Love and Rent in a Time of Recession

Finding an apartment in a financial crisis isn't easy. But finding love may be.

A friend who's following our adventures here said she wants her boyfriend to move in with her because...she'd then be able to split her rent!

Here's her situation:

Her boyfriend is really nice and they've been dating for a couple of months. Her neighborhood is really nice (it has a "slope," or a "heights" or a "park" in its name). Her rent, thanks to the neighborhood, is about $800 a month.

So, if they move in together, that rent could drop by $200.

And from a love perspective, moving in would prove whether or not this boyfriend is the one.