Thursday November 25, 2004
SNOW!

IT'S SNOWING!!!!!

Edit: In other news... made dinner with Christina today... fried rice, soup, biscuits... the stuff I made (soup and biscuits) turned out like shit :-P The stuff she made (fried rice) was great. Meh.

The visit to Christina's apartment (she lives in catman... Cathedral Mansions for those of you who don't speak CMU-ese) inspired some thoughts as to housing next year, or maybe even moving next semester (or when space opens up). I pay $6,280 a year for my prime single in Mudge. A prime single is a small room (housing one) with a semi-private bathroom connected.

Then I looked at pricing for apartments... Christina is in a 2-bedroom (housing three) in catman. She pays $6,180 a year. A one-bedroom (housing two) goes for $5,940. These are APARTMENTS, coming with a private bath, living area, and private kitchen. I mean seriously, there's no reason for me to stay on campus and pay so much for nothing. And an efficency apartment (bedroom/living area in one) is even cheaper... $5,560/year!

Looking at the different apartment options, Shady Oak and Catman seem to be the two best deals. Downside: they're far from campus... but that's fine.

So I should start thinking about housing next year. Hmm... Does anyone want me to pull them into an apartment, or does anyone want to pull me into an apartment? ;)

Anyone interested in living with me next year?
I'm not that bad to live with, seriously.
I'm a cs major, but I shower and wear deodorant...


Posted at 02:01 PM
4 comment(s)  |  Please leave a comment?

Comments:

Alan... Stay as close to campus as you can manage. You lose less valuable time that could be spent doing other things, instead of traveling.

Posted by: Josh at November 26, 2004 12:32 PM

And coming from someone who has actually witnessed this dilemma, stay on campus. I've seen this whole deal run it's course, (older sister) and you will be happier if you stay on campus. And the price is never, never what you expect. She started by saying, "I'll only need $300 a month." Pretty good deal, it seemed. (She was sharing the apartment with three other girls, making it four total.) Now, whilst she lives in the same apartment, we're shelling out double the projected figure a month. Just, if you're ever gonna just trust me on something, let it be this. Stay on campus until you're past sophomore year at last. You optimally would want to stay on campus until you start doing post-Grad stuff. If you are. (I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say you are.)

Posted by: John at November 27, 2004 01:55 AM

Any particular reason why?
I know four people in apartment housing. They're freshmen and sophomores.
Realize that CMU is a small campus... so apartment housing is a 5 minute walk from campus. And these are university-owned apartments, not something I'm finding on my own.
And the rooms are SOOOO much nicer.

Posted by: Alan at November 27, 2004 09:57 AM

5 minute walk in Pittsburgh. Snow up to your knees at some points during the winter. 5 minutes becomes longer, and you become wetter, much wetter. Unless snow is not not made of water anymore...

Posted by: Josh at November 27, 2004 10:26 AM


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