Reddit reviews Collected Letters, 1944-1967

I'm reading a book of letters by Neil Cassady (famous Beat guy, On The Road's Dean Moriarty, Howl's N.C., Cody on most other Kerouac novels, spent some time with the Merry Pranksters), the letters start a few years after this he mentions renting a "lovely basement room with a nearby bathroom" for $6/week (Page 21). Later on he mentions a 3 bedroom house with a fridge and furnishings, off-site landlord, for $32.50/month (Page 144) and another house with all utilities included for $35.50/month (Page 157).

$1.50/night seems steep.

On the road and other novels also mention pretty cheap prices, but they're fiction. Neal's letters are as close to real life as can be expected from a lovable sociopath's letters.

Edit: I just realized that I gave page numbers, but no book name... I'm all kinds of smart! The book is: Collected Letters, 1944-1967 by Neal Cassady, intro by Carolyn Cassady.