Long-Distance Apartment Hunting

June 24, 2018 | By Sarah AuthorMy First Apartment

It may sound tricky, but long-distance apartment hunting is completely possible! You may have to invest a little extra time and effort into your hunt, but you can still find the perfect place within your budget. Having to find a place long distance is actually pretty common as people move between cities, following jobs or…

Enjoying a Solo Holiday

November 19, 2017 | By Sarah AuthorMy First Apartment

The Holiday season is in full swing! Thanksgiving is almost here, then many other holidays in the weeks following. If you’ve moved away from family into your first apartment, this can pose a problem: Do you go home for the holidays? If you are close to family, it may be an easy “Yes!”, but if…

Getting Involved in Your New Community

October 15, 2017 | By Sarah AuthorMy First Apartment

For many of us, moving into our first apartment also means moving to a new city or state! Whether you move for work, friends, love, or adventure, it is a very exciting time. However, after the excitement of your move fades, it can become difficult to find and make friends or feel connected to your…

How to Make Friends in a New City

October 18, 2011 | By MFA Editors AuthorMy First Apartment

MOVING TO THE BIG CITY…ALONE by Katie Moving to a new city is an exciting and scary time, and it can be even more daunting when you’re doing it on your own. I started my career and life fresh out of college in NYC a little more than a year ago. I moved to the…

When will you feel like a New Yorker? NYTimes says – when you become a jerk.

August 28, 2008 | By Alissa AuthorMy First Apartment

I’m kind of kidding. But. . .not entirely. The Times ran an interesting article this week on how long it takes people to feel like New York is their home. This of course makes one think about what home means – and what New York means in turn. What defines New York when compared to,…

Transference: blaming your apartment is easier than admitting moving to a new city is hard

April 23, 2008 | By Alissa AuthorMy First Apartment

As ya’ll might have guessed, I’ve been having a rougher time of it of late. And, yeah, I realize that much of it is in my head – and has little to do with the actual apartment but more with my general everyday living experience in a new city. But, it’s easier to blame an…