Rental Market

I know Reddit is a hotbed of complaints, but the rental market is brutal as someone who's lived here my whole live and remembering what it was 10 years ago. You can't view most of these places after business hours and you're expected to take time off work during the day to see them. The extra parking fees are insane and $1650/month plus utilities and parking for a 750 sq ft two bedroom is insane. Our lease is up for renewal and it used to be a month-to-month lease after the first year. Now its 6 month lease and an increase in rent or a cheaper year long lease. The rental company has emailed us four times to ask what we are doing, we've responded 3 of those times with questions or explaining our predicament. Then they called me asking what our decision is. We don't even get regular snow removal; there was massive ice buildup that turned the wheel-chair accessible ramp into a swamp that I had to notify maintenance of after waiting a week for it to be cleared up. It's so bananas. I love my city, but this situation is heartbreaking.