$985 2030 Sq. Ft. Beautiful Apartment in charming Buffalo's BEST neighborhood I'm viewing on Saturday.

Thanks for the tip. I'm seeing it in an hour!

Seems nice, OP -- but you couldn't pay me enough to live in Buffalo. Too c-c-cold!

R2- Buffalo is notorious for the SNOW not so much the cold.

[quote] Guess why it's so inexpensive though.

I don't have time to play your little guessing games.

Because it’s in BUFFALO

I do love it. Not from NY so what's wrong with Buffalo?

Here’s why the price is so low.

Bring a Ouija board R1

The problem is that if the ghosts suffer CTE from their deaths, OP will get nothing but demands for pudding.

looks cute, I'd live there

[quote]Guess why it's so inexpensive though.

It's in a colored neighborhood?

My coworker knew the couple and when I showed her the listing, she was like "yah, I got news why it's so inexpensive..."

The crime was random, and the murderer is behind bars.

I mean, I lived in Philly for decades where every house is a crime scene AND I gave Ghost Tours of the historic district.

Better being haunted by an A Gay couple than some filthy hetero murder/suicide ghosts.

I'll post pics Saturday after I see it.

RIP to the poor slain couple.

Ants!

Murder house!

Blunt force trauma.

No way they got every bit of blood spatter. Imagine moving in and discovering some while you're painting or something.

Trust us.... find another place!

Nope. I don’t mind death. Death is natural. I draw the line at murder.

Unless it comes with Dylan McDermott walking around naked, it's a pass for me.

If you don’t like the idea, don’t visit Holyrood Palace!

I can't believe two gay men lived with that carpeting.

I love the house, actually.

you're going to die in there

Who cares? Dead is dead.

Imagine being haunted by homosexuals as you move in. You load in your china and all the audible tsk tsking from the dark corners of the room.

“Ew I think it’s Fiesta” could just barely be heard.

[quote] Imagine being haunted by homosexuals as you move in.

We don't have to imagine it. We lived it!

A gay ghost would help keep things tidy. I don't see the downside here.

[quote] Imagine being haunted by homosexuals as you move in.

And then one of them tries to seduce your husband!

Even worse, what if the ghosts start fighting, and getting snippy with each other?

Its a darling little place but Im not going to knowingly live in some place that had such a violent crime happened in .

Gay Ghosts, coming soon on Lifetime.

R6, Buffalo is not in NY, it’s in NYS.

Send in Jennifer Love Hewitt, OP.

Murder House was THE best of Ryan Murphy.

And everyone will want you to host the Halloween party each year!!!

Why you don't want to live in Buffalo.

r33 which of those two things is it?

It's so cool! But does heat and A/C cost an additional $2,000/mo.?

[quote]Imagine being haunted by homosexuals as you move in. You load in your china and all the audible tsk tsking from the dark corners of the room.

Besides the murder and all.... it looks like two different apartments that are now one. Each has a kitchen, living room, bedroom, bath, etc. Maybe the owners couldn't make it work as two apartments. But this is actually an arrangement I like, you and your partner can live together and separately.

Sorry, r36 was me the OP.

I imagine the gay ghosts will enjoy my framed Patti LuPone poster collection and my Disney Villainesses figurines.

[Quote] Even worse, what if the ghosts start fighting, and getting snippy with each other?

I beg your finest pardon???

IF??? IF???

Are you new to the DL, dearheart?

The problem is the GRAY WALLS and so-called LVT, not the dead gays.

[quote]$985 2030 Sq. Ft. Beautiful Apartment in charming Buffalo's BEST neighborhood I'm viewing on Saturday.

The link says 1BR, 1BA and 1,000 sq. ft. Where are you getting 2030?

r32 nah Buffalo will have six feet of snow by then.

The trailer I live in now was rented out to two gay men for years before the owner sold it to me.

And my house in St. Pete was owned by a lesbian couple before they sold it to me.

It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy to live in a legacy gay house.

Cheers, OP!

“A gays?” In Buffalo?? Now I’ve seen everything.

Buffalo is a rough blue collar town.

Rough trade?

My ex's parents are from Buffalo. They'd never MET a Jewish person until they met me. They assumed I went to temple every day and had a "special diet." A lot of whispers and cold stares. Naturally, they were devoted Catholics.

They were very perceptive ..your EX in-laws

[quote]The problem is the GRAY WALLS

Exactly. What is it with realtors today that they think gray *everything* covers up every problem?

Murderous bloodbath in the house? Paint it a bright cheery shade of gray! No one will be reminded of violent crime then!

The carpet looks moldy in the corners in some of the rooms. And how many kitchens does that place have?

NJ was home to Princeton, the “most southern” Ivy and full of slaveholders’ sons. NJ elected the most reactionary segregationist as governor—the president of Princeton. Me, Woodrow Wilson

Oops —other thread

why are there THREE stoves??

That was my error R41. It's a two story house

The no pets is a deal killer. But I like it. I’d want working fireplaces.

nice...Sage it before you move in.....

I see what you did^

My bulldog is name Killer!

Working fireplaces are no longer allowed in my city

So when Zillow says it's on a "quite dead-end street"... (quoting from the webpage)

[quote] The no pets is a deal killer

They have to protect the carpet.

Well I can always repaint, r49.

Anyone want to help me pick out a tasteful color scheme?

Oh man, that reminds me I should've titled this thread with "Tasteful Friends."

R47: Classmate of mine is Jewish--pillar of the JCC, etc. Buffalo was not a top choice but he's been very happy there and has done well professionally.

[quote]They have to protect the carpet.

The carpet was already soaked in blood from a fucking double murder. What's a little cat piss?

Actually the landlord is allowing my cat, I asked. My argument is that cats keep out mice. That's no lie.

Are there any size 14 gals in the neighborhood?

So, according to the listing the apt at $985/mo gives you one of the floors, not both. It's a 2-unit bldg.

A squirt of Bull Shot will eliminate those blood stains in a jif!

To commit suicide in Buffalo is redundant.

Outside of seeing that it has appropriate locks and security, who cares as far as renting an apartment?

If you live in enough old houses, it's likely someone or multiple people died there, suicide rate for men is 5x that of the murder rate. People die and often enough at home. In 2022, 31% of Americans died at home, in the early 20thC that figure was more than 80%.

It means only that death is a fact of life.

Nice little house.

abitontheside, now that we know exactly where you'll be living, I can drop off a housewarming gift next time I'm in Buffalo -- which will be never. How about some Potpourri? Can always FedEx it.

Well OP, when the shit hits the Orange Asshole fan, you can always grab your passport and run over the bridge to the CA side of the Falls.

R71 I’m already looking at places in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Great wine country, the Shaw etc.

I have cousins in Mississauga. I lived in Islington (Etobicoke) for a year in 1980.

I want to visit Buffalo. And Pittsburgh. I've started multiple threads about them in my decades on datalounge. Nobody has caught on to my weird obsession.

I don’t understand how a rundown one-bedroom in BUFFALO is seen as a bargain for almost 1k a month.

Pittsburgh is MUCH nicer r74

Well r75, a LOT of these places include utilities, but this one doesn’t.

Compared to Philadelphia where I came from, they only ask for one month deposit up front as opposed to Philly’s first, last & deposit.

There is nothing but vacancy here, the houses in Allentown and Elmwood are gorgeous gilded age mansions, mostly carved into apartments. Beautiful, unique apartments. But the town is plateaued as far as population. Nobody moves here, they leave here. I did.

Nearby is a sublime Olmsted Park , it is beyond gorgeous, underrated, and a treasure. Philly has no Olmsted park system. I mean, he designed Central Park.

There’s tons of restaurants and boutiques.

Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as President in 1901 after the McKinley assassination right down the street.

I have no car but the transit system works well here to get around. It’s a small city, and it’s he infrastructure here is exceptionally better than Penndot.

It was the 8th largest city in America in 1901. NYC grew because of the Erie Canal here. You’re welcome NYC.

Listen, I left a nightmare living situation. I welcome the opportunity to live with gay ghosts. The musical writes itself.

The pizza here I mention last for a reason. It is….unreal good.

Go Bills.

How’s the dick in Buffalo?

Why do people shuffle to Buffalo? Can't they take a barge on that canal that catches fire sometimes?

Pittsburgh is great. I'm going next week.

Best of luck, r77. I view a cheap rent situation as a temporary opportunity to save for something much better. If you can find some charm in it and this place has it, so much the better. It would be at least double that where I live.

But my relatives from Buffalo left for the Philadelphia area over 25 years ago.

But how are the wild wings, OP?

Buffalo is considered one of the primo living destinations for the climate change we are heading into. It has the infrastructure to support a population double what is has now. Its proximity to the great lakes means water will never be an issue. On the other hand, the lake effect snow and the storms whipping off of Lake Erie are legendary. I'd move there if I were younger. Ghosts from a murder in an apartment don't scare me.

The Sci-fi channel ran a series a couple of year back called Surreal Estate, about ghosts who lingered in buildings and bothered new owners/tenants, and a special group of realtors especially equipped to deal with them.

We recently bought our dream home from the estate of a 101 year old woman who died here. It feels warm and cozy. She left good longevity mojo. She left behind all of the colorful shrubs, rose bushes and trees that she carefully chose to plant decades ago. We had to change the wall colors, curtains, and light fixtures to butch it up a bit. When the next owners take over, they'll say, "We're being haunted by two pickled queens. All of the walls were slate gray. You can still almost hear the Broadway showtunes and smell the cheap cologne".

Shuffle off, OP!