Pros:
-Close to downtown.
-Restaurants/bars/coffeeshops within short walk.
-Clean when I moved in.
-Management was easy to deal with.
-Buildings are old brownstones, so lots of character.
-I never heard my neighbors (maybe I didn't have any')

Cons:
-No decent grocery store nearby.
-Parking was AWFUL. I paid $35 per month for a parking spot which was supposed to be "a couple blocks from the building" and was actually 6 full blocks. Street parking is almost as competitive as Dinkytown and cars get towed regularly for parking violations.
-Laundry machines take tokens not quarters, and you have to buy them from the office which isn't always open when you need to do laundry (this may have changed since I lived there).
-Apartment was tiny and the layout was terrible. Windows were tiny and faced a brick wall (only a small window at the end of my long skinny kitchen got direct sunlight).
-Apartment building was dimly lit on the inside and outside. Secured entry was not very secure (door propping...). Back alley entrance was CREEPY.
-Neighborhood was scary when I lived there (2003-04). I've heard they've cleaned it up a bit since. Be prepared - visit the neighborhood at 10pm on a Friday before you sign a lease.
-In the winter I had the heat in my apartment turned completely off and my apartment was still average 85 degrees and steamy unless I opened windows (I think all really old buildings are like this). uWDgQKY3Vkv8FKIsB8Ax

User Responses
From: jasonlittle21	Date: 11/30/2007
My experiences were very similar. Not only did the laundry machines take tokens, we actually had to pass around a petition to finally get a dryer that worked in our laundry room.
From: poopstainmcgee	Date: 04/13/2008
The neighborhood has cleaned up a lot. Much nicer.
From: Anonymous	Date: 03/19/2009
the neighborhood is still very dangerous and the heat winter and summer is intolerable

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