I'm boggling at the rent. $1250 for a place that big??? With air conditioning AND a dishwasher??? At least tell me it's in a crack-den, please!

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And consider the source.

I'll tell him. He's always interested in what the buffistas have to say. The not so (funny) part of the whole story is that he hurt his knee the first time playing soccer for PT. THe Army went to this "no games during PT" thing a while ago, but lots of people violate because games are more fun than constant weight lifting and running. Still, I think Joe proves why it is a good rule.

Amiee, that sounds like a great apartment. Are you guys moving?

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We're thinking about it. We're being very very very picky.

It might very well be a crack den. It's above a street we wanted to stay below, but we'll go see. I'd rather hardwood, but I'll settle for carpet if I get 1300 sq ft.

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Sorry, brenda, I just had to share.

I'm boggling at the rent. $1250 for a place that big???

Me too. That would be $1800-$2800 here, depending on location. At least. Huh.

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And definitely go see the place.

The house I rent is waaaaaay below market. We managed to find it before it was even advertised so I figured it was meant for me to live here.

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My brother once found an apartment that was hundreds of dollars below the market rate. Turns out the landlord/owner was an old lady who had owned it for ages and never bothered to raise the rent along with the market rates. Turns out she had a hard time renting it, because most people must have figured there was something wrong with the place, given what she was charging. My brother and his friends figured that too, but they figured it was at least worth checking out. Good thing they did.

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Work is trying to kill me - and I have no one to go to for help. I may be working from now until 6pm Friday with minimal breaks.

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Apparently librarian work is very stressful

I've seen this kind of result for librarian work before. I just wonder about where they got their librarians from -- "trapped between bookshelves" doesn't sound like professional work. Heck, I feel like I rarely touch a book and whenever anyone asks me about being a librarian because s/he "loves books" I tell them to learn Latin and look into being a rare book librarian because the rest of us are on computers all day.

I boggle at the price of that apartment. There was one here in Berkeley that was 2400 sq/ft for $2500 that I drooled over during an open house once.

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My brother once found an apartment that was hundreds of dollars below the market rate. Turns out the landlord/owner was an old lady who had owned it for ages and never bothered to raise the rent along with the market rates.

I was thisclose to getting an apartment like that -- $1600/month, for a floor-through brownstone apartment in PRIME Park Slope. But before I could see it, the owner was tipped off to how much the place was really worth and she took it off the market. (I think she wanted to buy new appliances to jack the price up as much as possible.)

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I'm earwormed with Southern Cross Brit now. Grrrrrr.

Thanks a *lot*, Cass. Really

Alright, Brenda, you hold and I spank or the other way around?

t growls at Cass

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