I'm pretty sure I'll be living on the same street as an "escort service" in the cheap one.
This puts me off.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 17 Nov 2009, 15:09, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

That will make it real and gritty
if that appeals.
Alternatively you could live in your expensive ivory towered flat and never go outside because you will be penniless and will then have to start up your own escort service in order to pay the bills.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 17 Nov 2009, 15:11, Reply)

yer thatll learn him

( rosalicious i fucking love youve been framed, Tue 17 Nov 2009, 15:14, Reply)

these are the sort of choices
cheap

not cheap
(PsychoChomp, Tue 17 Nov 2009, 15:14, Reply)

good sized rooms in the cheap one by the look of it
is that £400 furnished and the other one £500 unfurnished?
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 17 Nov 2009, 15:17, Reply)

Yeah it's nice enough on the inside but the area's shit, really shit.
I'm not certain about either of those choices but there's a good bunch of similar flats on the same roads/areas. I'm going to look round in December once I have something resembling a deposit.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 17 Nov 2009, 15:21, Reply)

it comes down to whether you reckon you can afford it without compromising your lifestyle
also, is rent, or your pay, likely to increase?

might swing it one way or another
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 17 Nov 2009, 15:22, Reply)

I get a pay rise this month
and another in April, neither are massive though.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 17 Nov 2009, 15:23, Reply)

if you think you can afford it I'd go with the nicer area
if the shitty one is as shitty as you say
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 17 Nov 2009, 15:27, Reply)

I might have to make A SPREADSHEET!!!!
oh man I can't wait.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 17 Nov 2009, 15:28, Reply)

O MAN I'Z SO JELUS!

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 17 Nov 2009, 15:29, Reply)

Not cheap looks nice but
I think you ought to go and have a proper look round first - it could end up being pretty much the same as the cheap one but in a nicer area.
How long do you expect to live there? If it's going to be a long term(ish) solution then I'd go for not cheap just because you'll feel safer.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 17 Nov 2009, 15:17, Reply)

6 months ish, maybe a year.
I don't have any long term plans as yet.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 17 Nov 2009, 15:22, Reply)

Cheap is handy for library, not cheap is handy for boozing
Which do you value more?
(Concrete Cow, Tue 17 Nov 2009, 15:25, Reply)

Cheap's also handy for the thearter district,
I find the hub a bit pretentious for drinking in.

You must be a local, where are you from?
(PsychoChomp, Tue 17 Nov 2009, 15:26, Reply)

Bradwell Village, then Shenley Church End
Sadly now Southampton. From one end of the concrete spectrum to the other.
(Concrete Cow, Tue 17 Nov 2009, 15:29, Reply)

Ahh,
Where did you go to school?
(PsychoChomp, Tue 17 Nov 2009, 15:30, Reply)

One of the Denbigh Pretzel Massive
innit
(Concrete Cow, Tue 17 Nov 2009, 15:34, Reply)

St Pauls cruw
yeah, we had purple jumpers, we didn't care!
(PsychoChomp, Tue 17 Nov 2009, 15:36, Reply)

You did have God on your side, I suppose
Anyone taking the piss would get smited
(Concrete Cow, Tue 17 Nov 2009, 15:39, Reply)

We also had the highest teen pregnancy rate in MK.
Catholic School girls.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 17 Nov 2009, 15:40, Reply)