I am moving to the city soon. I’ve been looking for apts with a roommate. My budget is 1800. Do you think it’s better to have an apt for 3200 and have to pay for utilities or 3600 and utilities are

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Definitely 3200+utilities. Even if you do hit $400 over the summer (which is high end), that's 3-5 months. The rest of the year will be much less. You'd have to be hitting an average of $400/mo to make the latter worth it which seems outrageous to me.

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Included? I need advice from someone who has lived in the city and what they’ve experienced cause I have heard the bill gets high $400 for AC in the summer

Awesome thank you !

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