This is a really decent short term rental, if you don't mind living in a place that's like an old dorm room.

The good:

(1) Location. Convenient to el, groceries, easy walk to everything the city offers, right next to thriving bar/restaurant scene (a plus and minus).
(2) Security. Conscientious, if somewhat eccentric staff at the door who know and watch everybody.
(3) Well-maintained, although threadbare. A couple of times, an elevator went out of service. It was fixed the same day, even on Sunday. Same thing with a broken washer in the laundry room--fixed very quickly. One minor maintenance issue in apartment was also quickly fixed. Common areas were clean, although very worn. NO bugs. Not even spiders.
(4) Short term lease. These are hard to find in Chicago. I was able to arrange an 8 month lease over the phone.
(5) Furnished, for an extra $100. The furnishings kind of sucked, but met my needs. Saved the hassle of buying and moving in stuff.
(6) I had a great view.

The bad:

(1) Not luxurious. Not even close. As I said, it was like a dorm room. But I've lived in nicer places that were far less well maintained. It's the only apartment I've ever had in many years of city living in various places that had absolutely no bugs and no maintenance issues.
(2) Close to nightlife and the bars. A plus for some, but a noise issue when you want to sleep, at least on the Division street side of the building.
(3) Staff may be mildly annoying for younger people. They keep an eye on things, making people sign in, asking questions, etc. Fifteen or twenty years ago, when I threw lots of parties and had lots of noisy out of town visitors, I would have found the scrutiny annoying. It didn't matter to me now. For me, they overlooked the limits on numbers of guests and days stayed, because, I suppose, my guests were well-behaved children and middle aged relatives.

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