Cost Of Living In Traverse City

The issue that I would say is most important to me is affordable housing locally. In Traverse City, it is almost impossible to get a decent apartment for less than a thousand a month. This doesn’t include utilities, just the bare bone of purchasing the place. A lot of people living in Traverse City have minimum wage jobs, or are students going to Northwestern Michigan College. They cannot afford the high prices of living. On top of just paying for an apartment, there is also utilities, groceries, phone bills, and much more.
The cost of living in Traverse City is so high that it is impossible to live in Traverse City and not have a high paying job, or two or three jobs to support themselves. On top of that, most people living around Traverse