Need Help guys and girls: looking for a place to live
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10-23-2007, 08:50 PM
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10-23-2007, 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by absolutg
btw, it's univ of california @ berkeley. berkeley university just makes you sound way off 
it took a lot for me to correct you... the cardinal within me was more than willing to have you walk around sound uneducated... or should i say "cal educated"
it took a lot for me to correct you... the cardinal within me was more than willing to have you walk around sound uneducated... or should i say "cal educated"
#25
10-24-2007, 01:24 PM
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10-24-2007, 10:00 PM
i go to cal... you can find a studio in berkeley for around $1000, but 800 you'd be very very lucky.
anyway, definitely check out craigslist. theres also a service called cal rentals, it's like $25 and they give you rental listings. the further from berkeley, the lower the rent, but i wouldnt advocate going too far away, as theres a point where convenience is worth more than the money you save. to give you an idea, i have a 1-bedroom for $1100 right near campus. best bet... find someone to live with, and split a 1-bedroom. one person takes the living room, one takes the bedroom, u spend $600 a month on rent. good deal.
anyway, definitely check out craigslist. theres also a service called cal rentals, it's like $25 and they give you rental listings. the further from berkeley, the lower the rent, but i wouldnt advocate going too far away, as theres a point where convenience is worth more than the money you save. to give you an idea, i have a 1-bedroom for $1100 right near campus. best bet... find someone to live with, and split a 1-bedroom. one person takes the living room, one takes the bedroom, u spend $600 a month on rent. good deal.
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10-28-2007, 03:33 PM
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I went to Cal too. Graduated...1.5 years ago. I still go up almost every weekend to visit my gf. Maybe I'll see you around.
I'd personally recommend trying to stay within walking distance of the campus, if you can. I think, as a freshman, if you live further away, like Oakland, you're gonna be really disconnected from the rest of the student body. If you try to go and hang out with friends at the local eateries, it's going to be a pain in the *** to find parking around the normal hang-out areas, and it will still take you a good amount of time just to drive to Berkeley.
I think one of my favorite parts of college was to be able to walk out my door, walk 2 min., and meet up with my friend to eat or just hang out. If you live close to campus, where most freshmen are, it's so easy to meet up with people since most freshmen do live close to campus, in dorms. They don't have cars to be able to drive to your place or meet up with you in Emeryville or Oakland, so it would become less "fluid" in how you can hang out.
I hope I'm not sounding all preachy or whatever. I just thought I'd throw out my 2 cents because I know some friends who did live driving distance away from campus their freshman year and wish they had lived closer to be more part of the "freshman experience". Just don't wanna see you with the same regret.
DOMO
I'd personally recommend trying to stay within walking distance of the campus, if you can. I think, as a freshman, if you live further away, like Oakland, you're gonna be really disconnected from the rest of the student body. If you try to go and hang out with friends at the local eateries, it's going to be a pain in the *** to find parking around the normal hang-out areas, and it will still take you a good amount of time just to drive to Berkeley.
I think one of my favorite parts of college was to be able to walk out my door, walk 2 min., and meet up with my friend to eat or just hang out. If you live close to campus, where most freshmen are, it's so easy to meet up with people since most freshmen do live close to campus, in dorms. They don't have cars to be able to drive to your place or meet up with you in Emeryville or Oakland, so it would become less "fluid" in how you can hang out.
I hope I'm not sounding all preachy or whatever. I just thought I'd throw out my 2 cents because I know some friends who did live driving distance away from campus their freshman year and wish they had lived closer to be more part of the "freshman experience". Just don't wanna see you with the same regret.
DOMO
