Depending on the location, 1,000 square feet might seem like a lot of room to roam or like a smaller space. For example, as a former New York City studio apartment dweller, that size feels humongous.

A recent study by Storage Sense ranked the 10 U.S. cities where renters pay the most for space and compares average home sizes, rent prices and how many houses ... size at under 1,000 square ...