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So, our new home has some very strong pulls, but the downsides seem to outweigh them...
Pros: STELLAR roommates, bike rack in the front room, and hand painted floor in our bedroom
Cons: For our room there are no windows, we're in the basement and it at one point smelled like sewage, cold, relatively small since we're sharing with the house's water heater, and we have to walk through someone else's bedroom to get to ours (granted, he's rarely there, but just the possibility is sort of odd). For the rest of the house there are only two bathrooms for 8 people and ours is really tiny, the kitchen has a constant layer of dog hair no matter how often you sweep which doesn't entirely bother me but it also isn't a bonus, limited cabinet space; and on top of all that, I'm sure I'm missing a few things.
That said, we've found a place to live with a new friend that I seem to be running into nearly every day! Since finding eachother on Craigslist, I've stumbled upon her in Old Town, at parties, and even at work. We somehow coincidentaly both got jobs at JAX (a local version of REI) in the same department! It seems like destiny.
Alas, this means that we're leaving the awesome roommates that I've come to know and love at the old bike co-op and leaving after such a short amount of time is very disheartening and I feel like some high maintenance jerk, but we gave it a fair shot and it just isn't going to work out. Though we're taking off, there are plans in the works for a Thanksgiving dinner for all of the ex-midwesterners of FoCo, Colorado at our future home.
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