Future Grad Student at Washington University School of Medicine (Springfield: apartments, for rent)

[Relayer85]

I am currently an undergrad at a small school in Virginia. Both me and my fiancee currently live in Virginia. We will be getting married in June. I have been accepted to the occupational therapy program at Washington University School of Medicine. We will be moving out to Springfield, MO right after the wedding to stay with my parents for a month so we can job hunt/apartment search from only 3 hours away. Right now we're trying to get on the ball with apartment hunting. Any suggestions as to what areas in the city to look in? We would like to be somewhat close to the school of medicine. The occupational therapy program is located at 4444 Forest Park Ave., right near the med school. We're looking for apartments more on the cheap end, one bedroom, 1 bath, a studio apartment might even work for us. In terms of jobs, my fiancee has his associates in marketing and I will have my bachelors in both biology and dance. Any suggestions on types of jobs to look for, job areas that are in need of people, where to search for jobs? We really need some suggestions of places to look because we're doing this from 700 miles away and we won't get a chance to actually visit the city until June and we need to be moved in, hopefully sometime at the end of July.

[tktk]

I am sorry that I found your message so late, but your fiancee should find job hunting easy. There are lots of companies in Clayton which is close to the hospital. For apts. go west or southwest in the city or county. North city has high crime - is dangerous - and I mean north of Forest Park - the Park itself, and north of Market. The farther away from the central city the better off you are if you don't have a lot of money for rent. Good Luck - it's a great city - very friendly and pretty.

[mytjo95]

Maplewood is cheap, very homey, friendly. I loved it when i lived there. You can get to the hospital in like 10 min. Oh yeah but wait there doing the whole construction thing on hwy 40 which may put a damper on your drive time...but you still won't be far from washu, you may not even take need to take the highway..as for job search i agree with the other guy..Clayton! which is also like 10 mins. from maplewood

[RickMG]

Both people above gave you good advise with the exception of the area north of Forest Park being a bad area. I sell a lot of homes and condos to WU grad students and the most popular area right now is between Forest Park Parkway and Delmar, and in the Central West End, of course. I would live in either of those areas without worry. Ask WU for a map of the areas that their shuttle goes and you will get a great idea of where you might want to live and their are a lot of apartments as well as condos for rent in the areas. Here's a link that might help:

http://parking.wustl.edu/around.htm

Your fiance should look at some of the businesses in Downtown too which would be a very easy commute from these areas without using a highway. We have quite a lot of Fortune 500 companies located all around the city. Of course we have Anheuser Busch along with Ralston Purina, Energizer and Monsanto. We have the largest corporate marketing company in the world, Maritz.

[e_seaborn]

I am a Barnes employee and my husband and I live in Illinois, but we both work in the city. We take public transportation, the metrolink, to and from work everyday. I am grateful that we can becuase of the massive construction project along ALL the interstates right now. My best advice is to pick someplace to live that is close to some form of transortation. Either the Metrolink or the City Metro Bus. I think that WashU even pays for a part of a monthly pass.
Well if you are looking for something small and cheap in the city then take a look at Jefferson Arms... a girlfriend of mine lived there for quite a few years. It is within walking distance to restrurants and bars, plus you are only a bus ride away. Or then there is the university city, where there is always something going on. Sidewalk cafe's and live music everynight, shopping, and open markets ( weather permiting). There is a Metrolink stop in U-city ( the "loop", and it lets you right out at Euclid. Another area is the Central West End, and it is within walking or biking distance from the school. Like U- city it has numerous outdoor cafe's, shops, and coffee houses, plus live music. The CWE can be a little bit more priceier than the first two but it is worth it, with the old articture and the whole atmosphere.
With the job hunt for you finance, good luck, everybody gave good advice as for places to look, but I know the A. G. Edwards is always hiring people, if you can read and write and all that, hey maybe you might not even have too with their turnover rate.
Well Good Luck and Best Wishes

Originally Posted by Relayer85

I am currently an undergrad at a small school in Virginia. Both me and my fiancee currently live in Virginia. We will be getting married in June. I have been accepted to the occupational therapy program at Washington University School of Medicine. We will be moving out to Springfield, MO right after the wedding to stay with my parents for a month so we can job hunt/apartment search from only 3 hours away. Right now we're trying to get on the ball with apartment hunting. Any suggestions as to what areas in the city to look in? We would like to be somewhat close to the school of medicine. The occupational therapy program is located at 4444 Forest Park Ave., right near the med school. We're looking for apartments more on the cheap end, one bedroom, 1 bath, a studio apartment might even work for us. In terms of jobs, my fiancee has his associates in marketing and I will have my bachelors in both biology and dance. Any suggestions on types of jobs to look for, job areas that are in need of people, where to search for jobs? We really need some suggestions of places to look because we're doing this from 700 miles away and we won't get a chance to actually visit the city until June and we need to be moved in, hopefully sometime at the end of July.