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Thu Dec-16-04 03:37 PM
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Is there anything worse than apartment hunting? |
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right before the holidays... in New York City... in the cold?
:argh: :argh: :argh: :argh: :argh: :argh:
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Thu Dec-16-04 03:38 PM
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coming up with two month's rent plus a security deposit
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Thu Dec-16-04 03:39 PM
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Thu Dec-16-04 03:39 PM
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Condo hunting in Northern Virginia in the Spring.
We're talking rip off mortgage companies, condos flying off the market before they're even listed, etc.
Worst experience I had! I didn't sleep for weeks from the worry.
I had a good persistent agent and eventually I got my place. :)
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Thu Dec-16-04 03:40 PM
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4. Apartment hunting in NYC before the holidays in the cold, that allows |
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Thu Dec-16-04 03:43 PM
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8. I suppose I should feel lucky for that |
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I don't have or need a car, so it's not an issue. And my cat lives with my parents.
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Thu Dec-16-04 03:41 PM
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Thu Dec-16-04 03:41 PM
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6. Trying to find a used car |
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when you're pregnant and four weeks away from your due date and operating on a limited budget.
We're a two-pickup truck household, and we've gotta find something with a back seat.
Okay, maybe it's not worse, but it's just as frustrating.
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Thu Dec-16-04 03:46 PM
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Thu Dec-16-04 03:56 PM
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11. Let's trade "finding what we want" vibes... |
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I'll vibe you the apartment of your dreams, and you'll vibe me a back seat with good mileage and low miles!
commencing vibe. :think:
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Thu Dec-16-04 03:59 PM
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Thu Dec-16-04 03:42 PM
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7. What is the average rent in NYC? |
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Thu Dec-16-04 03:50 PM
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10. a bazillion dollars a month |
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is what it feels like to me. x( At least $1,000.
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Thu Dec-16-04 03:59 PM
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14. What Will $1,000 Get You? |
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Will it get you Park Slope or Forest Hills or at least Flushing?
My aunt lives in a rent controlled apartment in Forest Hills and pays $600.00 a month...
When she moves they will probably get $2,000.00 a month for a 1 bedroom one bath apartment
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Thu Dec-16-04 04:00 PM
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16. I'm going to consider myself lucky to have my 1,000sf plus loft in Lowell |
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Edited on Thu Dec-16-04 04:01 PM by ET Awful
Mass that costs $1,000 a month. Brand new joint, I'm the first person ever to live here, and it's HUGE :)
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Thu Dec-16-04 04:04 PM
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19. Don't make me jealous |
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My 1,000 is buying me a bedroom, basically. :cry:
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Thu Dec-16-04 04:01 PM
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17. Just a share, not my own place |
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I'm paying less than that in Brooklyn, of course, but not having luck finding a place in my current neighborhood (which I like).
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Thu Dec-16-04 03:59 PM
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15. That's just for the apartment, a parking space is a bazillion and a half |
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Thu Dec-16-04 03:56 PM
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12. Nothing springs to mind right now. |
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Thu Dec-16-04 04:02 PM
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House hunting in Colorado Springs. Everything under $250,000 is pure crap.
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Thu Dec-16-04 04:26 PM
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I'm paying $375 for a 800sq ft apt in a good complex, built in '92. $200 security deposit & no lease after the first year (goes to month to month).
Yea, there are some advantages to living in Mississippi
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Thu Dec-16-04 05:17 PM
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24. and just another reason |
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to leave Colorado. Housing prices have skyrocketed.
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Thu Dec-16-04 04:29 PM
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I'm going to have to rent out a room soon. Then you have the pressure of interviewing strangers, letting them into your home, having to give up your privacy
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Thu Dec-16-04 04:41 PM
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22. It's kind of scary isn't it? |
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I did the craigslist thing once and while some of the people I met were cool, a few were truly... odd.
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Thu Dec-16-04 05:14 PM
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that winter isn't a bad time at all to look...you'll know how warm the place is, and how good the insulation. A couple of apartments ago, we were in a place with virtually NO insulation...you know what that's like when it gets down to -20, -30C? The space heater, plus an open oven and layers upon layers of clothing and bedding saved us. In the summer time, it was about 5-7 degrees hotter inside than out. We got out of that place pretty quick.
Now the MOVING in the winter...that's crap. Especially if you're doing it yourself. ;)
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Thu Dec-16-04 05:19 PM
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25. Not being able to afford a place to live... |
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right before the holidays... in New York City... in the cold.
(With * in the White House, we might all be living on the streets before it's over.)
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