Put myself on the clock
I might have mentioned that I will be moving out of downtown Saint Paul in favor of new suburban digs out where my company is relocating. This does have a lot to do with the company and me wanting to be close to the office but more than that the neighborhood down here sucks. The cold weather drives out all of the good street folk and leaves behind the malicious drug addled maniacs. I tried to go for a walk this morning through the skyway and a begging blockade had been established. Basically, five neerdowells had positioned themselves on a popular branch of the habitrail and if you wanted to walk the loop without doubling back you had to get through them.
I made it through without much trouble because there is a part of me that longs for confrontation but then had to warn a cute older couple as they passed me walking the same route counterclockwise. Shouldn’t have to be that way but it is. So I was a little more than shocked when my lease renewal popped up and included a rent INCREASE. Not sure if the owners of this fine establishment are anywhere near this area but they can keep their increase thank you very much. Then I inquired about a month to month extension while I look for a new place and was told sure, at a $300 per month premium on top of the increased rental rate. Oh, and they need 2 months written notice to vacate.
I was just trying to buy some time because Ive got a busy two months of travel upcoming but screw that. I gave my notice and the clock is now running. I toured a couple places yesterday because I thought I wanted to try living in a townhouse. More like my own place with fewer shared walls and usually your own garage. Still no pesky snow removal or lawn maintenance. Full sized washer and dryer which is one of the things I don’t like in my current apartment. Fun-sized bullshit efficiency apartment units are garbage. So bad are these things that I have to completely clean them about every two months to keep the smells away and I only do laundry once a week.
That is some nonsense right there. anyway, back to the main track…
I toured two townhomes and drove by 4 more and none of them felt like potential home. In fact, if I had to put a feeling on all of them as a group of dwellings I would pick sadness. Hard to give you one concrete reason but it was definitely a feeling of ill. Next weekend I will look at some apartment buildings and will probably go a little upscale if possible. I can’t have the place I live dragging me down even if it might save me some money.
So I have given myself the month of February to make my choice. This gives me all of march to arrange and execute the move. Once I’m settled it might be time to look for some land the I can unfold my new dream home https://www.boxabl.com. One of those things would be absolutely perfect.