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Ending | Aug 31 2002

This is not an Oblivio post in the usual sense. Instead it is a request for assistance.

I have lost my apartment and must find another. It is a long and painful story how this happened, and perhaps at some future point I will tell it. For now, though, I ask my readers, particularly my New York readers, to help bring this story to an incongruously happy ending.

What would such an ending look like? I believe it would resemble either a studio or two-bedroom Brooklyn apartment, the latter of which I would share with my good friend Claudia.

A few things to note:

Manhattan is unlikely because of its staggering rents. Preferred Brooklyn neighborhoods include Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, etc. Also, given that I work one day a week in Brooklyn, I’m ruling out Staten Island, New Jersey, and the upper reaches of Manhattan (Washington Heights, Inwood, etc.).

I can afford up to $900 for a studio, $1600 for a two-bedroom.

I have arranged temporary housing for September, but could move tomorrow if I found something nice.

Deep breath.