RE: Apartment search...

Karol,

Thanks for the tips. I have a car so I'll probably drive a fair amount
until I get to know the city better, then I'll try to use public transit
when I can.

I would prefer to have my own apartment since my gf and I are going to
be moving together. What sort of bad experiences have you had with
apartments? We are hoping to find a decent two bedroom in the $360/month
range if possible. Am I dreaming here or is that something that's
possible? By 'decent' I just mean something that's not run down and is
in a relatively safe area. Other than that I'm not horribly picky.

Thanks again for the help!

-Cory

On Wed, 2004-06-09 at 17:36, Karol Kulaga wrote:
> I live about 3 miles west of Washington square. The dslams are full here,
> and Verizon isn't going to add ports at the CO until 2006. The cable from
> Comcast is pretty good though, although it's gone down 4-5 times in the last
> month, beats Verizon's DSL though. . . 
> 
> This is quite a safe neighborhood, and if you head out ~1-2 miles further on
> Scholls ferry you get right into farmland country, which is kind of neat if
> you need to decompress and stuff. Houses are bloody expensive; some guy on
> the block sold his house (nothing impressive) for $279,000. You'd probably
> want to consider renting a house with a couple of other people as the
> apartments are, well, kind of shitty in the area. Nothing terrible, mind
> you, but I've had a couple bad experiences. 
> 
> Also, if you're doing the whole public transit thing, you might want to know
> that this is kind of a bad area for that. If you plan to get a place
> anywhere off Roshak road, well, the nearest bus stop is on Scholls ferry,
> which can be a bloody miserable x mile walk in the rain. Also, there is no
> bus that goes directly to Highway 99, you have to transfer at the Washington
> Square transit center and then again at the Tigard transit center (and if
> you miss either, you get to wait 30 minutes). There isn't any bus service on
> Bull Mountain either (a bit further westward). The area is also kind of a
> pain to bike, if you go east on Scholls Ferry Road, it is not that bad, but
> there are a couple of hills north on Murray Road will tire you out. Bull
> Mountain is a pita to bike up. 
> Basically a car is needed unless you don't mind taking an hour and a half to
> get anywhere. 
> 
> Good luck!
> 
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