Pros and Cons

So we moved into an apartment sunday late afternoon. The owner came up from New York to drop off the keys and show us around.

CONS

• Lingering musty smell. I think its mold or mildew, Saori thinks is some strange, pungent asian spice.
• No air conditioning.
• No internet.
• We're sleeping on a folded out futon.
• No kitchen furniture, so we're using small coffee table as a table, a tiny square ikea end table as one chair, and a folding chair as the other chair.
• It's totally filthy.
• We're on the first floor so we can't leave the windows open all the time to ventilate the apartment.
• Coin op laundry in the basement of another building.

 PROS

• We are all of one minute walking distance to a green line stop, five minutes walking distance to Ruggles stop on the orange line.
• Commuting time to the seaport district where I work is about thirty minutes, which is fantastic.
• Next door to the Museum of Fine Arts, one the highlights of Boston.
• Not horrifically expensive as far as Boston goes.
• Walking distance to Back Bay, Prudential Shops, Symphony Hall, and Qdoba.
• We don't have to share the apartment with anyone.
• Two minute walk to the emerald necklace park system.