APARTMENT GUIDE
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4. Lifemates
6. Pet peeves
8. Roommates gone bad
11. Living with the opposite sex
12. Living alone
13. Subleasing
15. How to find a roommate
editor's note
Finding the ideal roommate is never an easy task. When one chooses to live with a complete stranger, there is the fear of not knowing what to expect. At the same time, there is no guarantee that living with a friend is the best idea either.
When I was in middle school, I met two of my best friends. We remained close throughout high school and when we all attended college. However, they decided they were going to live together before our junior year, and I decided to live with another friend.I felt it would be better for our friendship if I didn't live with my best friends because we all had different habits.
Only a few months into their lease, each of them began talking to me about how they were getting annoyed with each other. I would hear stories about how one would never do the dishes or how the other only sat around playing video games and drinking — there was always something to complain about. It got so bad that if I wanted
to hangout with them, I had to find time to spend with each of them individually because they couldn't stand to be around each other outside of their apartment.
spring 2008 kansan staff
My two friends don't live together anymore and although they have rekindled their friendship, it's still not quite how it used to be. Our hope with this apartment guide is that you have some better knowledge of how to choose a future roommate after reading it than you did beforehand. Happy roommate hunting.
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The University Daily Kansan is the student newspaper of the University of Kansas. This guide to picking a roommate is the second of four apartment guides published by The Kansan each spring.
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