Brainstorming the Move

Reasons to leave current apartment:

1. The fact that I had several regularly-watched television programs last winter.
2. Switching trains on my commute.
3. The f***ing mouse.
4. Being the only one to take out the trash.
5. Paying for all the bills myself.
6. Paying more and more rent: the unpredictable nature of my rental agreement.
7. Distance from Cambridge.
8. Laziness as result of not having to clean up after self due to annoyance of roommates.
9. No built in buddies.
10. Getting stuck in my own ways and being intolerant to other lifestyles.


Reasons to stay in current apartment:

1. Friends down the street.
2. The Whole Foods (plus drug store, flower shop, hardware store, post office, radio shack, camera shop, ABP, Blockbuster, Indian Buffet, and yoga studio) next door or within 5 minutes.
3. Walk to Newbury/Fenway/MFA.
4. Friends in this neighborhood.
5. 25-foot brick wall.
6. Moving blows.
7. 5x5 closet
8. 450 square feet of my own.
9. No line for the shower.
10. Space and flexibility for guests at any time.


Reasons to move to new apartment:

1. Miracle of Science and Cuchi Cuchi next door.
2. Friends around the neighborhood.
3. Harvest Coop and Whole Foods, among other places to shop for food.
4. Ability to participate in Boston Organics or CSA veggies.
5. Sharing utilities.
6. Cheaper rent.
7. One train to the office.
8. One bus to Boston, back to the old stomping ground.
9. Summer festivals and other community events.
10. Not turning into a hyper-idiosyncratic monster.
11. It would be really bitchy to back out now.