small spaces
Since I arrived in Portland, I’ve been ruminating about my small-sized apartment. It has two bedrooms, but they’re tiny! I’m literally at the point where if I want to buy anything new, I’ll have to get rid of something first. Before I moved to the rose city, a number of people asked me if I’d get a roommate. A roommate?! Hell, I can barely stand to be around myself, let alone anyone else.
But the high costs of living in an apartment in Portland often make doubling up a necessity. I’m actually the only one in my building without a roommate. In fact, the band that lives upstairs has three people living in their apartment. Three people! Clearly, space is at a premium in Portland.
And I can’t help but wonder. When you have multiple people living in a confined space, what do you do when you need some... privacy?
In addition to the already close quarters of our building, one band member gave me this food for thought when I moved in: “You know, these walls are paper thin. You can hear everything.” I quickly found out he was right. And I’m a little embarrassed to know so much about some of my neighbors after just a week or two of living here.
Clearly, I’m going to have to do my “everything” somewhere else.
I’ve been trying to work up the nerve to ask the boys in the band how they handle the need for private moments, and I’m a little worried that I’ll find out on my own in the meantime. The blog hasn’t worked its way into the conversation yet, so I’m not really sure how to broach the question without sounding overly interested, ha. ~
Susan Marthen’s Moving to Portland website was very helpful when I was trying to figure out where I wanted to live in the rose city from 2500 miles away. I have a number of similar websites that I used, actually finding some really good ones after filtering out of all the spammy Portland apartment / city living websites. I will post them in the links on the rose city journal blog as I think of it.
But the high costs of living in an apartment in Portland often make doubling up a necessity. I’m actually the only one in my building without a roommate. In fact, the band that lives upstairs has three people living in their apartment. Three people! Clearly, space is at a premium in Portland.
And I can’t help but wonder. When you have multiple people living in a confined space, what do you do when you need some... privacy?
In addition to the already close quarters of our building, one band member gave me this food for thought when I moved in: “You know, these walls are paper thin. You can hear everything.” I quickly found out he was right. And I’m a little embarrassed to know so much about some of my neighbors after just a week or two of living here.
Clearly, I’m going to have to do my “everything” somewhere else.
I’ve been trying to work up the nerve to ask the boys in the band how they handle the need for private moments, and I’m a little worried that I’ll find out on my own in the meantime. The blog hasn’t worked its way into the conversation yet, so I’m not really sure how to broach the question without sounding overly interested, ha. ~
Susan Marthen’s Moving to Portland website was very helpful when I was trying to figure out where I wanted to live in the rose city from 2500 miles away. I have a number of similar websites that I used, actually finding some really good ones after filtering out of all the spammy Portland apartment / city living websites. I will post them in the links on the rose city journal blog as I think of it.
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