I don't want to be at work today. Want to get on the road. I finished most of my stuff yesterday anyway. There are no bosses here and only one other coworker. I guess I'll watch tv on the pod and get stuff done for Monday.

Here's what you can get in Dallas for $1150 [link]

In my neighborhood, in a building pretty similar to mine (except that mine doesn't have a pool), $1400 will get you a studio: [link]

It should go without saying, I feel, that $1200/mo in Cincinnati can get you a whole whole WHOLE lotta house, in a nice part of town.

(I remember once freaking some NYC-istas out when I mentioned that my rent on my 1-bedroom apartment, which is a decent size, is $535. To quell the freakout, I had to remind them that this is *Cincinnati.*)

Rent on my studio (fairly large studio with an actual kitchen) is $1150. It would probably be a few hundred dollars more if it were a few blocks further north.

I should note that that LA apartment is in a very very very sketch part of town. Like, I wouldn't live there. Ever.

This is comprable to my area: [link]

We had an apartment about this size (a little bit smaller, with not as much light) for $950 -- seventeen years ago. Boy, times have changed.

I love living in LA.

I love living in LA.

But you live in the perfect Bungalow o' Love!

My 1-BR apartment (with too small kitchen, in mostly nice area) is $510.

O. Hi. O.

Would you want to remain in So Cal, Gloomcookie?

Nope. We want to buy a house and it's next to impossible here. We're also tired of everything being such a chore. Like going the grocery store - fight through traffic, find parking, deal with a bazillion people in the store. And we don't even live in LA proper. We want to go check Portland out and see if it's a possibility.

I love living in LA.

There are things we love, too. Like every band we like coming to town, gayness being no big, and of course the orb. But ultimately I think quality of life is becoming an issue for us.