"The Safety issue..." written by Tinypliny on estrip.org

05/20/07 10:02 - 51ºF - ID#39356

The Safety issue...

Hey everyone,

Since you are living or have lived in (and around) Elmwood/Allentown/Downtown, what do you think of safety of these areas:

Oak St & E. Huron St.
North Pearl @ Allen
Franklin @ Allen
Virginia St
Summer Street
Linwood Ave @ Barker
North Street
Elmwood @ Tracy, @ Bryant, @ Utica, @ Lexington @ Johnson Park
Jersey St @ Richmond, @ Porter
Prospect @ Georgia
Porter Ave @ Plymouth Ave
Richmond @ Bryant

I am looking to avoid projects, section-8 housing, crack houses, deaddiction centers, emergency shelters, loud bars/clubs and other not-so-great areas for a student who might be staying up late studying and might be keeping late hours at office.

Any advice/input/suggestions/tips are very much appreciated!

tinypliny writes at 11:30:35 05/24/07 - Comment #18833: Not late at all, I am still looking. :) Thanks!

ladycroft writes at 01:17:24 05/24/07 - Comment #18810: a little late in this game, but i live on bryant between elmwood and richmond. it's a nice neighborhood.

tinypliny writes at 11:06:29 05/22/07 - Comment #18700: Thanks so much jenks, ingrid, mrmike and Carolinian. This has been very helpful!! mrmike, I will check out Delaware court, thanks for the tip.. and Delta House, yikes! Carolinian, that's really good to know! I will be sure to drop you a message if I rent that place (given its still available). jenks, the boundaries you mention form a narrow long rectangle. I had fun tracking them down and shading them (posted next :))

carolinian writes at 11:48:53 05/21/07 - Comment #18671: I've lived on Richmond @ Bryant for close to a year and a half. Stuff has been mostly okay. The only thing I've seen is one time that some kids were vandalizing cars on the sides of the road, but they were caught by the police a short time after. I'm probably jinxing myself by saying this, but I do like this area a lot, and it's beautiful in the summertime; it's a fairly nice place to live. Yeah, I have to be a little vigilant and look out my window from time to time, but you have to be a little vigilant in any sizable city that's seen better days no matter where you're living.

And if you choose to live on Richmond @ Bryant, I've got your back. :)

mrmike writes at 04:23:28 05/21/07 - Comment #18666: Delaware Court has places for 605 all inclusive

mrmike writes at 04:22:33 05/21/07 - Comment #18665: I live on Delaware near Utica and Lexington, it's fine. As are these
Virginia St
Summer Street
Linwood Ave @ Barker
North Street
Elmwood @ Tracy, @ Bryant, @ Utica, @ Lexington

You just have to watch individual landlords and the types of properties they run. Elmwood and lexington has a primo apartment building and I won't rent there because the owner runs it like Delta House. Keep your eyes peeled everywhere

jenks writes at 12:53:04 05/21/07 - Comment #18656: The boundaries that were recommended to me when I was apt hunting were to stay in a box from allen to the south, forest to the north, elmwood to the east, and richmond to the west. Sure there are areas outside of that that will be fine (particularly: extending the east border to delaware or linwood), but I also think that's a reasonable place to start looking.

ingrid writes at 12:42:42 05/21/07 - Comment #18640: I just graduated from Roswell with my Masters. My friends lived off of Allen. One lived on Virginia and the other one lived off of Park or possibly Irving and Allen. Anything from off of Allen from Virginia to about Elmwood is pretty safe I would say.
North Street is a pretty good street as long as it's near Delaware and possibly Linwood.
I used to live on Delaware and Auburn but that's like closer to Gate's circle.
I hope that this helps. :)

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Category: flat hunt

05/20/07 09:49 - 51ºF - ID#39355

So my hunt for a flat

is going dismally. Am I asking for too much? I just want a simple 1BR/studio
-- within a mile from Roswell (so I can walk/bike)
-- within $600 inclusive of all utilities
-- with access to a laundry not more than a 10 minutes walk off
-- in a comparatively safe area where I am not likely to get shot in some crossfire or assauted or heckled or panhandled.
-- near bus/metro stops.

I am a non-smoker, non-party'er and don't have a pet or a car, and yet I am having so much trouble finding an apartment!

I scour craigslist and artvoice everyday and all I come up with is a few apartments within my price and distance range -- which are gone before I can contact the landlords.

I need some luck here and fast! I need to positively move to Buffalo on June 16th.

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Category: the odes

05/20/07 09:42 - 51ºF - ID#39354

My Comprehensive qualifiers...

are next week - and I feel like an empty shell. I just got done with the semester finals and here I am having to study for another round of exams. Yeesh.

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Category: goals

04/07/07 11:44 - 25ºF - ID#38792

According to Darwin...

I should have been weeded out from this planet by now.

I heard people telling me all week how they ran for 3 miles that morning or worked up a sweat at the Gym or played squash every alternate day. I got inspired and went biking up a gentle slope and by the time I reached the "summit", not only was I panting like a dog, I was wishing I could get off and walk... and I did! I was just hoping that none of those super-athletes drove by seeing me straggle up a small slope they would have gracefully covered in the blink of an eye.

And what's up with those people I see running everyday for hours? I try running and within 30 seconds I feel I could go up in a massive explosion.

That brings me to another new Roswell Resolution (TM) I made.

RR1. I will bike more when I move to Roswell.

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04/01/07 07:59 - 60ºF - ID#38712

Scary

I find it a little more than distracting that the default pic actually looks like me right now.... especially the cowlick. Hmmm.. maybe not the bodyart.

Well.. all the more reason why I should stick to it. Heheheh...

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04/01/07 07:49 - 63ºF - ID#38711

Why is it...

that when you have a huge assignment hanging over your head (read: due tomorrow), you feel this utter need to get distracted and go rampaging all over the web for something that isn't due till the end of next month. I think it should be named the "O.bsessive D.eadline E.scapism S.yndrome" .

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Category: flat hunt

04/01/07 03:17 - 56ºF - ID#38710

Moving to Allentown!!

Its final. I am moving to Roswell Park Cancer Center for my dissertation research and I am practically bouncing off walls. A few small road-bumps and creases need to be ironed out. Paperwork, Qualifiers, logistics etc. But aside from that, Buffalo, here I come!!

One of the earliest road-blocks is of course finding a 1BR apartment near Roswell. I am being told Allentown and Elmwood strip would be the ideal places to move into. Walking distance from Roswell and a relatively safe and happy neighbourhood.

Anyone have any suggestions/contacts that they can share with me? I am looking for a quiet place for about $400 - $550 per month (preferably with heat and water).

tinypliny writes at 11:23:22 04/07/07 - Comment #17238: @Chico & imk2

That's wonderful news! I have friends at Roswell before I even move to Buffalo! :) Thank you!

PS: Now I only need to figure out who they are. ;) *nudge*nudge*

@Chico

Thanks for the commute update. I don't have a car and narrow roads sound delightfully like home!

Thanks again for help and I will need those wishes for the qualifiers. :)

@leetee

Ah, maybe I should come down on a weekday after my qualifiers to scope out all the potential places for rent... Nifty tip, thanks!

imk2 writes at 02:20:09 04/02/07 - Comment #17049: welcome to the roswell family. you do know that we have about 5 people here who work at roswell, right?

leetee writes at 12:08:32 04/02/07 - Comment #17046: Welcome to (e:strip) and Buffalo. I wish i could help you with your hunt, but i am so conectionless it's not funny. Ok, maybe it is funny.

When my husband, (e:Uncutsaniflush) and i moved to Buffalo, we rented a very nice apartment on the corner of Linwood & Summer in the Mayflower building. Which is very close to Roswell, down the street from the infamous mansion at 24 that (e:PMT) own. They always seem to have a for rent sign out there....

chico writes at 08:58:17 04/01/07 - Comment #17032: hey, (e:tinypliny) , good luck with the apartment search! good advice from metalpeter and tiburon...artvoice and craigslist are both good sources for allentown. and your price range sounds about right, i think you'll find something decent for that. and the nice thing for you is that if you're living relatively close to work you can also walk to the metro station and take the train downtown to the arena or outbound to University Heights, etc. one thing that can be tricky in Allentown is parking, because many of the streets are narrow and driveways/garages are not always available. but with your intended commute, a car might not even be completely necessary anyway.

if i hear of anything i'll let you know!

btw several (e:peeps) work at roswell, so you'll have potential friends at work if you don't know these guyzos already.

now, go rock those qualifiers! :)

tinypliny writes at 04:45:40 04/01/07 - Comment #17030: Whew, that was quick.

@tiburon1724 & metalpeter
Thanks guys! Will check out craigslist & artvoice.

@kookcity2000
Right back at ya! ;)

tiburon1724 writes at 04:03:06 04/01/07 - Comment #17028: craigslist gave me lots of leads in my search.

kookcity2000 writes at 03:34:53 04/01/07 - Comment #17027: hey you can take my place

metalpeter writes at 03:22:48 04/01/07 - Comment #17026: I have no connections so I can't help ya there. But you might want to try going to artvoice.com they are a local weekly paper. One thing they do have is apartment listings. I wish you luck finding a place and welcome to the site.

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