling my car; a lot of the "cities are too expensive" arguments overlook the possibility that if you can get away with not owning a car (which, maybe you can't, I don't know your situation) then that can easily offset the sticker shock of urban rents. Plus, for me there psychological benefits; I used to drive for an hour every workday while commuting, and the drudgery was killing me with a daily infusion of dread; these days I would voluntarily take time out of my schedule just to bike for an hour.