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To summarise: 2 roomates, private bath, and - parking included in a great location: near the lake, near the loop. Parking is at a premium around here, and could

by biotech 17y ago

To summarise: 2 roomates, private bath, and - parking included in a great location: near the lake, near the loop. Parking is at a premium around here, and could cost over $200/month easily. The ad does not specifically mention "hackers". Chicago is a great city, for those who don't know. Most of the programming jobs around here are financial - the commodities exchange is big here, but there's a lot of small financial software companies in several areas, even in this economy.

brandnewlow 17y ago
I posted this ad. You can read up on me in my profile. Here's the deal: The apartment's in a development called Atrium Village that houses a lot of people looking to get out of nearby Cabrini Green (the housing project that the Hoop Dreams kids came out of). It also houses a ton of med school and seminary students...and me, someone working on a startup who's not pulling in a lot of cash at the moment. There's a 12-month wait to get into a new place here because of how cheap it is (they get money from the state to keep rent down). I started here as a subletter and they let me stay on. We're looking for a full-timer. The place has a massive parking lot, is close to both the Brown line and the Red line, has a pool (open in the summer) as well as a tennis court. We're across the street from a public library and the beach is 8 blocks east. Drawbacks? The apartment itself is pretty average, similar to the places a lot of college kids get during school. The neighborhood can seem a little intimidating if you're out after midnight though I've had no problems. I've been living with two med school students here for the last year. One, the guy with the biggest room just decided he's moving back in with his parents after his fiance left him (long story). So we need to find someone. His room has its own full bathroom. The other guy and I share a bathroom. He's never home, while I'm just about always home. It'd be great to find someone from HN to join the team here.
- rms 17y ago
  (For anyone with a US IP address and 3 hours to kill, Hoop Dreams is available on Hulu and it's really an incredible movie. http://www.hulu.com/watch/28514/hoop-dreams http://www.hulu.com/watch/28514/hoop-dreams)

by biotech 17y ago

brandnewlow 17y ago

I posted this ad. You can read up on me in my profile. Here's the deal: The apartment's in a development called Atrium Village that houses a lot of people looking to get out of nearby Cabrini Green (the housing project that the Hoop Dreams kids came out of). It also houses a ton of med school and seminary students...and me, someone working on a startup who's not pulling in a lot of cash at the moment. There's a 12-month wait to get into a new place here because of how cheap it is (they get money from the state to keep rent down). I started here as a subletter and they let me stay on. We're looking for a full-timer. The place has a massive parking lot, is close to both the Brown line and the Red line, has a pool (open in the summer) as well as a tennis court. We're across the street from a public library and the beach is 8 blocks east. Drawbacks? The apartment itself is pretty average, similar to the places a lot of college kids get during school. The neighborhood can seem a little intimidating if you're out after midnight though I've had no problems. I've been living with two med school students here for the last year. One, the guy with the biggest room just decided he's moving back in with his parents after his fiance left him (long story). So we need to find someone. His room has its own full bathroom. The other guy and I share a bathroom. He's never home, while I'm just about always home. It'd be great to find someone from HN to join the team here.

rms 17y ago
(For anyone with a US IP address and 3 hours to kill, Hoop Dreams is available on Hulu and it's really an incredible movie. http://www.hulu.com/watch/28514/hoop-dreams http://www.hulu.com/watch/28514/hoop-dreams)