"My rent is $1300, I live with one roommate on Russian Hill."
Sorry this pricing is not realistic for other viewers here. A two bedroom in Russian hill for $2600 is probably a passed down rent controlled unit (A decade?). A typical 2 bedroom (without problems / not nice / no parking / 800sqft) is about $4500.
If you are outside of SF and look at prices, remember many people are on rent control. And your best bet is finding someone who is.
So you are saying OP got lucky to rent a rent controlled apartment, rather than the exorbitantly higher normal prices? Am I missing something? I think it just goes to prove the OP’s point further