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That is so nice of you! But we are not at that stage in our planning yet. We are trying to wait as long as possible to move because we still need to pay rent on our current apartment through September. We are hoping to rent an inexpensive duplex or a small house. We have dogs and we want an extra room so that when people visit us (hopefully) they will not need to pay for a place to stay. My husband does not want to live near noisy undergrads. And, we need to be near public transit. I did read about the Tiger Transit and it seems like it will work if we live in Auburn. When you were there, did you feel that there was any place that you definitely wouldn't want to live? Like that some neighborhoods were not good? Auburn is significantly smaller than the current city we live in and we are having a hard time imagining that it could really have bad neighborhoods, but we could be wrong. This is all really new for us. We've never made a big move before. I really wish we were able to visit ahead of time, but it's just not going to happen, so we'll have to take our chances and hope it works out. When are you moving? Have you found a place yet? Maybe if you move down there before us, I can message you then about areas, if you don't mind.

My husband and I will be moving to Auburn for the fall semester. We're from Washington State and have never been to Alabama. We were hoping to visit Auburn before heading down there to get an idea about the housing situation, but we've decided it's too expensive to visit on top of the cost of moving (total around $8,000). Can anyone offer any advice about housing options? Also, I don't drive. Is public transit an option if we don't live super close to the campus? Thanks!