Boone, IA?

With the amount of hours you will be spending at school, at least initially, I would recommend staying in town. The Cyride is amazing and will take you from your doorstep to the vet school if you find the right place. Just a suggestion, and congrats by the way. /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default//emoticons/smile.gif
As far as Boone itself, I have heard mixed statements from locals. I will regrain from saying more as I don't want to potentially offend anyone. Myself, not being a local, I don;t know much (anything) about it, except that I have been down there for frags a few times.

 

My gand mother lives there and seems to love it. it seems like a really nice town when i go and visit. Just my 2 cents.

 

they have a walmart lol

 

I wouldn't recommend school in Ames and living in Boone, there is a lot to be said about being less than 15-20 minutes from home at the end of the day. Some people do it or vise versa, but seems like a lot of hassle to me. There is some decent duplex housing in NW Ames.

 

Joel T is from ther Kylie ;-)

 

Lots of Trains blowing there horns.....

 

Campus living is nice. I complain about the commute from campus to my apartment in west Ames! Rent isn't all that expensive either. I'm just under 300 a month including utilities. I know a quite a few people whole live in Ames and commute to dmacc in boone. So its doable I guess

 

I did grad school a walking distance from campus...gas prices were far less back then, but I saved a lot.

 

I lived in the trailer park next to the vet college when I was at ISU and was surrounded by vet students - walking distance to the vet college & cy ride....

 

The pet part is tough. I went throught it looking here in ames. There is one landlord who specializes in pet properties. His name is lad grove. His lists are petallowed.com
Ironically there is an opening in my building. But he has many others. He is an easy guy to work with. I wouldn't worry about mentioning the tanks. Just the pets. Sometimeshe is picky about subleases but I can put in a good word for you

 

I believe his building is on the 11th. It's a nice place and it's right next to the hospital

 

i dont know about the one in my complex being a 3 bedroom. mine are only 2. they are call tamarack apartments located on 11th and Burnett. there is still a sign out front that says apt available. i think my rent is like 725 plus utilities. but he pays for cable/internet and water (its included in your rent already). but when you break it down to the sq ft its one of the better deals in town. its on the east side of town but the cyride run all the time this way so it shouldnt be a problem.

 

We live in the hickory ridge apartments in west Ames. We aren't supposed to have a fish tank larger than 10g... But I missed that memo /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default//emoticons/wink.gif (we do live ground level so that helps with tanks I am sure). We also have three large snakes and two dogs. Rent in a 2 bedroom is about $750. On top of that we pay for electric. If you need a garage, those Att in price depending if you go with one that has an electric opener or not. This is our fourth year here and have been pretty happy. My only complaint is the laundry dryers often go out in the building costing double the cash to get a single load fully dried.

 

Yea, i'm in west ames in Braun properties. I pay 960+utilities a month for rent for a 4 bedroom. but it ends up being just under 300 a person. No rules on tanks either, lol. All the owner said was no keggers.

 

I grew up and went to school in Ames and I now live in Boone as you know (North of Boone really). Also, my mother and her family are from Boone. If you are in High School there used to be rivalry that could get sort of heated. Booners didn't really like the Ames preps much. /DesktopModules/ActiveForums/themes/_default/emoticons/biggrin.gif But as adults its a pretty nice community. There are several straight shots to Ames from Boone on highways depending on where in Boone you are, all will lead you to campus. Living in Boone and commuting to Ames is very popular for many reasons. There also used to be a bar in Boone that catered to ISU students. I used to come over quite often. I have heard they started doing it again.