MyPlace

When I move back to Austin, all faith in regard to my new dwelling is in the hands of my future roommate. I trust he has good taste and we have discussed it a bit, which is comforting, but you never know until you live there. I say this because my current apartment may just be the worst place I've ever lived. I did live in former project housing in the bad part of Waco, TX, but this may be worse. Here is a quick rundown of my current place:

- Halfway house a couple blocks away
- Planes fly over every few hours
- Train tracks are less than 100 yards away
- Trains go by about every hour (including nighttime)
- There is more than one registered sex offender in the neighborhood, including across the street
- Steetwalkers litter the streets
- People yell profanities at each other outside my windows all the time

And last, but not least...
- I found a plastic grocery sack full of used syringes outside my back door

This doesn't even include all the issues I've had with the apartment itself. The water doesn't really get hot and gets ice cold in about 5 minutes, paper thin walls, poor circulation of HVAC, and door knobs that fall out of the doors.

I will critique my next places pretty thoroughly after living here. What doesn't kill me, makes me stronger. Right?