Choosing A Home

Downtown vs. surburbia, is my dilemma. But of course it's not that simple.

I am currently facing a dilemma. It involves where I should live.
My boyfriend and I have vacated our apartment in Westchester in order to take up residence in Buffalo. We did this in a rather abrupt fashion, with the end result that we are currently in his mom's house and all our worldly possessions are in her garage.
This could be worse: she just got high-speed Internet access, and Dave set up his wireless router from our old place, so I'm now comfortably ensconced in the dining room with my computer at precisely the right distance from my eyes, and my feet up on a cushy chair. So, things could be worse. In fact, things are measurably awesome. We so totally just escaped Westchester.

My dilemma is not a cruel one. No, it is actually rather a pleasant one-- but a dilemma it remains, for all that.

We looked at two places today and now I have to choose between them.
I will describe them in the order we saw them, and then sum up, and you'll see why it's not that simple.

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