Housing Pro/Con List

Somehow, living with Psycho Roomate has caused me to start thinking more and more frequently about where I will be moving to next. I can't imagine why...

Also, since a lot of people's leases are up in June/July, others are beginning to think about where they will be moving to soon.

As you may recall, I had asked Awkward Jesus if he wanted to live with me
next year, and he was really wishy-washy about committing and I also knew that his current roomate was competing to get a 2 bedroom with him. Enter the 3 bedroom (and drinks Saturday night to discuss).

Apparently Awkward Jesus found a place he really likes, it's a 3 bedroom, and now he's pushing for me to come live with him and his roomate. I had sort of resigned myself to the idea of maybe living alone next year (my how Hanover has changed me, only a year ago I was damned sure I would never live alone), so now I am going to use this blog to sort out some thoughts. Thanks blog!

Pros:
*I wouldn't be living alone

*It would almost certainly be cheaper. Most singles in the area run $800 to $1000, but the places they are looking at would cost about $600, plus you cut other costs between 3 people.

*These are both 2 people I enjoy spending some time with, but they are not close enough friends that we would be spending SO much time together (like KP, I should never live with KP, we already have twin-speak).

*There are more options for nice 3 bedrooms that have the stuff I want, like washer/dryers, nice kitchens, porches, etc.

*It would be the standard roomate situation where it is me and 2+ guys, which has proved to be a winning combination in the past. Though nobody can really replace Dan and Matty....

Cons:
*These guys live sort of far from campus this year, and they are not the most social people. Hanover is a cluster-fuck of needing to get rides to parties, and it's really hard to get people to drive more than 1 or 2 miles off campus. While neither of them seem to mind this inconvenience, I like to go out and don't like the idea of always needing to drive myself home or crash somewhere. I admit I am a little spoiled living on campus, but I think that moving 1-3 miles off campus is my max boundary, while they are looking more at 6-10 miles.

*I am 90% sure I could be fine living with Awkward Jesus, but I am only 50% sure I could live with his friend. To give background, his friend (I'm gonna nickname him Show-Off Granola) is also a first year student in the psych department. He actually came with me to VT one weekend, and it was fine, but we are totally different people. Show-Off Granola doesn't eat meat, is very into the outdoors, brews his own beer (which is actually a plus), has a "charming" girlfriend in Boston, and has a strange personality where he is both incredibly naive but also a huge show-off. Sometimes I really enjoy spending time with him, but sometimes I can't stand him....

*Significant Others? As I stated, Show-Off Granola has a similarly crunchy girlfriend who comes every few weeks which I'm not sure if I would find annoying or not. Awkward Jesus, on the other hand, has not uttered a sexual comment in the 8 months I've known him (which is amazing around me, NOBODY is able to stay pure around me). I'm just not sure how the whole bringing guys around thing would go over with this bunch. Granted, this is a lot of wishful thinking, but I hope that I will have sex at least one time in the next year, so I'm just planning ahead.

So...to sum, I don't really know what to do. I guess if we could find a really amazing 3 bedroom that was closer to campus and fairly cheap, it could make everyone happy. But, since our definitions of cheap and close are very different, I wonder if I would just be happier paying a shitload more money to live close to campus and not have to deal with roomates.

I guess I'll just keep thinking about this and cursing Psycho Roomate for being, well, a psycho.

Also, if you're all good, I'll update this weekend with more crazy-ass shit she's been pulling. It involves tissue paper!