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Finding someone who's looking for a roommate: What's the process?

Squirminator2kSquirminator2k they/themNorth Hollywood, CARegistered User regular
edited December 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
Daisy Steiner wrote:
Every morning I wake up and it's the same. I get up and I buy the paper, and I circle them all, and I phone them only to discover they've been taken by a bunch of fucking psychic house hunters.

I'm in England visiting my Mum at the moment, but when I return to LA I'm going to be looking for somewhere new to live. I'm not earning enough to rent a place on my own, so I'm going to have to find someone who's looking for a roommate. I'm also currently learning how to drive, so ideally I need to find somewhere either in or close to Burbank, where I currently work. This means I have pretty limited options.

At the moment, I understand what I need to do. I'm planning on looking on Craigslist (maybe even posting an ad myself), and I've started putting feelers out among my LA-based friends (although most of my friends live in San Diego, so that's not likely to yield any results). Is there anything else I can be doing to look for a place to live?

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  • DisDis Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Squirminator2k wrote: »
    Daisy Steiner wrote:
    Every morning I wake up and it's the same. I get up and I buy the paper, and I circle them all, and I phone them only to discover they've been taken by a bunch of fucking psychic house hunters.

    I'm in England visiting my Mum at the moment, but when I return to LA I'm going to be looking for somewhere new to live. I'm not earning enough to rent a place on my own, so I'm going to have to find someone who's looking for a roommate. I'm also currently learning how to drive, so ideally I need to find somewhere either in or close to Burbank, where I currently work. This means I have pretty limited options.

    At the moment, I understand what I need to do. I'm planning on looking on Craigslist (maybe even posting an ad myself), and I've started putting feelers out among my LA-based friends (although most of my friends live in San Diego, so that's not likely to yield any results). Is there anything else I can be doing to look for a place to live?

    Try asking someone from your workplace?

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  • Squirminator2kSquirminator2k they/them North Hollywood, CARegistered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Oh yes.

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  • DarkewolfeDarkewolfe Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Make sure on craigslist to both check the places where people post that they're looking and also post in the appropriate place to have people contact you.

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  • ThrillaGorillaThrillaGorilla Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    http://www.roommates.com/

    I have had two friends use this site to find roommates so it may help.

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  • Lord MaloryLord Malory Registered User regular
    edited December 2008
    Independant/Small/Community/University Newspapers that allow you to put ads in them. We have a few cool weeklies that you can find apartments and used furniture in their small classifieds. LA is a bit larger though, but I would use that with craigslist to find a roommate out of the blue.

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