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If you or anyone you know in the D.C. area is looking for a roommate starting anytime between now and late January and going indefinitely, please read the following.
Who and What:
I'm a tidy, quiet-but-friendly, LGBT-friendly, responsible, non-smoking woman looking for 1-2 similarly-inclined roommates of any gender. BIG bonus points if you have some understanding of identity politics.
An important note on the “who”: I’m not comfortable with pork or shellfish in the kitchen and am looking for roommates who are cool with that. Are you a vegetarian who’s okay with occasional meat in the house? A Muslim with a shellfish allergy? Keep kosher (if so, I'm cool with ramping up my stringency; we can talk about what specifically you need)? Perfect!
As for other aspects of who/what, I don’t have any pets and excluding dogs am fine with any you might care for. I try to keep my room and common spaces warm and free of scented candle/incense fumes, but it's somewhat negotiable. Similarly, if you're bothered by cooking odors we would probably have to work out a schedule or something. If you have a strong opinion about something I didn’t mention (i.e. central air vs. window unit, apartment vs. house, dishwasher, in-unit laundry, cable) chances are that I’m flexible.
Where:
I’m not set on a specific neighborhood or even a specific jurisdiction but do have several criteria for any potential neighborhood. It should be:
- walking-distance from at least a couple of Metro station and/or bus lines with frequent service, including on weekends,
- walkable (i.e. no sidewalk-less roads, minimal sprawling parking lots),
- relatively ethnically/racially diverse (meaning no more than 70% of the population from any one group),
- relatively safe,
- affordable (no more than $900/month/person incl. all utilities), and
- not make me feel like living there will soon cause other people to be forced from their homes due to gentrification.
A place that meets ALL of these constraints may not actually exist, but from what I can tell the Columbia Heights/Petworth/Mt. Pleasant area might be a good bet and I’m open to other neighborhoods as well.
If this seems like a good fit, please email me at [my last name].[my first name].a@gmail.com (or hous-maje5-1973156063@craigslist.org).
Who and What:
I'm a tidy, quiet-but-friendly, LGBT-friendly, responsible, non-smoking woman looking for 1-2 similarly-inclined roommates of any gender. BIG bonus points if you have some understanding of identity politics.
An important note on the “who”: I’m not comfortable with pork or shellfish in the kitchen and am looking for roommates who are cool with that. Are you a vegetarian who’s okay with occasional meat in the house? A Muslim with a shellfish allergy? Keep kosher (if so, I'm cool with ramping up my stringency; we can talk about what specifically you need)? Perfect!
As for other aspects of who/what, I don’t have any pets and excluding dogs am fine with any you might care for. I try to keep my room and common spaces warm and free of scented candle/incense fumes, but it's somewhat negotiable. Similarly, if you're bothered by cooking odors we would probably have to work out a schedule or something. If you have a strong opinion about something I didn’t mention (i.e. central air vs. window unit, apartment vs. house, dishwasher, in-unit laundry, cable) chances are that I’m flexible.
Where:
I’m not set on a specific neighborhood or even a specific jurisdiction but do have several criteria for any potential neighborhood. It should be:
- walking-distance from at least a couple of Metro station and/or bus lines with frequent service, including on weekends,
- walkable (i.e. no sidewalk-less roads, minimal sprawling parking lots),
- relatively ethnically/racially diverse (meaning no more than 70% of the population from any one group),
- relatively safe,
- affordable (no more than $900/month/person incl. all utilities), and
- not make me feel like living there will soon cause other people to be forced from their homes due to gentrification.
A place that meets ALL of these constraints may not actually exist, but from what I can tell the Columbia Heights/Petworth/Mt. Pleasant area might be a good bet and I’m open to other neighborhoods as well.
If this seems like a good fit, please email me at [my last name].[my first name].a@gmail.com (or hous-maje5-1973156063@craigslist.org).