gooseberry

I have a bit of a random question for Austinites. When I was there about two weeks ago looking for a place to live, I heard that Sprint cellphone service is particularly bad in Austin. I have Sprint and my contract is ending around the time I'll be moving to Texas. I didn't really notice that it was that bad, maybe a little slow on data sometimes, but I wasn't there very long. Is it that bad there? Should I consider switching carriers?

I am going to UT Austin in the fall for a Masters program in the Jackson School of Geosciences! They're supposed to be making a Facebook group after April 15 to help us find roommates so I'm waiting for that. I'm trying to live somewhere north of Austin to be closer to the research campus. I'd also like to adopt a dog when I get there, haha.

I've only seen one posting on craigslist about joining an established house so I haven't really considered this. Maybe if you could get a group of roommates together first, then decide on somewhere to live? Maybe even go down on the same weekend to find a place? I have no idea. But I think it'd be easier to find roommates first (ideally roommates who are looking in the same part of town at least) then find somewhere you agree on, but the logistics of that are tricky when you're all in different places with different schedules. And it's hard to find roommates when there is nowhere to discuss things like that in the first place.

Yeah, I have the same fear. My program told us at Prospective Student Weekend that, after people had made their decisions, they would make a Facebook group to help us find roommates. They haven't done this yet, and I'm wondering if they're waiting until after April 15? But I would like to get started with this "finding a place to live" thing. But I'm hesitant about choosing a roommate because it's graduate school, it's going to be a lot of work, and I don't want to be stressing about my roommate/living situation on top of school.

How are you guys finding roommates? Just randoms? I'm trying to decide if I want to live alone or not. And if not, how to find a good roommate.