Comments | american_arcane: Anyone who didn't see this coming raise your hands....

american_arcane

Anyone who didn't see this coming raise your hands....

Jun 30, 2007 14:54

*looks around at all the lack of raised hands*

Yep. The apartment manager was, indeed, not in today at Fireside Park. The reason this time? Her kid is sick ( Read more... )

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predigested June 30 2007, 20:32:08 UTC

I grew up in Lanham and walked through New Carrollton to get to the metro and other places. I'm fairly familiar.

Can I have the address? Maybe I know about where you're going...?

beatnikbetty June 30 2007, 20:36:50 UTC

be weary of the new carrollton area apartment buildings. for real. it is one of those with which my legal issue continues.

predigested June 30 2007, 22:26:57 UTC

yar, that's what I was thinking... but I wanted to see where in NC he was plotting out...

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american_arcane July 1 2007, 01:40:03 UTC

Always a pleasure... the conversations always leave me with new things to think about.

(And what you wrote sounds almost exactly like something that was written in my 1992 high school year book...) :)

virgovirago July 1 2007, 00:25:50 UTC

Why dont you try looking in NoVa ? Last check tons of people you know live down here, and its equally metro accessible, plus everyone I have ever known to have massive apartment problems ? They lived on the MD side of DC. Literally, everyone. Youre metroing into the city anyway, so is there a reason, aside from the convenience of not changing your license or tax info and a slightly shorter move, to only look up there ?

american_arcane July 1 2007, 01:45:07 UTC

You mean aside from the fact that then I'd be even farther south than I am now? ;)

I've browsed through listings. One or two may even end up on my list. I just don't know the VA mass transit stuff as well as I do the Maryland stuff (and I don't know the MD stuff all that well)... and most people I know in VA don't use it 'cause they have cars.

I just know more people in MD who can give me tips on how to get from point A to a metro station, I guess.

That's the best reason I can give...

papercuppie July 1 2007, 03:27:28 UTC

NoVA is really expensive near most of the Metro stations, but if you're willing to take a bus for five minutes (or walk a bit over a mile), the price is a lot more manageable.

My street (Columbia Pike) is a major busline. A few other areas (Route 1 comes to mind) are, as well. akilika can probably give advice on the public transit around here better than I can, though. All I know is Fairfax City stinks in that regard. EFC Metro seems to have cheaper housing near it than a lot of the other stations.

Virginia also has significantly cheaper taxes-- which are offset by the car tax to a degree, but as a non-car-owner, you would win on that front.

a little out of the way.... judomc July 1 2007, 01:39:20 UTC

I've got a spare room...

:-D

Re: a little out of the way.... american_arcane July 1 2007, 01:41:25 UTC

The commute would definitely suck.

Of course, if you're looking to move to warmer climates... I could use a roommate. :)

And I even know I wouldn't have to worry about having to kill you and hide your body. ;)

Re: a little out of the way.... pakgwei July 1 2007, 05:12:03 UTC

Probably because he'd kick yur butt. :)