I lived in this building for four years the first time, then went away to school -- I was almost as reluctant to leave this building as I was to leave the city as a whole! When I graduated all I wanted to do was to come back home, to Uptown and to my old building! Very glad to be back. The place has a real soul. Yes, it isn't a shiny gut-rehab loft; instead of ripping out all the things that make the place beautiful and replacing them with cheap ugly modern c$#$p, the manager and her staff put forth the effort to keep as many of the original things in place as possible and as well maintained as they can. (Although my new apartment does have a brand-new beautiful kitchen -- you can't expect a stove or kitchen tiling to last forever! But my antique hardwood floor is still original and beautifully refinished.) The rent on studios has only gone up $100 in ten years, so don't expect your rent to suddenly skyrocket. The people who have a bug problem should probably clean their cupboards; I only get beetles if I forget and leave the screen up. All buildings in Chicago have bugs -- if you encourage them that's your own fault, and if you move you're just going to get them again. As for the neighborhood, hey, it's Uptown; it's beautiful and a little rough. If you can't deal with a city that acts like a city, there's no law saying you can't go live in Lincoln Park. Enjoy your creepy suburbanitish track lighting!

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