{"id":697,"date":"2021-03-24T09:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T09:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/content-manager\/?post_type=studies&p=14001"},"modified":"2021-03-24T09:01:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T13:01:32","slug":"live-near-the-t-boston-1br-rents-plummet-at-105-stops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.renthop.com\/research\/live-near-the-t-boston-1br-rents-plummet-at-105-stops\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Near the T? Boston 1BR Rents Plummet At 105 Stops"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Boston\u2019s rapid transit system saw a drastic drop in ridership during the Covid-19 pandemic, and it currently faces a projected budget deficit of up to $600 million<\/a> for 2021. Social distancing precautions are still in place as folks continue to work from home, and eschew the T. As a result, close proximity to a train station to ease a work commute isn’t the must-have for apartment hunters that it used to be.<\/p>\n

However, there’s a silver lining.<\/p>\n

Single renters in Beantown are seeing new \u2014 and cheaper \u2014 one-bedroom leases drawn up at just about every subway stop along the Green, Red, Orange, and Blue lines.<\/p>\n

RentHop data scientist Shane Lee recently crunched the numbers to map out median rents by each T train stop. Here’s what she discovered:<\/p>\n