<p>Hi, </p>
<p>I am an entering graduate student in the Rehabilitation Counseling program. My classes will be housed in Bondurant Hall on the SW side of campus. My husband and I are looking for a place to live so that I will be able to either walk to campus or take a <20 minute bus ride. Where is a good place to live? How can we avoid the undergrads? </p>
<p>I do have a car and would love to be able to drive to class, but I hear that's not really an option? Is there ANY way to get parking close to Bondurant Hall?</p>
<p>Would love any tips or advice that you can provide. We are new to the area and have been looking around but haven't really been finding much that will suit us. </p>
<p>Where do most people live/what do you recommend we do?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>What’s your budget?</p>
<p>Parking is insanely terrible, as is traffic. I’d suggest you find a place that is on a (free) busline to near bondurant hall.</p>
<p>Looking to spend around $1,000 for rent if close to campus OR $400/semester on parking if we end up living farther. </p>
<p>When is traffic the worst? And don’t the buses also get stuck in traffic or are there bus lanes?</p>
<p>$1000 per month will get you something extremely nice here. That is way more than most students spend. You could rent a nice small house for that within 1.5 to 2 miles of campus (look in Carrboro, or at the areas near the dean dome), and walk/bike/bus it to work every day.</p>
<p>Traffic is just constantly bad. It doesn’t compare to a city, but some of the intersections are totally badly laid out. It doesn’t seem to affect the buses too much, because then you don’t have the stress about parking etc. No bus lanes.</p>
<p>As for avoiding undergrads - most of us live on campus, or in the cheaper apartment complexes that ring the town. A few of the ‘cooler’ juniors and seniors ones live in Carrboro and preen in the coffee shops. At your price range I wouldn’t worry about undergrads.</p>