It's all relative to area, or even street by street sometimes.
In "expensive" cities, $1100 is fairly cheap if you're only talking about price and nothing else. Course, size of the rented space + features + area/street is more important in terms of defining what "cheap" is. A 1-3 bedroom, 600sq. ft. to 1500sq. ft. place might be between $1200-$3500 a month where I live. Tiny 400-500sq. ft. studio apartments (those w/out any separated rooms except for the bathroom) might run between $900-$1300. Most apts/condos would have at least 1 covered parking space and complex laundry facilities - even if that only means a single washer/dryer shared by 8 units - but not all the very cheapest rentals do.
Rents were higher a few years ago - they've been going down/stabilized some now. That's based on my observations of the area, others might think differently.
But in some areas of the US, it's a lot cheaper to rent than where I am - ie, you'd get two or three times the rental for the money, so to speak.
Yeah, it depends on area. Where I'm from, WV, rent for a two story town house, 2 bed, 2 bath is probably about $600. Of course, WV is the cheapest place to leave in the country. For my size place, it's more like $450 a month. Of course, there are no places in WV that have gas fireplaces, gas ranges, washer/dryer in unit, swimming pool and hot tub, fitness room, billiards lounge, business center, swank lobby area, gated community, etc. $1100 for all of that is not bad, methinks.
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