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  • #31
    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: A new direction in my life.

    Originally posted by MrFun
    Well, in that case I can settle for a studio apartment that rents for $800 a month then. And of course, I do not absolutely have to live within the city itself.
    Look to the burbs. $800 won't put you in any passable area of the city.

    Again, you might want to look at roommates.
    I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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    • #32
      I concur. On a 31K salary, having a roommate situation is the only viable way to make ends meet as for as I can tell.
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      • #33
        How long is this appointment? 1 year, 2? Longer?

        If its short, I personally would store 95% of my belongings in storage or w/family and go with a laptop and clothes. My wife has a fellowship in DC for 10 months starting Nov, and this is precisely what she's doing, except leaving her things with me and not in storage .

        While we don't have the monetary constraints you have, we are trying to keep her housing under 1k, just to save money, and have found something outside in VA, renting a room in a townhouse with an older female. I think her price on that was 600/month, not sure.

        If its a year or under, I could live anywhere, including renting a room from someone.

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        • #34
          Well done MF
          We need seperate human-only games for MP/PBEM that dont include the over-simplifications required to have a good AI
          If any man be thirsty, let him come unto me and drink. Vampire 7:37
          Just one old soldiers opinion. E Tenebris Lux. Pax quaeritur bello.

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          • #35
            You had an undergrad degree making less than $30k in a supertarget? Were you an English major?

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            • #36
              Keep in mind this is actually a 38,200 a year salary, as it's 31K + (600 * 12).

              It's over $3K a month, not including taxes, so he can spend between $800 and $1K a month on rent.
              Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...

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              • #37
                Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: A new direction in my life.

                Originally posted by DanS


                Look to the burbs. $800 won't put you in any passable area of the city.

                Again, you might want to look at roommates.
                I make in his neighborhood and pay $940 w/utilities in Columbia Heights for a studio. There are some rent controlled properties still left
                If you look around and think everyone else is an *******, you're the *******.

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                • #38
                  Originally posted by SlowwHand
                  He just said that to make you feel good. You didn't know that? See what Lincoln worship does for you?
                  There is only one Lincoln sir, and that is Lincoln.


                  MrFun, you may find that it costs more to be near a subway stop(unless you're in SE, but even then new Condos are going up around the trainstops there) than far away from one.
                  Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.

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                  • #39
                    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: A new direction in my life.

                    Originally posted by Timexwatch
                    I make in his neighborhood and pay $940 w/utilities in Columbia Heights for a studio.
                    Not bad.
                    I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                    • #40
                      Originally posted by Lonestar


                      There is only one Lincoln sir, and that is Lincoln.


                      MrFun, you may find that it costs more to be near a subway stop(unless you're in SE, but even then new Condos are going up around the trainstops there) than far away from one.
                      One thing he should consider is the proximity of bus lines and corridors commutable via bicycle. I generally commute full time via bike April through October/November and then part time depending on the weather the rest of the year. DC's weather isn't that heinous.
                      If you look around and think everyone else is an *******, you're the *******.

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                      • #41
                        Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: A new direction in my life.

                        Originally posted by Timexwatch


                        I make in his neighborhood and pay $940 w/utilities in Columbia Heights for a studio. There are some rent controlled properties still left

                        Sounds good enough to me. I want to do everything I can, to afford living on my own rather than have a roommate arrangement.

                        I can try Washington DC's website or use Google, to find a good map of the city's public transportation routes (subway, instead of buses as buses are simply stuck in the same horrible traffic).
                        A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.

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                        • #42
                          Oh, and thank you for your private message in offering guidance, Timex! I look forward to keeping in touch.
                          A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.

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                          • #43
                            Originally posted by Comrade Snuggles
                            Keep in mind this is actually a 38,200 a year salary, as it's 31K + (600 * 12).

                            It's over $3K a month, not including taxes, so he can spend between $800 and $1K a month on rent.
                            yep


                            Of course, I want to figure out a way to calculate what my salary will be after taxes and benefits. What's best way to figure this out?

                            The benefits will be of state government quality so how much will be taken from my salary?
                            A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.

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                            • #44
                              Originally posted by SlowwHand
                              No, I just like giving Mr. Fun grief. he knows it.
                              yeah
                              A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.

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                              • #45
                                Well done Mr. Fun!

                                I just moved here myself, but won't deign to give much advice since I'm a newbie (also, I'm spending your money -- in the form of my government per diem -- on a ridiculously expensive apartment in DuPont Circle, so it's not like I know much about saving money). I will say, though, that much depends on your car situation; if you don't have one, then living in the burbs makes very little sense, and living in teh burbs and getting a car would probably cost about teh same as living carless in the city.

                                That's my one thought; otherwise, listen to DanS and Timexwatch and good luck!
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