Sweet. I guess I need to go read more of the middle pages of the "Great Gun Thread" or guns according to Paleo.
You best start your search right away with a "squalid bachelor pad / gas station" combo as your goal!
I have a bachelor friend living at "The Enclave at Crossroads". Gated apartment complex, close to US1/440 and the Crossroads mall. It's not squalid though.
Our old duplex is probably still available. I think it counts as squalid.
Oh definitely.
Townhouse next door is vacant.
Townhouse next door is vacant.
That's where I keep my meth lab. SO BACK OFF!
Just got my offer and it doesn't include a relo so I have to work it all out on my own. I could really use some help figuring it out.
Are they putting you up when you first get here or do you need a place from the very start?
As a general consideration, apartments right in/by RTP proper tend to cost $100-300 more per month and there is almost nothing going on there outside of normal workdays/work hours. (In fact many places in RTP are closed on evenings and weekends.) You'd need to travel out to Cary or Raleigh for some culture or, if you want serious hipster-worthy culture, Durham/Chapel Hill. Using Gmaps (search for apartments) and Renter's Voice I'm seeing loads of good candidates if you want a place in one of those areas.
As far as rough areas go, unless you're /really/ looking for squalid (yes, even by Baltimore standards) stay out of the southeast quadrant within 2 miles or so of downtown Durham. Straight south is okay, but the further you go toward east the greater the concentration of halfway houses, projects, derelicts, pawn shops, check cashing places, etc. The general feel is similar to what you'll have in rough areas of other developed cities. There are other smaller areas like that in Durham and Raleigh, but not nearly as notable.
Almost 2 decades ago my wife (then fiancee) and I stayed in Woodway Apartments, which has now adopted a hoidy-toity name but is still reasonably priced and well reviewed. You can probably find better in terms of location, but that's the only place I have any direct experience with.
Get far enough away from DC/MD/Northern Virginia and it's amazing how affordable real estate in general becomes.
Oh, and congratulations!
Congrats, Paleo! My brother just moved down to the Durham area earlier this year to run the Triangle Land Conservancy and I have taken a few trips down to check it out. Seems like a great area.
I've got tentative plans to head the ChiliBrew festival in Cary on April 6 - http://www.chilibrew.com/ . If you're down early for your job that may be a fun opportunity for a GWJ S&T
ringsnort wrote:Get far enough away from DC/MD/Northern Virginia and it's amazing how affordable real estate in general becomes.
Oh, and congratulations!
Looks like I can get a 2300 square foot townhouse in briar creek for about $1000/month. That's insane.
Wow.
From the NYC real estate market: I hate you.
Tanglebones wrote:Paleocon wrote:ringsnort wrote:Get far enough away from DC/MD/Northern Virginia and it's amazing how affordable real estate in general becomes.
Oh, and congratulations!
Looks like I can get a 2300 square foot townhouse in briar creek for about $1000/month. That's insane.
Wow.
From the NYC real estate market: I hate you.
Feeling you here in the DC area as well. Is this really how the rest of the country lives?
I remember renting a 3BR apartment in Indiana for $495 a month back in college, so.. yeah.
Feeling you here in the DC area as well. Is this really how the rest of the country lives?
I believe you call it "flyover country".
Welcome Paleo! We moved down here from Baltimore (also used to live in Columbia) 5 years ago. We love it here and there are a bunch of GWJers in the area. April 15 is a good night to meet some (http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/114555).
PM me if you need anything. I can also give you the contact info of our real estate agent. Tell her you need a place big enough to host a con.
Tanglebones wrote:Paleocon wrote:ringsnort wrote:Get far enough away from DC/MD/Northern Virginia and it's amazing how affordable real estate in general becomes.
Oh, and congratulations!
Looks like I can get a 2300 square foot townhouse in briar creek for about $1000/month. That's insane.
Wow.
From the NYC real estate market: I hate you.
Feeling you here in the DC area as well. Is this really how the rest of the country lives?
Boston and San Francisco share your pain.
Probably can't do much on weekends for the forseeable future. I will be taking the Megabus back to DC on weekends to be with the wife as much as I can.
Perfect. April 15 is Monday night!
Paleocon wrote:Tanglebones wrote:Paleocon wrote:ringsnort wrote:Get far enough away from DC/MD/Northern Virginia and it's amazing how affordable real estate in general becomes.
Oh, and congratulations!
Looks like I can get a 2300 square foot townhouse in briar creek for about $1000/month. That's insane.
Wow.
From the NYC real estate market: I hate you.
Feeling you here in the DC area as well. Is this really how the rest of the country lives?
Boston and San Francisco share your pain.
Yeah, I have an apartment in Bethesda, MD that is $2500/mo. I'm heading down to Pensacola FL in July and just about burst out laughing when I found out what the rent is down there. For $1600/mo I can get super-nice house in a private neighbourhood, with a full-sized heated swimming pool. For what I'm actually looking for, I'll probably only be shelling out $800-1000/mo. That's crazy.
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