I'm moving to Eugene in August. Any input on the best areas to live? Will be attending UO so looking for something between campus and the night life area.
I'm moving to Eugene in August. Any input on the best areas to live? Will be attending UO so looking for something between campus and the night life area.
Should add I am looking for a 1 person apartment.
Grad or undergrad?
Car or no car?
There's a small "nightlife" area across from the bookstore.
There's a little bit downtown.
The further you live from campus, the lower the rents.
DaCloner wrote:
I'm moving to Eugene in August. Any input on the best areas to live? Will be attending UO so looking for something between campus and the night life area.
DaCloner,
My wife and I own a really nice rental home in Eugene that will become available in August. It's in south Eugene, about four miles from campus. It's near the base of Spencer's Butte and in a very nice, quiet area. You would have the partially furnished house to yourself, with the caveat that we would have use of one of the bedrooms and the house when we're down there for track meets, plays, etc. Generally speaking, we come down there maybe every 4-6 weeks for the weekend.
If you're interested in finding out more, seeing photos, etc. feel free to email me at
tim42k@gmail.com. If you want to find out more about the area, places to run and the like, I'm happy to help in that regard too.
Cheers,
Tim
Tim, will be in touch soon, that sounds appealing.
To A Duck-
Grad student, will have a car.
Dacloner:
I have met imarunner and his wife. They would be okay landlords.
A Duck wrote:
There's a small "nightlife" area across from the bookstore.
There's a little bit downtown.
UO students have not confined their drunken debauchery and rioting to those areas since the 60's.
I don't mean to put a wet blanket on this possible lead. But "near the base of Spencer's Butte" is far away from any "nightlife" in Eugene by any reasonable standard of what a nightlife is. Its definitely a nice, quiet area. But its also where people live to raise kids. Take it for what it is. Then again, I guess this gets to a reason why they invented cars. Its not too far a drive to access "nightlife" and the campus. But expect to drive to get just about anywhere.
Skip Eugene, go to Bellingham. Its near Forks.
Sparkles!
ryan foreman wrote:
I don't mean to put a wet blanket on this possible lead. But "near the base of Spencer's Butte" is far away from any "nightlife" in Eugene by any reasonable standard of what a nightlife is. Its definitely a nice, quiet area. But its also where people live to raise kids. Take it for what it is.
Then again, I guess this gets to a reason why they invented cars. Its not too far a drive to access "nightlife" and the campus. But expect to drive to get just about anywhere.
Noticed that on the map, looks like a nice area but a little far. I will have a road bike as well to get around.
Anyone have any recommendations on rental companies that have worked well or nice affordable areas to live?
I'm an incoming Oregon grad student looking for housing for the fall as well. Somewhere relatively quiet but within ~3 miles of campus would be ideal. Feel free to email me if you need a roommate
If you can get a small rental home or flat around Orchard/Villard/Walnut streets you'd be doing well. The recently built mega-apartments have drawn off quite a lot of the undergrads, so the houses in the East campus area seem to be much easier to rent than in the past, at least judging by rental lawn signs this past summer. It's a great walking/biking neighborhood, easy to walk down to the EMX for rapid bus downtown. 1/2 mile to Hayward/Campus, 1 mile to the river trails, 2 miles to SEHS track and Rexius trails.
We lived in that neighborhood from age 25 to 40s and it was pretty ideal.
edward. wrote:
Skip Eugene, go to Bellingham. Its near Forks.
You weren't listening in class, It is not near Forks.
Sparkles!
Thanks for the tip! I got a lead from someone else saying to look in the Whiteaker area. Anyone have any experience there?
DaCloner wrote:
Thanks for the tip! I got a lead from someone else saying to look in the Whiteaker area. Anyone have any experience there?
Fun neighborhood with breweries and food, but you have to lock things up tight. Bikes on 2nd floor decks will disappear, garages get broken into, etc. Some nicer residential neighborhoods just south of there between 7th and 11th.
not my real fake name wrote:
Dacloner:
I have met imarunner and his wife. They would be okay landlords.
I know them both IRL and can vouch they aren't serial killers.
txRUNNERgirl wrote:
I know them both IRL and can vouch they aren't serial killers.
Wow, now that's a glowing recommendation. Thanks, I guess... :)
It's LetsRun, so you never know what kind of crazies are on here ;)