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I wish I could give you more info on the city but I absolutely love it. One of my top 5 places I'd like to move. The climate is great, 4 season, amenities of a college town, beautiful setting, perfect size in my opinion, and good proximity to larger cities like Pittsburgh and DC. Best of luck on your decision.
tell your nephew there are more things to do outside in summer and winter than Ohio. I have lived in both and believe me there is plenty of white trash in Ohio also. maybe he can enlighten us on his knowledge of Morgantown. for a town its size it has a lot to offer. plenty of skiing within 2 hours of Morgantown. I would like to know the outdoor activities available in Ohio in the winter. I have lived in 4 areas of Ohio and 2 in West Virginia. as someone getting older I couldn't imagine living anywhere else in my golden years than West Virginia.
It's def not " white trash " . He must be confusing Uniontown PA with Morgantown WV . We are a progressive community with highly educated residents . Most of our jobs are environmentally friendly and recession proof . We trend south . I don't know about the " older" scene because everyone in this town seems to be young or at least act young . I say that as a positive trait . Where did you eat ? Morgantown is home to 30000 students . We love them when they are here and we love when they go on break .
I am moving to Morgantown for my job within the next 2-3 weeks and have been searching for housing options. I am by myself and looking for a 1 br apartment but am having trouble finding good options. The better looking apartments that I have called about have all been filled (e.g. Windwood, The Domain). I also tried calling Timothy Place about a billion times over the past 4 days and I keep getting voicemail. The one time he answered, he said he had bad service and to call him in the morning - and the whole next day I just got voicemail.
My work is in Westover, and I would not like to have a long commute. I'd rather not be in a place with a lot of students, but it seems almost unavoidable due to my work location limiting the areas where I'd want to commute from. A lot of apartments and houses look pretty old/rundown and I was hoping to live in a newer and nice, well-maintained area.
I was hoping to spend around $800 a month for rent, but I'd pay more if I have to to live in a newer apartment or nicer area.
If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.
Not sure of apartments that would be suitable as a comparison to Windwood, as nothing of that sort exists in Westover, but I would strongly advise avoiding the commute from Sincerest/hospital/Van Voorhis/West Run parts of town to Westover. Not that it's a bad wait if you come from a high traffic area, but why place yourself somewhere with so much added drive time when it can be avoided, eh? If you must live in the city, look in South Park (always easy to get to Westover in a hurry) or Greenmont or First Ward neighborhoods. There may be good rentals in the section of Westover that is nearest Morgantown, but avoid anything to the west of the intersection of Fairmont Rd and Holland Ave. Westover has easy interstate access so if you like a short commute on the interstate, rentals in Cheat Lake area could also work for you.
I lived at Timothy place, the apartment was very nice with hardwood and granite counter tops. I never had any trouble with the landlord. Convenient location but you will be paying more than $800.00. You could also avoid traffic by going through Osage to Westover.
I lived at Timothy place, the apartment was very nice with hardwood and granite counter tops. I never had any trouble with the landlord. Convenient location but you will be paying more than $800.00. You could also avoid traffic by going through Osage to Westover.
This is good advice as those are nice places, and within an easy drive to Westover, however if you don't mind driving 12 minutes or so each way to get to Westover, Cheat Lake is a great location for renting an apartment. Ruby Hospital (WVU Medicine) is in major expansion mode now, so you'll want to lock up a place quickly in my opinion.
Thanks for the replies guys! Cheat Lake looks like a good area, but it looks to be about a 30 minute commute from Westover (when I looked at around 5:30pm). How does this commute look in the winter? Do they plow the interstate?
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