First off, metropointe is a MAJOR plus if you're only other option is being homeless or living in an old converted athletic dorm that smells of urine and stale paint. Alright, lets begin this...

When i first moved in (august 2007) it was WONDERFUL. I couldnt have asked for a better building (my first year in college)to live in. I had no roomates at the time because people were still being registered for school but let me tell you, TRY your hardest to choose your roomates because it is NO joke when your roomate is a slob, disrespectful, and irresponsible (but this is at any place you live). The walls are thin so you can hear EVERYTHING whether you want to or not, next door, underneath you, AND above you. The shuttle is nice but they're small so if you go to CAU, MOREHOUSE, OR SPELMAN, there's a huge chance that during rush hour class time, you will have to fight an angry mob (in georgia heat) to get a seat or to even get on the shuttle (this was just when i was here but im sure that it has died down because i've seen the shuttle lately and it is pretty empty, wonder why) so, anywho...

Pros:
great for people who can't stand to be in a silent environment (depends on what side and level of the building you live in)
great for those who do not have a car
great for those who are irresponsible and need to be babysat by 5 security guards and occasionally, the atlanta pd
great for those who like to be nosey and hear their neighbors business because you can lay in your bed and hear EVERYTHING through the walls
great for those who are young and act accordingly
great for those who like to smell trash in the hall when someone has been too lazy to close the chute door or stuff their trash down appropriately
great for those who like to party (because there ARE shuttles that will pick you up from metro for the club)
you have your OWN bathroom
the pool IS one of the best i've seen WHEN you can actually use it
great for those who like to walk outside to check their mail and get stalked by handfuls of horny guys that often times follow you back to your room (atleast i was never lonely)so this is a plus if you just broke up with your man (being sarcastic but for real)

Okay now, CONS...

1.the staff half of the time is so swamped with complaints and police reports they can't remember whether they got your package or not (not their fault)
2.the pool stays open for a good month or 2 and then closes (i guess its just georgia weather)
3.immature people pull fire alarms BELIEVE THIS because it happened on a DAILY BASIS (embarrasing when you have company over especially at night!)
4.your car is NOT safe in the parking structure! I literally lived next to the parking lot and heard cars being broken into on a nightly basis (yes, the parking structure was my view, lucky me right, too bad i didnt have a car otherwise that would have been a plus) but all in all, this IS the city... so breakins arent exclusive to metropointe!
5.remember that news story about the guys that got their door kicked in and were about to be robbed at gunpoint until they jumped out of a 4-story window!!'' yeah, that was metropointe and well, i was their next door neighbor and WELL, that was valentines day and I had my boyfriend over... how embarrasing to be told that you cant leave your room because your next door neighbor has just jumped out of a window while you were getting your.... well... YOU know what ON... (and to shed some light into that, they shouldnt have been throwing house parties and inviting random strangers... dont invite the ----- in your house if you dont wanna be burned)
6.maybe this was just me but the maintenance men were CREEPY. i had so many maintenance requests (that I NEVER REQUESTED)and strangely, the maintenance guy would ONLY come to fix these imaginary problems when i wasnt at home... strangely enough, those maintenance reports were NEVER recorded or approved by the leasing office and my favorite pair of panties has been missing ever since... dont laugh, it could be you he stalks next! but honestly, this really happened.
7.if you live beyond the 5th floor be prepared to have long grueling walks up urine smelling stairs to your floor WHEN the main elevator breaks (it was broken on plenty of occasions when i had groceries in my hand but luckily, i lived on the 4th floor)

ALL IN ALL, it really depends on your character, your class, and your preference. Metropointe can be heavenly if you live on the more quiet side of the building (which i did until second semester when the art institute signed their new lease... TERRIBLE news... not to say that all ai students were a mess because i had plenty of friends and potential lovers that were wonderful and classy BUT for the bulk of the ones i encountered, metro was NEVER the same afterwards). I am way to mature, classy, and have WAY too much sense to stay at metropointe any longer. So basically, this is going to be a... NO
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From: Anonymous	Date: 09/18/2008
Spot on review.

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