these are the sort of choices
cheap

not cheap
(PsychoChomp, Tue 17 Nov 2009, 15:14, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

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)