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Currently going too broke to live even in Chicago (even in Rogers Park!). I figure I have about six more months in me, tops, before I decamp to Minneapolis/St. Paul or, if things are really dire, St. Louis.

OK realistically, I'm not *that* broke. But I'm in a situation where the tradeoffs have become unacceptable: "live in a real adult apartment with a bedroom," or "have any kind of social life," because I sure as heck can't do both here. Never mind "saving for retirement" or "buying a home" or anything--that sort of thing just isn't on the table.

@toastercat, when my own kitteh destroyed her litter mat in a fit of... standard cat insanity, perhaps?... I found that the little mat had actually been making little to no difference in the amount of tracked litter. And without it, the area is both neater-looking and easier to sweep up in a hurry.

Esp. the one with the two Nazis.

Hans....are we the baddies?

@Pi, there had been a comment directly above mine that said it looked like Bill was "waiting for a boyfriend with real furniture." The comment has since been taken down, I guess, either by the poster or by the mods. Actually there were a couple of really snarky comments and it looks like they've been taken down.

I'm glad to see this place getting some love, even though apparently it's not expensive enough to be "real" (the mind boggles). This is the kind of serene and personal place us normal folks can afford to put together, and I've already gotten several ideas for my own pretend apartment with its pretend furniture. :-) Rock on, Bill!

"The first photo makes me want to stage a Hoarders style intervention."

Um...yes, because anything short of pure minimalism is a psychological disorder. Or, you know...not.

What are people doing in the grocery store that makes it the most time-consuming chore? A trip takes me just under an hour and I've got groceries for a week.

Well in my case, I'm walking two miles there and back. Not only is that time consuming, but it also means that a week's worth of food is out of the question, because I can't carry that much at once. (A granny-cart helps, but mine finally rusted out.) So I have to make the trip several times a week. It's good exercise, but much more time-consuming than any other chore I do.

@ bepsf: you seem to be missing peoples' point. I don't have the money to buy a new fridge just out of the blue. A fridge --the cheapest fridge at Best Buy-- is half of my rent! Without reimbursement it would wipe out my emergency savings. Not an impact to just go, oh well, about.

And who cares if I can take it with when I move? 99% of apartments in my city already have refrigerators, which I would then somehow have to, what, store? At my own expense? Plus the added expense and hassle of moving a dang fridge every two or so years.

You've clearly been in your place for ages and plan to stay; most renters are not in that position even remotely, and that is why people think your response is unreasonable.

The thing that inspires me most, sadly, is that I really dislike my apartment. The only thing that makes it somewhat bearable is if it's totally clean and organized; but this hardly ever happens.

"OK, so it's a rental out on Long Island, but..."

Sheesh. Got to love New York. "Oh, it might be accessible to the top 3% of Americans instead of only the top 1%, but I swear it's still worthwhile!"

;-)