Jeezus. Astrid and I have to move out of our place in the next couple months. The landlords are putting in a new foundation and politely, more or less, asking us to leave. We've been looking at Craigslist for the last few days, and basically everything in our price range is either like a tenth of the size of our current apartment or in exactly not the neighborhoods we want to live. Here are the listings - all four of 'em (at time of writing) - in San Francisco that are comparable in size and rent to our current digs. Note that the location "Inner Sunset" in these listings actually means "Outer Sunset" (bastards!) So anyway, if we wanna stay in San Francisco, we've gotta go with a one-bedroom or even (gak!) a studio. There are 300 square foot studios in this town going for $1300! We are considering hopping the pond, as it were, and looking in Oakland/Berkeley. Getting a decently sized place there for as much or less than what we're paying now is at least a possibility; however, apartments in our price range are often in dodgy neighborhoods, as we found out from doing a couple reconnaissance trips to Oakland this weekend.
Once more with feeling: I hate money.
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Awww, honey. I'm *really* sorry to hear that. I don't know what your price range is, but you probably already know that the Richmond tends to be more reasonable than a lot of neighborhoods in the city. I'd hate to see you go so far away!
Yep - we're open to the Richmond - we're just gonna have to see if we can snag any good deals. A lot of the apartments we can afford are just plain shitty. Hopefully, a bit of serendipity will come into play...
I am really sorry to hear this news, too. Although if you pick Ingleside, we will be neighbors! Well, sort of. At any rate, I also think that Ingleside/Sunnyside/BalboaPark/Mission Terrace/Excelsior/Glen Park (I dunno...Greater City College Area?) is somewhat affordable, too. I know there are places in my neck that aren't too far off your range, unless they have gone up drastically in the last year or so. Which they might have. =(
Oh, suck-a-rama! Moving is such a drag to begin with, and being asked to move out of your digs by the Lord of the Land is an even bigger drag. Are you still entertaining ideas about the Cruz?
NO! Don't go! I will have to talk to your landlord. It's sucky knowing you won't be just around the corner.
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