Markd:
Heh. I thought someone might ask that. :-)
Actually, I got lucky finding it. It's only $595 a month, but it's in a smoking building. And it's on the third floor. Though third floor means I have a view at least. But as you can see, it looks nice and is clean and well maintained.
Most places around here are at least $700, and anything at that price isn't great. Anything less is almost always a slum. At least that's the jist I got when I was looking for a place. I found a place for $650 which was twice the size, but half as clean, and not in as nice an area. And another place for $550 which was what I was going to be stuck with if I didn't get this place was a complete slum and HALF the size! To give you an idea of how bad it was, it had one tiny closet that was two feet wide and two feet deep, dirty carpets, broken bannisters, and the entire outside of the building was covered in little curls of paint as if it hadn't been repainted in 30 years.
Also, all the furniture there including the TV stand and and the surround sound system, are hand me downs from when my dad moved to Florida and decided not to take all his stuff with him cause it would be more expensive to move than to repurchase. So he said anyway. I wasn't going to argue. :-)
So no, not bought with that money. I barely even make enough money off my systems and texture generator to make 50% of my rent, nevermind buy furniture. :-)
Heh. I thought someone might ask that. :-)
Actually, I got lucky finding it. It's only $595 a month, but it's in a smoking building. And it's on the third floor. Though third floor means I have a view at least. But as you can see, it looks nice and is clean and well maintained.
Most places around here are at least $700, and anything at that price isn't great. Anything less is almost always a slum. At least that's the jist I got when I was looking for a place. I found a place for $650 which was twice the size, but half as clean, and not in as nice an area. And another place for $550 which was what I was going to be stuck with if I didn't get this place was a complete slum and HALF the size! To give you an idea of how bad it was, it had one tiny closet that was two feet wide and two feet deep, dirty carpets, broken bannisters, and the entire outside of the building was covered in little curls of paint as if it hadn't been repainted in 30 years.
Also, all the furniture there including the TV stand and and the surround sound system, are hand me downs from when my dad moved to Florida and decided not to take all his stuff with him cause it would be more expensive to move than to repurchase. So he said anyway. I wasn't going to argue. :-)
So no, not bought with that money. I barely even make enough money off my systems and texture generator to make 50% of my rent, nevermind buy furniture. :-)