<prompt> Human: My girlfriend and I have done an extensive apartment search in our city and will be moving in together this spring. That being said, after taxes and deductions I believe our take home is about 5100. Some apartments are obviously much more affordable perhaps 1400 however Im a sucker for a view and a number of luxurious high rises have caught our eye. These could be 1700 or as high as 2000. We live in the Midwest.We will both have car payments for a couple more years, no student debt, and would like to be mindful of saving and investing wisely.I feel that 2000 might be fairly burdensome. Ive heard of a 13 rule for rent expense, but dont know how useful that is. I realize this is hardly the full picture, but what is our ideal range? How much of your take home pay goes to rentinsane city parking?  <response>: We fell for the fancy apartment lifestyle, and clocked in around 1850mo. Weve been kicking ourselves ever since, our 1300mo place was so much better and bigger. Lease is up soon, thank jebus. 