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It's hard to deny the appeal of high-end apartment buildings packed with amenities from on-site pools and yoga studios to rooftop decks and friendly doormen. Living in luxury can be

costly but, depending on what city you call home, it could be more affordable than you might think. Apartment finding website RENTCafe used data from Yardi Matrix, a business development and

asset management tool, to compare how much more high-end apartments cost than their less fancy counterparts in 30 major cities across the U.S. The numbers varied wildly. In expensive

coastal cities, such as New York and San Francisco, living in a high-end building costs $1,000 more a month compared to lower-end places. But in locations such as Phoenix or Charlotte, it

only takes around $350 to upgrade. Here's a closer look at the rent prices for luxury apartments in 12 major U.S. cities, ranked from least to most expensive. OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA

AVERAGE MONTHLY RENT FOR A LUXURY APARTMENT: $1,024 Price range for luxury apartments: $872 (studio) to $1,295 (3BR) Price difference compared to a low-end building: $368 PHOENIX, ARIZONA

AVERAGE MONTHLY RENT FOR A LUXURY APARTMENT: $1,154 Price range for luxury apartments: $999 (studio) to $1,378 (3BR) Price difference compared to a low-end building: $351 CHARLOTTE, NORTH

CAROLINA AVERAGE MONTHLY RENT FOR A LUXURY APARTMENT: $1,247 Price range for luxury apartments: $1,157 (studio) to $1,455 (3BR) Price difference compared to a low-end building: $347 Giorgio

Fochesato | E+ | Getty Images DALLAS, TEXAS AVERAGE MONTHLY RENT FOR A LUXURY APARTMENT: $1,428 Price range for luxury apartments: $1,165 (studio) to $2,049 (3BR) Price difference compared

to a low-end building: $524 NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE AVERAGE MONTHLY RENT FOR A LUXURY APARTMENT: $1,513 Price range for luxury apartments: $1,410 (studio) to $1,745 (3BR) Price difference

compared to a low-end building: $502 DETROIT, MICHIGAN AVERAGE MONTHLY RENT FOR A LUXURY APARTMENT: $1,652 Price range for luxury apartments: $1,061 (studio) to $1,878 (3BR) Price difference

compared to a low-end building: $769 Portland, Oregon jose1983 | iStock | Getty Images PORTLAND, OREGON AVERAGE MONTHLY RENT FOR A LUXURY APARTMENT: $1,691 Price range for luxury

apartments: $1,378 (studio) to $1,950 (3BR) Price difference compared to a low-end building: $484 DENVER, COLORADO AVERAGE MONTHLY RENT FOR A LUXURY APARTMENT: $1,756 Price range for luxury

apartments: $1,399 (studio) to $2,439 (3BR) Price difference compared to a low-end building: $499 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA AVERAGE MONTHLY RENT FOR A LUXURY APARTMENT: $2,197 Price range

for luxury apartments: $1,623 (studio) to $3,677 (3BR) Price difference compared to a low-end building: $925 Skyline of Chicago Getty Images CHICAGO, ILLINOIS AVERAGE MONTHLY RENT FOR A

LUXURY APARTMENT: $2,465 Price range for luxury apartments: $1,747 (studio) to $4,905 (3BR) Price difference compared to a low-end building: $1,078 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA AVERAGE MONTHLY

RENT FOR A LUXURY APARTMENT: $4,132 Price range for luxury apartments: $3,157 (studio) to $6,812 (3BR) Price difference compared to a low-end building: $1,125 MANHATTAN, NEW YORK AVERAGE

MONTHLY RENT FOR A LUXURY APARTMENT: $4,416 Price range for luxury apartments: $3,179 (studio) to $8,163 (3BR) Price difference compared to a low-end building: $1,035 _DON'T MISS: _

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