Ugh mine is at 6ish weeks now and I’m starting to get annoyed by the “it can take up to 8 weeks” status … debating whether I should call or just wait to do that until after 8 weeks

I’m so sick of Bloomberg lol

Every drink is special the night Trump is indicted

It’s okay - best of luck to you again

Yeah I mean we aren’t your best friends, siblings, or children, so it seems perfectly understandable that this didn’t work at all

You’re overthinking it and you can’t seem to grasp that you’re asking for way, way more than a signature! You’re asking for someone to guarantee your loan and be on the hook for rent for you. It’s not a reasonable request of a stranger.

Would you co sign a $12,000 loan with a stranger? That’s what you’re asking, at a minimum.

Chill buddy … you’re not reading my comments closely … I said it’s great if you can move here to find the community that you want, but you’re the one who said it costs less and is cheap lol

I thought we left our prior discussion on good terms, but you’re being sort of a dick

Because you said it costs about the same to live in Kentucky as it does in DC … and I’m saying that as a general statement, that’s not true

Can you live in DC for $3k a month? Sure, but it will be very tight. Not much leftover for going out, etc. Take into consideration that while you may find a better deal on rent at some individual place in DC vs what you’re paying, things like groceries, utilities, taxes, etc. may be significantly higher than where you live.

Anyhow, move to DC if you want. But you’ll be one of the first to do so to save money lol.

I’m not confused, I’m just stating that, objectively, DC is more expensive than Kentucky. I can speak to this from personal experience, because I moved to DC from a lower COL area myself. And if you just google the housing costs in Berea vs DC, you’ll see that I’m right.

But I’m not saying you can’t find a place in DC for less than you’re paying in Berea, because I have no idea what your rent is there. And of course in DC you can offset some of the higher living costs by ditching your car, for example.

I’m just making the general observation that DC is, on average, about twice as expensive as Berea as far as COL goes.

The cost of living in DC is about double that of Kentucky

Not saying you can’t do it for less, but it’ll be much harder

You are right that DC is extremely LGBTQ+ friendly, and that’s a great reason to move here - I hope you find the community you’re looking for

Source (yes, I realize it’s a state to city comparison, but you just said “Kentucky”):

https://www.sofi.com/cost-of-living-in-washington-dc/

https://www.sofi.com/cost-of-living-in-kentucky/

Good luck to you

I empathize with your situation, and I believe you, but that doesn’t make your request any less absurd. I’m not commenting to hurt your feelings … I’m doing so to help, believe it or not: the sooner you realize this stranger co-signing plan won’t work, the better. You’re asking for way, way more than a “signature essentially.”

Look for a private landlord, not a fancy apartment. A private landlord probably won’t require a co-signer.

Oh I have very trustworthy friends! But I can’t afford to pay their rent in addition to mine, so I can’t take on co-signing a loan for them. It’s too big of a risk. Honestly I wouldn’t do it with anyone unless I’m living with them. Go online and any good personal finance blog or website will say basically the same thing. Co-signing seems like a friendly thing to do, but wouldn’t you feel terrible if you couldn’t pay your rent and then your friend had to?

I’m sorry, but any normal, rational person would never co sign a loan with a stranger (and it’s probably not a good idea even for a friend). We don’t know you and we’d be on the hook in case you couldn’t pay.

This is a pretty ridiculous ask of a random internet person.

At home

Seems “photoshopped”/superimposed to me … this shot of the monument looks like it was taken at the far end of the tidal basin to me … houses could be a number of places

I made the comment about my question upsetting them because they seemed so defensive

That was the subtext I read in the comment, but I’m told it was just location data

The “fwiw” seemed like you were trying to add more than just location data … sorry if asking this question upset you

What’s your point

Oh so they want to legalize being a common scold, I see

Sorta depends on what your friend does for a living. Weird question.

Holy shit I think the person is in this photo on the porch … someone mark NSFW

I assess the police are investigating a possible crime

Cleveland park restaurant/retail has sort of been dying a slow death for years (hopefully that reverses) … my guess it lacks the volume needed for a coffee shop to be profitable with the high rents in the area