u/RealityLopsided7366

I moved to my current city 5 years ago to come to grad school. Lived in a grad school compatible apartment (i.e., few amenities) for 2 years and had a really good time.

After that I moved my stuff into a storage unit... which was really my friend's basement. I won't get into the details as to why, but I thought paying for movers to pack and move my stuff into the basement would not be TOO expensive. It cost me $2.3K. I was shocked.

After that I had to move the stuff from the storage unit into my new, post grad school apartment (same city). I thought that since there'd be no packing, it would be cheaper, but due to some issues with getting stuff out of the basement, this move once again cost $2K.

I was happy in my building until I began to have stomping come from above. So I asked to be moved to the top floor. I once again hired movers and this time it was like $800 all in (they helped with packing stuff). Not bad.

Then suddenly, circumstances changed and I had to change jobs and apartments. I hired movers again. I figured I'd pack as much as I could and let them handle whatever I couldn't get to. I packed more than half of my apartment; I thought my bill would be ~$1.5K. Once again it was $2K.

The place I moved to, I began having lots of issues with, and now I have to move again. This time around I am aiming to pack 99% of my stuff myself, and move. I already signed a lease... I am in a huge time crunch, so I kinda rushed... and now I'm second guessing my choice A LOT. Not sure how much this move will cost me... probably $1.5-2K given how things have been going. And now I'm thinking, that I'll have to move again a year from now (although - who knows - maybe I'll actually love the new place, my second guessing notwithstanding?)

As it stands I'm at 6 moves in 5 years, all within the same city (maybe it's the city that's the problem...?) If I move again in one year, that'll be 7 in 6 years. I feel like something's wrong. I also shudder at the amount of money I've spent. I try to be financially responsible, but each time it's been a huge chunk of money that's gone away.

I think I'm just venting and see whether anyone else can relate. It's just been so hard these past few years...

I lived in an above/below duplex. It was horrible. I think it was initially one house, cut up into two. It was almost like living with someone else in the same house, could hear him talk, walk around, open and close the door, etc. So I'm never doing that again.

However, I'm curious whether quadruplexes are different. They were presumably built as mini apartment buildings (two units below, two above; separate entry doors each time), so possibly better sound insulation? Does anybody have any experience with this?

Also curious to know whether side by side duplexes are better than above/under duplexes, assuming once again they were built right, with a thick enough party wall.

Thinking about it I realize I want to avoid anything that would generate vibrations...

Would either of these options be reasonably insulated against that?

Just yesterday I posted about my rental woes in PGH and got some good advice (link to the thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/pittsburgh/comments/1tb2rbl/comment/olh50r7/)

Would be curious to hear people's thoughts around Stanton Heights. I know next to nothing about this neighborhood. As far as neighbors go, I'd like it be walkable to at least a coffee shop, accessible to stuff on the East End and not too far a drive to the South Side/hilltop area (where my partner lives), diverse (I'm POC and an immigrant) and friendly. Perusing Reddit, it seems that Stanton Heights is not walkable to anything, but parts of it are literally a two minute drive from Upper Lawrenceville (it looks like you could walk too; there's some Pittsburgh stairs. It might grueling)

Greenfield is another neighborhood I haven't given much thought. I do know some people who live there and seem to love it, although they do say there's not much to do IN Greenfield. But I do know it's really accessible to everything.

Thanks!

I might be in Toronto on the day of M33 and I might have the possibility of getting 2x Cat 2 tickets for this game.

I was seeing I could buy them (it's basically FV), and then sell them closer to the date if I end up not needing them (won't be in Toronto, secure other tickets).

However, with the new law, I'm not sure how that would work. Looks like I would not be able to list them on the marketplace, for once. And if they somehow make that available again, I'll likely have to list for FV, which means I'd lose 15% on whatever I pay, for each ticket?

I guess I could always do a private sale and transfer the tickets - but is there any sense yet of whether ticket transfers will ever become available?

Trying to think through my options here.