<p>Hi. I'm a junior girl living with three roommates in off campus (but run like a dorm) housing. My roommate from last year, along with our suite mate who I kind of knew decided to rent an apartment for the fall, winter, spring, and summer semesters. It's not a lease I can get out of easily. The fourth roommate was a random assignment. Well, my roommate from last year moved out in a very secretive, almost accusatory way to live with her boyfriend of two months. My suite mate from last year was pretty mad and hurt about my roommate doing this because they were pretty good friends. We got a new random roommate that we had no say in choosing. She seems nice enough, and I don't have any problems with her.</p>
<p>I do, though, have a problem with my roommates turning the temperature in the apartment up to 74 F +. All of them like it really, really warm. Last week I came home and saw that the heat was on (it was 68 F outside) up to 75 F. I told my roommates that this was too hot and I turned the system's fan off and the temperature down to 73 F. My suite mate from last year proceeded to turn the heat back up to 75 F and tweet nasty things about how she should've just lived with all random roommates this year and how living with girls sucks and whatever. I don't have a twitter, but I know she tweets about her personal life a lot, so I checked later in the week when she was making it a point to not talk to me. </p>
<p>I have told her repeatedly that most houses are kept at 68-72 F. She insists that room temperature is 74 F, so the apartment will always be at least that warm. She says at home she keeps the temperature at 78 F, so it's wrong to ask her to keep it much colder. My family keeps it 66-68 F, but I'm not asking for that. She also told me black people like it warmer (I'm white, and she's half black and half white.), so I just have to deal with it. I have come home to find the apartment at 78 F when it was 70 F outside, which I think is insane. </p>
<p>I talked to my original roommate about the temperature and she said she also likes it hot (only 73 F though) and that I need to just open a window. The problem is that the window only opens three inches, and even then it's very loud (there's a pretty active nightlife and deliveries and trash pick up go all night). I suggested wearing warmer clothes or buying a space heater (they're $15 at Walmart), but she said that they shouldn't have to adjust for me. I told her that I would really like it 70-72 F at least at night, and she said we should all meet to talk about it. She seemed pretty set on keeping it 73 F during the day, which is something I think I could handle if it were cooler at night. The new random roommate told us she's anemic and likes it warmer, but I don't think that she's changing the temperature and she seems open to a compromise. I have literally only talked to her one time for 10 minutes, though, so I feel a little weird confronting her about this.</p>
<p>I don't think that it's fair that they're asking me to live outside of the norm so that they can wear tank tops and shorts all year, which is what they wear in the apartment. Rent is $800 a month, and I feel like I'm not getting a fair deal. I'm gone every weekend, so they get free reign of the thermostat for two days! Am I being unreasonable?</p>
<p>Should I think about moving out? Finding someone to sublease to, much less someone to sublease from is difficult, especially in late October, since most people have already figured out where they're living. </p>
<p>They're good roommates besides this, and we've had no other problems except for my old roommate moving out unexpectedly. I want to make this work, partially because none of them will be there over the summer when I will be. I'm hoping that they won't sublease, or that the new people will be more reasonable about the temperature. The whole situation is just weird, and I'd really appreciate some advice.</p>