no offense, man, but for <$600 your options are kinda limited :|

having roomates that are NOT dumbasses makes a world of difference - I had a roomate for a year and she was really cool. You can get A LOT more apartment for $1000 ($500 ea.) than $600 total.

 

I know, I know. The AF only pays me $679/mo for my housing allowance. I have just had such a string of crappy roommates, from my old ones which one was a horribly lazy/dirty bastard, and the other one would go and take things from my room like it was his, to my current ones. All of my friends that I wouldn't mind living with all have places. And in reality, I could pay more for rent, but I don't have a whole lot of extra, uncle sam doesn't pay much. All I want is a place of my own and a spot for my car, but it doesn't look like it's going to happen any time soon. Sigh.

 

Word! Dude, if you don't mind living close to 80 somewhere between Natomas and Rocklin we shgould look for 2-3 bedrooms with garages. I need to get out of this ****ty 1 br for $865 I'm in before I get evicted.

 

Yeah you could get a NICE 2 bedroom 2 bath washer dryer with a garage for $1000 in Folsom. Might even be cheaper out near Matt or Sacramento.

 

Yeah Roseville and Rocklin are nto bad. In fact since they are older they tend to be a little cheaper then Folsom.

 

The problem with military roommates is basically the fact they are young, are usually living away from home for the first time, and IME are basically ignorant of other people. I was real lucky, I had rooms to myself for more than half of my enlistment, including Korea. Go figure.

 

I heard that Kevin has rats that live in his couch.

 

No way man, they live under my bed. Uh, I mean, in the giant cage I bought em. Yeah.

Actually, this batch is a bunch of wusses. They are hardly willing to come out of the cage at all, whereas the last 2 I had owned the whole place.

 

The issue is that I work up near Marysville, so the closer I get to Matt, the longer my drive is. And if I'm working a 12 hour shift with a 1 hour commute each way, it gets a touch hellish.

 

Kevin- What you said about military roommates is 100% true. I don't know if I act older then my age or what, but you hit the nail on the head


If you're serious about finding a place, I'd be game. Rocklin wouldn't be too bad of a commute.

 

I'd be okay with anything between Natomas and Rocklin that's south of Yuba City probably. If there's a decent enough place that far north. I think Antelope has some decent townhouses relatively cheap.

 

Absolutely. I had hoped to find a job first, but now the no mon-ay thing is more important than the shorter commute by moving closer to the job I'll eventually have thing.

 

I think Nick might be game too if we find a big enough place.

 

Money = teh good thing. I'll keep an eye out for houses. Oh, and where is Antelope? (i=teh sac n00b, although I've lived in this area for 2 years, ha!)

 

Antelope is north of 80, east of Rio Linda, west of Rocklin, more or less.