Monthly Archives: May 2010

How to Find a Good Roommate

The time has come for our apartment to bid a sorrowful adieu to one of our roommates. And although we will miss her, our attention must inevitably turn to finding a replacement. So how do we find one person who we think will fit in with our whole apartment life scene that we’ve got going [...]

Celebrity Roommate Court: Mr. Reinhold’s Final Judgment (Part 3)

Court was adjourned for the day by Judge Reinhold so that he may deliberate about the statute of limitations on Ms. Aniston’s right of first refusal towards her romantic campaign on hotstuff bartender Brad Pitt. If this statement seems outlandish and befuddling, you can read Celebrity Court posts Part One and Part Two. Judge Reinhold: [...]

Celebrity Roommate Court Opening Statements (Part 2)

  Roommate Court is now in session! Please refer to the introductory Roommate Court with Judge Reinhold article to get background information on this afternoon’s proceedings. For the click averse, Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie are roommates and the latter is accused of the calculated and premeditated stealing of a romantic interest. Judge Reinhold: Ms. [...]

Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie Roommate Fight Erupts Over Brad Pitt in San Francisco (Part I)

That is by far the most search friendly title to a blog post I have ever written. It is also a treacherous fabrication of the truth, but what a great way to introduce another gripping serial installment to the MyNewPlace Blog — Roommate Court with Judge Reinhold! Of course they are fighting now, look at [...]

Beyond the Box

Hello everyone, we’ve got a special guest article by Phil Murphy, founder and owner of Storage By The Box; they’ve come up with a great new way for renters to store some of the things they can’t quite fit into their apartments. By Phil Murphy, founder, owner Storage By The Box While dining with friends [...]

The Recent Graduate Dilemma and the Rules of Couch Surfing

Yesterday, we concluded that in virtue of Recent Graduate Dilemma, statistical comparisons between cities using employment figures and apartment rents are only of secondary importance to recent graduates. By secondary importance we mean that this information is not at all instructive to a college or high school graduate who is trying to decide what to [...]

The Recent Graduate Dilemma

A few weeks ago we wrote an article entitled ‘Graduating into the Worst Economy in Twenty Years,’ which basically asked college and high school seniors the question, “now that the real world is upon you, what are you going to do about it?” And then we linked over to Portfolio.com’s list of top cities for [...]