Hunting and gathering
Searching for an apartment is frustrating. In my mind I have a vision of what I expect and what I deserve. All of the ads I see are trying to woo the Columbia and City College students and professors. What about the regular working folk like me? We need a nice place to live too. Then they want all of your personal information (which makes me very uncomfortable), 40x the rent and spotless credit. To rent a place, not to buy. These people seem to think they are renting gold mines. You should see some of these dumps that they are requiring all of this for. While my budget doesn't allow me to stretch my imagination, I know that I can find a decent, safe, and clean place to live with what I have to work with. I don't have elaborate dreams and really am a pretty simple girl though I do appreciate beauty. It's out there waiting for me to claim it. As an aside, I am thinking of starting (yet) another blog of just beautiful spaces and accoutrements to keep my vision clear [Tumbl...