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Sunday, October 12, 2003
Hell is... Apartment Hunting I can't imagine looking for an apartment on short notice is ever 'fun'. It certainly isn't for me... 19 days and counting until I won't have an apartment of my own... in a small city housing market which is driven by college-students (leases tend to be from August to August). I'm without car which means that I'm geographically limited... And I have a cat who is very important to me. As of Wednesday, there were only four apartments listed in the classifieds that would be options. I have looked at two, left multiple messages for one and found out the last wasn't opening up until January. The first apartment that I looked at... eerily enough, had the same house number as the apartment of the ex-bf that I would have been moving into. It had ample space but a lot of the ugly furniture would stay. It was a bit grubby, and wouldn't save me any money to move there. But perhaps the weirdest thing was that the landlord's apartment (which he stayed in for a few weeks at a time every few months) was a floor above and could only be accessed through what would be my living room. Meaning at any random time, this guy would be going through my apartment to get to his own. Now, I'm sure this guy is nice and all, but that's a little strange... next! The second apartment that I looked at was in a great neighborhood... I've lived there before. Again, I wouldn't save any money living there and there would be ample space... but pets are a problem which would mean I'd have to get rid of Chrissy. And, the eighty-year-old man who rented on the first floor was 'sensitive to sound.' That sounds like a recipe for disaster knowing how much I like to listen to music while I'm in the shower in the morning. Also, the landlord was absentee (lives in Virginia) and the best feature was the lame white faux-wood panelling throughout. *deep sigh* | private feedback | |
Hey! I'm Shane... a proud gay progressive Democrat who has recently relocated to New York City from Ithaca, NY. As I am no longer in Ithaca, I haven't quite decided the fate of this blog. Drop me a line!
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