Chapters.

So I got the exposed-brick wall studio apartment I’ve always wanted in Downtown Pomona Arts Colony. Dropping off the deposit and first month’s rent sometime this week or next. Tumblr likes and Pinterest boards going crazy with apartment ideas in regards to aesthetic. Here. We. Go.

01. Donald Glover and Danny Pudi - Spanish 101
02. Childish Gambino - We Ain't Them
03. Jenny Lewis - Head Underwater
04. Walk the Moon - Shut up and Dance
05. King Harvest - Dancing in the Moonlight
06. E-40 - Hope I Don't Go Back
07. Theophilus London feat. Kanye West - Can't Stop
08. Theophilus London - I Stand Alone
09. Robert Glasper Experiment feat. Common and Patrick Stump - I Stand Alone
10. Tim Be Told - System (Acoustic)
11. Sam Smith feat. Mary J. Blige - Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)
12. Damien Rice - The Greatest Bastard
13. Rilo Kiley - The Absence of God
14. You + Me - From a Closet in Norway
15. Joe Dassin - Les Champs-Elysees
16. Sam Hart - Mario Kart Love Song

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Pomona it is, then

Downtown Pomona: $1050/month

Downtown LA: $1045/month

Downtown Pomona Pros:

• ALL utilities paid (including WiFi)
• Bed, couch, fridge, tables, stove, pots and pans (!) included
• In the heart of the Arts Colony, Art Walk every 2nd Saturday
• Minute walk to Glasshouse and Fox Theater
• Minute walk to Metrolink
• Walk to Starbucks
• $600 Deposit (instead of $1050)
• Exposed brick
• Laundry room, gym, WiFi lounge
• Mexican restaurant and Irish pub attached to building (haha)
• Plenty of parking

Downtown Pomona Cons:

• Close to home
• Still far from work
• 370 square feet
• Carpet

Downtown LA Pros:

• Less than a mile from work
• Nice hardwood floors
• Very nice floor plan
• Exposed brick
• Close to Meltdown and everything DTLA
• Walk to Starbucks

Downtown LA Cons:

• $1045 Deposit
• Unfurnished
• Electricity and Internet not paid
• No parking spot
• 400 square feet
• Shady neighborhood
• No parking