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Date: January 31st, 2015 2:31 PM Author: Submissive Casino just got a job with a 2 year contract with possible extension obviously. 26 single male. no real friends in the city. i make 3100 a month after tax. office is on the blue/orange line
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Date: January 31st, 2015 2:32 PM Author: Multi-colored sound barrier http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/3425-Prospect-St-NW_Washington_DC_20007_M59763-81701?row=1 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796289&forum_id=2#27222096) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 2:36 PM Author: Razzle-dazzle metal idiot "Let's step into the drawing room, Senator." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796289&forum_id=2#27222116) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 2:39 PM Author: Multi-colored sound barrier (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796289&forum_id=2#27222128) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 2:41 PM Author: Narrow-minded Walnut Doctorate Shitlib damn thats nice (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796289&forum_id=2#27222136) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 2:45 PM Author: Multi-colored sound barrier It's very historic.
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Date: January 31st, 2015 2:47 PM Author: Yellow Tattoo On your salary if you want a place that isn't a total shithole and/or in a terrible neighborhood, your best bet is Arlington. You can find something decent on the orange line in Courthouse/Ballston/Clarendon. It's not the most hip or relevant place, but there's enough to do that you won't want to kill yourself, and it's an easy commute to downtown. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796289&forum_id=2#27222176) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 2:53 PM Author: floppy frum public bath Clarendon/Courthouse is itself a center of nightlife in the DC area. the crowd skews more state school frat than places like Dupont circle or Logan circle, but a lot of legit partying happens there every single night and the pub crawls every few months are LEGENDARY
if you split a cheap 2BR apartment near Ballston, you are walking distance from Clarendon/Courthouse, and a 20 minute metro ride away from Dupont Circle
plus, you'll be working walking distance from Dupont Circle and short metro distance from Chinatown. just do hang out with coworkers after work until 9 - 10 PM, then take a late orange line train home |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 2:59 PM Author: Yellow Tattoo This is only partially credited. There is a lot of nightlife in that part of Arlington, but it's all shitty recent UVA/VT grads. Gets old really quick. Still probably the best option for this dude's situation, but don't oversell it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796289&forum_id=2#27222237) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 5:23 PM Author: lavender locale community account Legendary pub crawls lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796289&forum_id=2#27223040) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 6:44 PM Author: Drab forum "and the pub crawls every few months are LEGENDARY"
lol, there is no LEGENDARY partying anywhere in DC, let alone fucking arlington, the land of michelob 64 and kickball leagues full of miserably single 31 year olds. |
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Date: February 1st, 2015 6:10 AM Author: lavender locale community account still LOLIng at this you loser. LEGENDARY. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796289&forum_id=2#27226627) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 2:42 PM Author: floppy frum public bath there is no such thing as a "credited" place to live in the DC area. however, there are areas that are acceptable.
tell me what you are looking for. do you value space? neighborhood demographics? proximity to nightlife? short commute? |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 2:47 PM Author: Submissive Casino short commute proximity to nightlife
ive only been to dc a few times and the u street area and shaw were pretty cool, but not sure if its a great place to live. dupont seems expensive. im thinking logan circle may be a good option?
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Date: January 31st, 2015 2:48 PM Author: Yellow Tattoo Logan Circle is great but on 2300/month you can't afford it unless you get roommates and/or live in a shithole apartment. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796289&forum_id=2#27222177) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 2:49 PM Author: floppy frum public bath alright, slow your roll there hoss
your budget for housing is like $800/mo max. you're looking at being somebody's roommate in a small 2BR apartment. most likely, you are priced out of all the desirable areas you just mentioned, unless somebody has a tiny second bedroom that they are willing to rent out for well below 50% of the rent.
more than likely, you are looking at splitting an apartment with a roommate somewhere on the Orange Line past Virginia Square, or on the Blue Line past Crystal City |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 2:50 PM Author: Yellow Tattoo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796289&forum_id=2#27222192) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 2:51 PM Author: Multi-colored sound barrier Another option that would fit hit budget would be to occupy a gardener's cottage / caretaker's house on a Georgetown property. Arrangements like that open up all the time. It would depend on how well he can garden etc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796289&forum_id=2#27222200) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 3:00 PM Author: Yellow Tattoo No one wants to live in Georgetown except ambassadors and recently graduated sorority chicks. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796289&forum_id=2#27222247) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 3:07 PM Author: Multi-colored sound barrier This isn't just about living in Georgetown; it's about the opportunity he would have to develop a rich relationship with the land as he gardens in the early morning before he flits to his work and then again on his return in the cool evening hours. And another relationship, while he's at it: caretaking for just the sort of person you've seen in Georgetown, an ailing, aging ambassador from Guyana or Guinea or Ghana; something that would bring them joy and enrich their lives, the relocated wageworker gardener, emerging from his hobbithole to seek the sunshine smile of praise from his peregrine diplomatic charge. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796289&forum_id=2#27222290) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 2:54 PM Author: floppy frum public bath Cool man. You can now spend up to $1000/mo on rent. You could be my roommate in Arlington (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796289&forum_id=2#27222217) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 2:59 PM Author: Boyish gaping corner I make exactly that and I tried to make a go of it in a 900m shithole near columbia heights with four other ppl. Couldn't do it. qol just too shitty
Try and cop dat 1100 month 2br in Arlington. If I hadn't just signed a lease you could live with me! |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 3:06 PM Author: pea-brained whorehouse What a pleasure it would be to live with a fellow XO poa
We could talk about NOWAG into the night. |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 3:01 PM Author: floppy frum public bath I made only a bit more than this when I first moved to DC. I got a $1500/mo 1 BR apartment in Arlington, which my parents partially subsidized. Then I moved to a 2BR apartment where I was paying like $1300/mo with a roommate. That is still my living situation. I have a bigger bedroom so I pay more than my roommate. No parental subsidy needed since I've gotten hella raises since then. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796289&forum_id=2#27222257) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 3:04 PM Author: Submissive Casino I found a studio in dupont that is fairly nice for $1400. is that as good as I'm gonna do? part of me is worried about having a hard time meeting people if i dont have roommates, as i dont know anyone in DC. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796289&forum_id=2#27222275) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 3:05 PM Author: floppy frum public bath I would be shocked if you could do better than a studio for $1400. When I was looking for apartments years ago, not even outer areas like Van Ness had studios for that cheap.
Get a roommate. Everyone in DC does it. Realize that much of your socialization will be after work - DC is a huge happy hour scene. |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 3:06 PM Author: Boyish gaping corner 1400 for a studio in DuPont is very good. Even overbuilt, far off shit like pet worth is going for 1600 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796289&forum_id=2#27222286) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 3:31 PM Author: floppy frum public bath here's the thing to know about socialization in DC
it's not like NYC where people start hanging out at like 9 PM. during the week, DC socialization is all centered around happy hours. a bunch of your coworkers are going to be like "hey, want to go to happy hour at this place in dupont?" or you might get invited to a happy hour for young professionals in your industry in chinatown, or you might get invited to play kickball with people on the national mall at 6:30 PM followed by a happy hour near farragut square
you'll just go straight to these social events after work, and then they'll be done at 9 PM or 9:30 PM at the latest. then you just take the orange line home.
so living out in arlington isn't going to socially isolate you, except possibly on weekends, when all it means is that your friends need to give you 30 minutes of lead time before they text "hey we're hanging out at recessions come join us" |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 4:28 PM Author: Violet Hideous Fortuitous Meteor Sweet Tailpipe Lol, sort of. Nothing you say is untrue but you leave out a big thing: End of the night, trying to get the girl back to your place, using some sort of trick "Want to smoke weed?" "Let's just get a drink at my place?" She starts to agree and then says "but I have an early morning, where do you live?"And Arlington guys get dinged.
They also get dinged from the start on tinder if they bring it up.
Its not fair BC everything you said is correct, but its true. |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 3:30 PM Author: pea-brained whorehouse I recently saw a 2br in East Capitol Hill for $1,350. Highrise with a Harris Teeter right below and the Blue/Orange line right across the street.
Spend some time on Craigslist. |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 4:27 PM Author: Razzmatazz Senate Water Buffalo I've always trolled for the Cleveland Park and Woodley Park areas. Safe, close to Redline which works well enough during the week for work, still close enough to walk to Dupont and Connecticut has a ton of cabs, Uber, still the Redline on weekends even though it's usually every 20 minutes. You can get much better deals than "downtown" or whatever. I don't think it makes sense to live in NoVA if you're going to want to enjoy DC, but the options outside of NW are limited.
If you're poor try a Capitol Hill basement. Not the best area but it's changing and you can get a good deal. |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 4:30 PM Author: Stirring up-to-no-good space I think VA income taxes are the lowest (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796289&forum_id=2#27222695) |
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Date: January 31st, 2015 4:31 PM Author: Violet Hideous Fortuitous Meteor Sweet Tailpipe Taxes are a wash for most people. DC has 1% higher income but VA has a crazy yearly property tax on your car.
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Date: January 31st, 2015 4:32 PM Author: Razzmatazz Senate Water Buffalo It goes MD . . . DC . VA in terms of taxes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2796289&forum_id=2#27222714) |
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