The UD Alumni Relations Blog works for UD alumni. Yes, we may post the occasional nonsensical item that does little, if anything at all, to enrich the lives of Blue Hens, but always in the back of our mind are the lives of the University of Delaware alumni.
While many an alumnus and alumna are sitting pretty in their lovely house, there are plenty of Blue Hens sharing an apartment just like they did when living in lovely Newark. When splitting a condo/flat/apartment with others, inevitable issues arise – chief amongst them, who gets which bedroom?
Thankfully, the geniuses at the Freakonomics blog are on the case.
Two friends — a merchandising analyst and a law student — and I are attempting to split up rent of a three-bedroom apartment with two common bathrooms. All rooms have their pros and cons, with the major differentiators being closet space and sheer square footage:
Room No. 1: 15 ft. x 15 ft.
Room No. 2: 12 ft. x 12 ft.
Room No. 3: 20 ft. x 8 ft.Rent is $2,200 per month and the apartment is approximately 2,200 square feet.
Simple math would show that one would pay per square foot, but that goes out the window with the ranking intangibles, and the fact that no one necessarily wants the big room.
Do you, loyal reader, have any other solutions for this problem? A Nobel Prize could be yours….
Our Daily Bleg: The Old Roommate/Rent Dilemma [freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com]
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