That house is actually across the street from me- the nearer to work ones are mostly to expensive because they are right around the university or in less safe neighborhoods. They ae also mostly larger houses-- Rochester does not have small houses in a ot of places.

I could buy a house this year, I think, but I am a little scared of the commitment- at least with an apartment I can always move in with someone if I lose my job. But a house of that price is actually cheaper than renting

Oh Tom- that kitchen! But I think I like it better than the ubiquitous cheap oak "updated" kitchens that are everywhere!

It cute. Interesting (worrying?) that they didn't have a picture of the bathroom. But the kitchen looks nice.

I imagine that there are problems, but it might still have some original fixtures. I grew up in a house where we had to go to the cellar and turn the water for the bathroom when we had to use the bathtub or sink, though, so that wouldn't bother me too much as long as the toilet flushed.

ETA not that I am actually buying this house, but to say my priorities are a little skewed- I need it to be on a busline, have an original kitchen, be otherwise cute, and then and only then am I worried about things working.

Here's a place right across the river from the University: [link]

That is a cute house, Sophia.

The float in the Rose Bowl parade with the surfing dogs is adorable.

The good thing about getting a 3-bedroom house like that is that you could always get a roommate (and have veto power if they prove difficult to live with!). Although, I'd prefer two bathrooms (which I don't have) for that situation. Easier to coordinate bathroom use with someone you're intimate with, you know.

Ugh, Matt. Stood up is the WORST.

Speaking of which, JESSE, if cowgirls hate America, the terrorists have won.

I SAID I don't hate America!

Tom, that's a nice property, too.

I've been thinking a lot about that neighborhood, Tom. It is just over the border into the "bad"section, but the Uni is really trying to gentrify it. I feel bad about that, though, because the people who live there don't want all the college kids and white people moving in. But I sort of like the neighborhood, because it has bustle and actual businesses (although all bodegas and liquor stores). But I am not sure I would feel safe walking to the bodegas or liquor stores and I am not overly concerned with my own safety. But I am a white lady and would definitely stand out.

In whoa news, today I learned that Erza Jack Keats (author of The Snowy Day: [link] was not black.