[Thinking about moving to Boston?]

Oh, and I forgot to ask--what do people think of Roslindale? Friends of friends have a house they're willing to rent us there for around $1350 a month (not including utilities).

How bad would that commute be to BU? And how expensive are utilities in Boston? I can't imagine...

[Thinking about moving to Boston?]

i got back on sunday from my week-long apartment hunting trip and it was CRAZY! the best advice i can give at this point is that you really need to physically go to all the different areas that you are interested in and see them for yourself. my girlfriend and i visited several different towns and got a good feel for them while actually looking at available apartments that were in our price-range.

Thank you! We're going up on Monday (to stay a week), so I suppose we'll be really busy trying to orient ourselves to Boston as well as looking at places. Do most places do the credit check thing?

[Thinking about moving to Boston?]

My husband and I are going to be moving up to Boston in August from Florida. I'll be doing grad school at BU, and wondered what neighborhood (since everything I've read says Boston is made up of them) would be good for us.

We like trees, old buildings, and character. We'd both like to live where we could have a fireplace (is this impossible?) and can only really afford a max of 1300 a month (maybe).

After living in the south for a few years it is scary going from this economy to that one blind.

What month do you think we should visit to find a place? Is May too early?

Thanks in advance for your advice.