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Just venting...
Right now I have a job that's great in the long term for my career, but the starting salary is pretty low. So as of right now, I don't make that much money.
This kinda sucks, because I live in Montgomery County, Maryland, where 90% of apartments are complete hell (bug/rodents, unbearably noisy, unsafe neighborhood), 5% of apartments are too far away for me to have a reasonable commute or ever see my friends/family, and 4% would require me to sell my organs regularly to afford. I've spent literally 8 hours browsing through apartmentratings and it seems as though there's *maybe* two or three places that are even acceptable, much less preferable.
sigh
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where/what are you working? I think the bethesda area has some decent townhouse rental close to NIH
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intrigue
Washington, D.C9935 Posts
moco is great for growing up in - schools can be really good depending on where you are, there's great food places, parks, whatever but it can be really hard to find something affordable on your own.
i work in bethesda and after taxes i'm looking to rent something in the 800-1200 range. in bethesda this means maybe a room in a 2br apt on the battery lane side, like d3 said. they're really not dingy and it's safe. not bad at all. silver spring and takoma part are supposed to be up-and-coming but some people find those areas rough. i like them though. some parts of nw dc fall in this price range too, though it may just be a room in a house. my friend got lucky with a 1br in the basement for 1300 in adams morgan.
also 8 hours browsing is nothing haha. i don't know much about apartmentratings or your standards for a nice place but my friends have been finding nice deals on craigslist for a while now. where have you been looking?
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also while you're at it, drive down to annandale for the DC area TL community dinners - we get korean bbq on Saturdays; there's a thread and all in tl community
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