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I share 1BR for $2000 about 2 miles from this location (away from campus). It has a great yard but is old and has rats/squirrels in the walls. Rent is crazy her

I share 1BR for $2000 about 2 miles from this location (away from campus). It has a great yard but is old and has rats/squirrels in the walls. Rent is crazy here.

keithpeter 8y ago
You have vermin? Is there not a pest control service about? Good luck
- jrowley 8y ago
  The rats have been contained to the walls thus far, and pest control comes periodically but it can be hard to lock down an old house. Such is life.
  - namibj 8y ago
    Ever considered (a) cat(s)? If deployed correctly, they deliver those that they don't like the taste of to your doorstep, albeit often very mutilated (think with (part (!)) of the head missing).
    - jrowley 8y ago
      That's a great idea. We live on the second floor, so the cat wouldn't have access to the outside directly, which is complicated. The other issue is the lovely vizsla that lives downstairs - she is scared of cats. But I'd love to get a cat or dog when my life is 10% more stable.
chrisseaton 8y ago
> I share 1BR for $2000 You literally share a bedroom with someone you're not in a relationship with?
- jrowley 8y ago
  No, I’m in a relationship with them. But the quarters still feel tight sometimes.
- liveoneggs 8y ago
  pretty much all dorm rooms have single bedrooms for multiple people (sometimes as many as 4). When I was a student I shared a two bedroom apartment with three other guys- two per room.
  - chrisseaton 8y ago
    That's bizarre - I've never seen adults asked to share rooms before outside of the military. How does anyone maintain a relationship when you're in the same room as other people?
    - saagarjha 8y ago
      > How does anyone maintain a relationship when you're in the same room as other people? You take it outside? Why do you have to maintain your relationship out of your room?
      - chrisseaton 8y ago
        > You take it outside? But take it outside... where? Where do you have to go when you share a bedroom with other people? > Why do you have to maintain your relationship out of your room? You don't. But you don't have a private bedroom either. So where does that leave?
        ghaff 8y ago
        Maybe your partner has a single room. Or, as others have mentioned, you make arrangements with roommates to stay out of the room for a bit--and maybe someone stays quietly overnight and the roommate tactfully avoids paying attention. Trust me. Roommates are very common in US undergrad housing and students manage to indulge in, um, romantic behavior just fine. If there's a willing participant of the opposite (or same) sex, life will find a way.

I share 1BR for $2000 about 2 miles from this location (away from campus). It has a great yard but is old and has rats/squirrels in the walls. Rent is crazy here.

keithpeter 8y ago

You have vermin? Is there not a pest control service about? Good luck

jrowley 8y ago
The rats have been contained to the walls thus far, and pest control comes periodically but it can be hard to lock down an old house. Such is life.
- namibj 8y ago
  Ever considered (a) cat(s)? If deployed correctly, they deliver those that they don't like the taste of to your doorstep, albeit often very mutilated (think with (part (!)) of the head missing).
  - jrowley 8y ago
    That's a great idea. We live on the second floor, so the cat wouldn't have access to the outside directly, which is complicated. The other issue is the lovely vizsla that lives downstairs - she is scared of cats. But I'd love to get a cat or dog when my life is 10% more stable.

chrisseaton 8y ago

> I share 1BR for $2000 You literally share a bedroom with someone you're not in a relationship with?

jrowley 8y ago
No, I’m in a relationship with them. But the quarters still feel tight sometimes.
liveoneggs 8y ago
pretty much all dorm rooms have single bedrooms for multiple people (sometimes as many as 4). When I was a student I shared a two bedroom apartment with three other guys- two per room.
- chrisseaton 8y ago
  That's bizarre - I've never seen adults asked to share rooms before outside of the military. How does anyone maintain a relationship when you're in the same room as other people?
  - saagarjha 8y ago
    > How does anyone maintain a relationship when you're in the same room as other people? You take it outside? Why do you have to maintain your relationship out of your room?
    - chrisseaton 8y ago
      > You take it outside? But take it outside... where? Where do you have to go when you share a bedroom with other people? > Why do you have to maintain your relationship out of your room? You don't. But you don't have a private bedroom either. So where does that leave?
      - ghaff 8y ago
        Maybe your partner has a single room. Or, as others have mentioned, you make arrangements with roommates to stay out of the room for a bit--and maybe someone stays quietly overnight and the roommate tactfully avoids paying attention. Trust me. Roommates are very common in US undergrad housing and students manage to indulge in, um, romantic behavior just fine. If there's a willing participant of the opposite (or same) sex, life will find a way.