OT: House rentals

[Jim]

eric wrote:
> At this point, I have no car, and thus am dependant on bus 
> transportation.  I work in the bike shop in downtown Tempe from 9-1, 
> come home for a quick shower, then head down to 48^th /baseline from 
> 3-midnight.  As it is, I only have about 20mins float time between the 
> two places. 

I'm in the same boat.  I want to get out of the city, but I don't have a 
car so I'm stuck with the buses.  You say you work in a bicycle shop. 
Do you ride one?  If you do, you're a brave man.  It's my understanding 
that valley drivers like cars with hood ornaments because they use them 
like crosshairs - to better aim for their target - the guy on the bicycle.

> I’d actually really like to get away from the city,

I live on the west side and would love to get a place between Sun City 
and Wickenburg, but since the buses don't go that far, I'm stuck.

> and I _/really/_ 
> don’t want to sign a 6 month or 1 year lease at an apartment, as 
> frankly, I _/hate/_ living in an apartment.  

Ditto.

> It’s the apartment itself 
> that I dislike, it’s waking up to the blaring stereo of the neighbors 
> below me, then attemping to go to sleep with the screaming kids next 
> door (although I occasionally enjoy getting the volume up a bit, and 
> don’t want to disturb the people on the other side of the wall, lol). 


In my case it's not the neighbors next to me or above me.  It's any one 
of several people who live in an apartment several doors away.  They 
like their Mexican oompa music so much the like to share it with 
everyone else.  A lady did that one day and I got my revenge.  I took a 
loud radio outside and let her listen to Rush Limbaugh. :-0

Good luck with your apartment finding.

Jim