I Need to Avoid the Ghetto . . . .

April 6, 2009 11:44 PM

o, pursuant to all the recent 911 activity and the fact that I'm sick and tired of living on the wrong side of the Beltline, I've started looking around for places to live. It's been sort of exciting, and I hope I can find a place for a little more than what I'm paying now that has a lot of cool stuff going on.

The best place I've seen so far was this townhome on the West side. It was about 1,200 square feet and had two bedrooms, a fireplace, a nice kitchen, an attached garage, in-unit washer and dryer, and an unfinished basement (can you say "band practice space"?). But, unfortunately, it was considerably outside of my price range and they don't allow pets. I told the lady that this wasn't a deal breaker, but the fact of the matter is that I'm not going anywhere without Smash and Lily.

So I've been looking at a few other places. I've visited a few and been unimpressed, for the most part. Then I found a place that's towards the upper end of what I'd like to pay but has a lot of the features I want: in-unit laundry, two bedrooms, and a kitchen that doesn't feel like a prison cell. Plus the guy told me that they'll put in new carpet before I move in. So that would be cool.

But here's the thing: I don't know anything about the neighborhood. So maybe you guys can help. This place is on Raymond Road at Whitney Way. Have you guys heard of any stabbings or anything in that area? The place seems to have some fairly decent houses and it seems sorta quiet, but there are some potentially not-that-great apartments across the street.

So do you guys know anything about that area? There's a Curves right there, so it can't be that bad, right?

1 Comments

Who? said:

I don't know where you live now, but the Raymond Road location will offer you a lot of what you are experiencing now at the current place.

April 11, 2009 4:24 PM

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