I have been looking at housing

[Rising Phoenix]

lofts near the city
apts back where I went to school
even the islands of Hawaii

my options are totally open and I think that is absolutely awesome. I have never lived alone before.....went from hom, to dorm, to living with someone, back to home. I am going out there to make my mark..........
please insert solicited advice here

[Inchworm]

1. Get ye to a big city

retire in the country if it is your choosing.

Wee! I was all deep. *marks calendar*

:*

[Rising Phoenix]

2. lol

my first choice too.....the lofts I was interested in has turned condo which may make things more difficult

[Mutley]

3. Yeah, go somewhere and do something really cool while you still can.

Once mortgages and kids enter the picture, you can forget it.

[Rising Phoenix]

5. exactly

I have a year left of paying off my surgery......all the while I will save and decided what kind of adventure I want to live.......possiblities are wonderful aren't they?

[Dora]

4. Avoid ground-level or basement units.

All my break-ins occurred when I lived in a ground-level unit.

Ohhhh, living alone - what a time to celebrate! Your own space! Your own stuff! Your own mess!

[Rising Phoenix]

6. exactly!

at umass my sophmore year I lived in the basement/ground floor and we had a masturbator.....some guy who would come up to the window and jerk off while watching us do our homework, make ramin.....whatever......
and there are bugs and mold

all for higher elevation!

[City of Mills]

7. You should seriously consider Lowell

Affordable lofts, contemporary, historical, industrial urban environment, 45 mins by train to Boston, and a huge artist community...you'd fit right in here!

http://www.lowelllofts.com/

http://www.thebrush.org/aboutBrush.htm

http://www.lowell.com/arts.php

I love my city :)

[Rising Phoenix]

8. thanks for the info

that was really sweet of you, I'll check that out!