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Friday, May 05, 2006
Apartment Hunting
I spent part of yesterday and most of today driving around north Tampa looking for a place to live. The lease for the joke of an apartment complex I currently live in is up in August. Right now I am paying $435 per month with a roommate, which is insanely cheap for university area (“you get what you pay for” is blaringly obvious in this case). I’m learning that a good, clean place to live in Tampa by myself will cost at least $600-$700 which is discouraging, but doable considering I was appointed for another 20-hour graduate assistantship in the Fall. Granted, most of my monthly paycheck will go toward rent, but it’s worth it if I can a) live by myself and b) not have to worry about a cracked-out office staff, half of whom I’m older than, trying to pretend to be a legitimate community who cares about their residents. Come to think of it, I could probably move into a Section 8 downtown and it would be more bearable.
Posted by Will at May 5, 2006 04:59 PM in Personal Reflections