First Impressions

Today I drove to our apartment complex and picked up the lease to sign.  My first impressions are mixed.  There was a group of younger teens sitting around outside the front buildings.  The place looked more run down than the pictures, but that is always the case.  However, the kids were behaving themselves.  Also, they weren’t overly loud.

Our apartment is way in the back, which was a quiet area.  We’ll get to actually see it tomorrow.  The complex is surrounded by undeveloped young woodland, which is nice.  Hopefully that doesn’t translate into crime problems.  Also, the whole area is pretty undeveloped except in sections.  it’s interesting.  I realized that, while it’s obvious, we’re living in a coastal world now.  Coastal communities are setup quite differently, which isn’t necessarily bad, it just requires an adjustment for me to figure out where things are.

So, while this is an uncomfortable situation, I’m going to just go in with an open mind.  There must be a reason why we are living where we are, since it wasn’t our choice.  I guess we’ll find out at some point.  In general though, I like it down here.  There is space, and quiet, even if there is a lot of traffic.  We can settle here, get our finances in order and even try to save up to buy a modest home.  You can buy decent stuff for around $75,000, which is affordable once we clean up our credit and save a bit.  I guess we’ll see what happens.