Comments on: What Apartment Shopping Taught me about Careers

By: Your 1st Quarter Review (and confessions about mine)

Your 1st Quarter Review (and confessions about mine) — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:35:08 +0000

[...] sacrafices. I decided to move out of my 25th floor Gold Coast apartment to move into a less glamorous neighborhood with [...]

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:44:38 +0000

Love this post! I can definitely relate- living in an apartment built in 1920 for the last two years has been an exciting challenge. Nothing in life is perfect. The things that appear to be “deal breakers” so often are opportunities to change our frame of reference. Something you think you will hate may be an opportunity to learn something new about yourself.

By: Burcu

Burcu — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:54:19 +0000

I know exactly how hard it is to find a place that you are really comfortable to live in. After graduation and moving to a new town I was faced with a never ending apartment search. After a while I realized which mistakes I made, it was so obvious, too high expectations on a too low budget. What I learned of it is to gather information before you even start to search. In which neighbourhood would you like to live? What are the mean prices per square meter in that neighbourhood? How much do you want to spend on rent? What kind of an apartment can you afford in your favorite neighbourhood? So really do your math before you start looking for a place. In the end you will save a lot of time and energy.

By: Tracey

Tracey — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:26:07 +0000

Thanks!

Not going to ask specifically where your moving, but from the sounds of your (hilarious, and so like me) reliance on phone maps, it’s a new neighborhood for you? That’s the best part of Chicago, I think – such a variety, and so easy to get from one place to the next.

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:39:02 +0000

*ideal…oops!