Kevin, WOOPS.. I mean $660/month.... HA!
-Cory On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 22:56, Kevin Williams wrote: > Cory, > > Thanks for the good laugh:) Yes, $360 a month is a wonderful dream. > While I haven't lived in an apartment for a couple years, it was more in > the range of $550-$800 for a two bedroom apartment (you don't want to > live in one for $550 though). > > > Kevin > > > On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 21:41, Cory Bertsch wrote: > > Karol, > > > > Thanks for the tips. I have a car so I'll probably drive a fair amount > > until I get to know the city better, then I'll try to use public transit > > when I can. > > > > I would prefer to have my own apartment since my gf and I are going to > > be moving together. What sort of bad experiences have you had with > > apartments? We are hoping to find a decent two bedroom in the $360/month > > range if possible. Am I dreaming here or is that something that's > > possible? By 'decent' I just mean something that's not run down and is > > in a relatively safe area. Other than that I'm not horribly picky. > > > > Thanks again for the help! > > > > -Cory > > > > On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 17:36, Karol Kulaga wrote: > > > I live about 3 miles west of Washington square. The dslams are full here, > > > and Verizon isn't going to add ports at the CO until 2006. The cable from > > > Comcast is pretty good though, although it's gone down 4-5 times in the last > > > month, beats Verizon's DSL though. . . > > > > > > This is quite a safe neighborhood, and if you head out ~1-2 miles further on > > > Scholls ferry you get right into farmland country, which is kind of neat if > > > you need to decompress and stuff. Houses are bloody expensive; some guy on > > > the block sold his house (nothing impressive) for $279,000. You'd probably > > > want to consider renting a house with a couple of other people as the > > > apartments are, well, kind of shitty in the area. Nothing terrible, mind > > > you, but I've had a couple bad experiences. > > > > > > Also, if you're doing the whole public transit thing, you might want to know > > > that this is kind of a bad area for that. If you plan to get a place > > > anywhere off Roshak road, well, the nearest bus stop is on Scholls ferry, > > > which can be a bloody miserable x mile walk in the rain. Also, there is no > > > bus that goes directly to Highway 99, you have to transfer at the Washington > > > Square transit center and then again at the Tigard transit center (and if > > > you miss either, you get to wait 30 minutes). There isn't any bus service on > > > Bull Mountain either (a bit further westward). The area is also kind of a > > > pain to bike, if you go east on Scholls Ferry Road, it is not that bad, but > > > there are a couple of hills north on Murray Road will tire you out. Bull > > > Mountain is a pita to bike up. > > > Basically a car is needed unless you don't mind taking an hour and a half to > > > get anywhere. > > > > > > Good luck! > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PDXLUG mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://pdxlug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxlug > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PDXLUG mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://pdxlug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxlug > > _______________________________________________ > PDXLUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://pdxlug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxlug > > _______________________________________________ PDXLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdxlug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxlug
