What's the deal with Boston?

I spent the last few days looking for a place to live.

There are an awful lot of luxury condos that have either gone up or are in the process of going up.

And the rent to live in the city is pretty damned obscene. According to rent.com:

The cost of living in Boston is 240% the national average, with apartments ranking 48% more expensive than the national average. The average rent for luxury two-bedroom apartment rentals is $1,900, and the average price for one-bedroom apartments in older buildings is around $1,000. If those prices are too rich for your blood, take a close look at the neighborhoods of Allston, Brighton, Charlestown, Dorchester, East Boston and Jamaica Plain, where rents have fallen an average of 5% in recent years.

I think the thing that's the most annoying out of it was that it's taking forever to find a place to live. In Dublin, London, San Francisco and New York, I was able to find a place to live immediately. Here, I've been running around for a week or so. Granted, the week between Christmas and New Year's probably isn't the best one for looking for a place. Perspective roommates and landlords are probably out of the city or something.

Finally starting to make some progress.