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What do you look for when looking for a roommate? The Times entertains us today with a story about the special problems faced by roommate seekers in Williamsburg. In Williamsburg, the Times article would have us believe, most roommate-seeking ads on Craiglist are met with a flood of replies from people touting their hipster cred.
That approach doesn't seem to have much success. Of the five people looking for roommates, four of them expressed more interest in finding a responsible person who would pay their share of the rent on time than someone with artistic inclinations. The fifth seeker was explicitly looking for a "creative type".
Would you customize your answer to a roommate wanted ad based on the neighborhood?
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I'm amazed by the amount of guys who are looking for girls to live with them, under the provision that the girls will keep the place clean.
So this is solid proof that there are hipsters out there, even if they won't admit to being one face to face. I don't understand why any normal person would go out of his way to room with a dirty and lazy hipster anyway.
as someone who is currently looking for a roommate, neighborhood appeal isn't as big of a factor as is a roommate who is normal/sane/reasonable and can pay rent on time. i can deal w/ all types of areas - not all types of people.
Oh Dude, I'm sure there are plenty of "whatever-you-are-sters" out there for you too. Or are you totally unique?
I live alone (thankfully), but most of my roommate seeking friends just rely on Myspace. Laugh if you will, but it's basically the visual eqivalent of "friend of a friend." You don't have to worry about meeting potentially scary Craigslisters.
Craigslist? For a roomie? Eww
Great place to score tix or sell junk (1-off transactions), but WTF would anyone use it for a share? Total off the street stranger, please come into my world. Right, makes perfect sense.
I was on the roommate search a few months ago and went the Craigslist route, but I asked that people send their myspace links if they replied so I could get a better gauge of their personality.
I wasn't judging people based on their taste in music and camera-whoring pictures, but it definitely helped in filtering out the weirdos. If I'm going to live with a random stranger I found off the internet, I'd not only want them to pay rent on time, but I want to get along with them and not live in fear that they'd murder me in my sleep.
Yeah, for what it's worth, I've openly offered my MySpace page, given that it would give the roommate-hunter more information about me than an email would give.
It's actually helped, I think. Given people's schedules (like my own, which is crazy) -- CL is a decent, free way to at least check out some apartments. Yeah, there's websites like roommates.com, but those charge you, which seems ridiculous when there are free alternatives.
I am SO DONE with having strangers as roommates. Move in with a lover or live alone.
Word, Kev!
I refuse to live with anyone who wears a plaid blazer and thinks it is cool. Period.
4 pads landed off of craigslist and zero problems... you people are fucking paranoid!
some of the best friends I've made are roommates off of craigslist. I have only had WORSE results in the friend of a friend route.
besides, who else pays $500 for a big room with a window in a loft share, 15ft ceilings, and the works in Soho... thank god for CraigsList!
I would imagine 'creative types' would look for what everyone is looking for in a roommate: dependable, works all the time, respectful and well adjusted. You know, like the parents that underwrite their lifestyles.
Interesting prospect !
One of my coworkers found a roomie through Craigslist, but he had a little cocktail party for a handful of finalists so he and his other roommate could get to know them a bit before deciding -- and the ones they didn't pick got to at least swap info on apartment-hunting with each other.
Always had problems rooming with americans. They are filthy!
One time I tried living with a hipster in Williamsburg. Total mistake! The apartment was filled to the brim with trucker hats and empty cans of PBR. I couldn't walk anywhere without stepping on mesh or aluminimnumunm.
#8, I'd rather live with a stranger than a lover. Percentage-wise, strangers seem to be less included to drive you crazy. With lovers, it's about a 95% certainty. Love sucks.
There should be a law that hipster scumtards can only room with each other, let them suffer from each other's irony.