Settling in

I finally found an apartment that I could call a - for lack of a better term - house. It's about one-third the size of the place we were in Bangalore. I have a number of gripes about it, but there are some good things as well.

The good ones:

• Peaceful. The apartment complex is within its own area and there's nothing in the surrounding area except trees. The only thing you can hear during the day is birds chirping.
• Ample parking space.
• I'm on the ground floor (or first floor, if you want to call it that). Makes it easy when you are moving things.
• Shopping centers within 3 miles.
• 26 miles from New York City (50 minutes by bus).
• Close to several highways, including I80.
  

The bad ones:

• Noisy neighbor upstairs.
• No washing machine/dishwasher in the apartment. There is, however, a common laundromat in the basement.

More bad ones later.