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bsquared24

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Late last week I accepted a job at Loyola in New Orleans and wanted to ask if anyone had any advice on places to live in NOLA that would be convenient to the campus on St. Charles. Pretty sure I want to live in the city and avoid the big commute if at all possible. Looking to rent for 6 months or a year before buying (making sure the job is as good as I think it is). Any advice is greatly appreciated.

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deanbar

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">There are tons of apartments in the Carrollton area and all
around Tulane and Loyola campuses. Try the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1279510163_0">Gambit</span> classifieds (<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1279510163_1">[url="http://classifieds.bestofneworleans.com/"]http://classifieds.bestofneworleans.com/</span>[/url])
under “uptown” or the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1279510163_2">nola.com</span> classifieds under 70118 and 70115.
Lots of the places just put up a “for rent” sign, so driving around
is not a bad method for finding something. Neighborhoods are pretty mixed from
block to block. Many of the apartments that rent to students will have
leases that begin in July or August. In the Carrollton area where I live,
I’d look on Pine and Lowerline from S. Claiborne to the river, and
anything from St. Charles to around Willow between Broadway and S. Carrollton
or in the triangle between S. Carrollton, Oak St. and River Road (Leake
Ave.). Downriver from <span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1279510163_3">Audubon Park</span>, anything from St. Charles to the
river down to Napoleon is also mostly good. I’d steer away from much
of the area generally north of Fontainbleau, but this is <span style="border-bottom: 2px dotted rgb(54, 99, 136); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1279510163_4">New Orleans</span> and generally
it’s impossible to really delineate areas that are uniformely good or
bad.</span></p>

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deanbar

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(A friend sez)====I'm going to have an apartment for rent end of the month, $700 <span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; cursor: pointer; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1279511220_0">one bedroom</span>, but we generally get a one year lease.

email me back and i will give you his phone# or email addy.
 
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rem101

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not far from Loyola in a place called the Forty O'Nine or something like that. It was actually a really nice place. Didn't look real nice from the outside, but it's gated and apartments make a square around a courtyard with a pool. He lived on the bottom floor with his door opening up out to the pool. Came furnished with about a 52" hdtv. I think he paid a grand a month and no utilities. Also, I think he had it for less than a year so maybe they'd do a 6 month lease.
 
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mstateglfr

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And not a bad street/area for the most part around the universities.

I would absolutely say you should just drive around and find 'for rent' signs because you will get a feel for each street. Hell each block of each street.

That place is simply nuts in how a mansion can be sitting next to a literal crackhouse which is then next to a total dump which is across the street from another friggin mansion.
Block by block changes in housing quality, security, etc.

Have fun down there, go in with the mindset that the city is an adventure, itll help.
 
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anon1751035439

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that are very, very narrow and full of potholes. You can't hardly drive over 20 mph on some of them without doing damage to your vehicle. I've never seen million dollar homes on streets that bad. Try Audubon that goes from Claiborne just past the ballpark to the heart of Tulane for starters.
 
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pikedawg

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If you have the time, physically walking or riding around the areas you want to live in is going to be your best bet. A lot of people don't post there stuff online, and you'll also get a feel for the area. It is New Orleans, nicenessvaries drastically block to block. When I started looking a few years ago, I tried the nola.com and craigslist, but I found my place by just riding around and looking for "for rent" signs.A buddy also found his placethe same way on6thand St. Charles. I live and work Uptown, so I'll pm you if I see anything.
 
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cb6228

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the reason Audubon is so crappy is because the owners of those homes want the neighborhood to be blocked off and gate like Audobon is between Freret and St Charles. They keep stopping the city from resurfacing b/c they don't want the traffic. Two of my former med school professors live on that street
 
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FQDawg

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I found my current place - only a few blocks off Broadway near Tulane and Loyola - on Craigslist and it was a pretty good deal: A two-story two bedroom, two bath with full amenities (w/d, dishwasher, patio) for only $1200. It was also the steal of the century and the landlord was almost desperate to rent it out. If you find a place, especially at this time of year, you can usually negotiate either a reduction in rent or in the deposit. I got my landlord to half the deposit and let me pay it over two months instead of all at once.

I also agree with riding around and checking out the neighborhood if possible. New Orleans has next to no zoning laws so, as someone else said, you can literally go from nice homes to crack dens just by crossing a street.

If you want any specific info on the area, feel free to PM me.
 
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hullabaloodog

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I live in Mid-City near City Park now, but used to live near Feret and Jefferson(really close to the universities). Found both of my places on Craigslist.
 
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nsvltndog

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After seeing your post, I googled the place I lived for my 1st year out of MSU in 1994. Much to my surprise it came up as currently available.This was a great place to live and an awesome block to live on- 1 block off St. Charles near the intersection of St. Charles and Napoleon. I used 1 BR as a home office.

I'm very surprised this time of year that this hasn't already been grabbed by some incoming grad students. I rented it the day it became available 16 years ago.

http://realestate.nola.com/?classification=real+estate&temp_type=detail&tp=RE_nola&property=nola.com&finder=rent&ad_id=400900914
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