<p>Recent graduate DS has passed one hurdle in adult life and has a great job and works in downtown Boston. But he is lonely and wants to find a place with friendly roommates. College age or young professionals are fine. Besides Craigslist, any other avenues to look at? Fortunately, cost is less of a concern than finding the right people to live with. Any others new to the Boston area and looking for the same?</p>
<p>A lot of young engineers that I work with live in the Somerville area. It is actually where I landed after college 30 years ago. South Boston (Southie) is another location popular with recent grads. I think the best way to find compatible roommates is through networking at work or at after work social organizations. Tell him to give it time, he will meet friends, but he needs to get out and do things of interest if he isn’t.</p>
<p>Thanks Mamom, he is looking in Somerville but really wants social roommates even more. His company is mid-sized with him being the youngest. Most of the co-workers seems settled. Looks like he needs to go hang out with engineers! He’s been working on a trial basis until a few day ago when he was offered the job! Now he finally feels free to invest himself in the new city. He’s a social kid and it will probably happen. But temporary housing is expensive.</p>
<p>Does his company have a bulletin board? He can post there knowing no one in his work needs a room mate, but they may know someone who does. How about alumni, they probably have a FB page he can post on. If I see or hear about something at work I will pass the info on.</p>
<p>My daughter recently went the CraigsList route and found an apartment with a roommate in Cambridgeport (she can’t afford a place on her own).</p>
<p>I think she checked out about six possible apartments before landing where she did.</p>
<p>Perhaps your son can look for a sublet? Some of these situations are shares with two or more people, which would get him started with a social network.</p>
<p>Is there an alumni network for your son’s school in the Boston area that he could follow up with?</p>
<p>Yes, I will suggest the alumni facebook page. He is going to ■■■■■■■■■■ also.</p>
<p>There are a lot of sublets wherein you take over the end of someone’s lease and can get your own lease at the end of that. It’s a great way to test out a location and housemates. </p>
<p>Does your son have a car? Does he want to be near public transportation?</p>
<p>No car, and doesn’t want one. Yes, needs to be near public transportation. There is a bit of a sticker shock about rentals in the city, but if you factor in no car expenses, it’s not that bad.</p>
<p>My son currently rents in Jamaica Plain and loves it. He rents a bedroom in a big house with four other roommates and that seems a common arrangement in his area.</p>
<p>I’ve found all but one of my apartments on craigslist, all of those with roommates. The one that I’m in now was through a friend. Anyway, in Boston, craigslist is pretty widely used for apartment hunting and I think it works well.</p>
<p>D also found her apartments through Craigslist. She’s currently in the Central Square area of Cambridge. Although she came to the Boston area knowing a few people, either from grad school or from her study abroad program, she’s made lots of friends through her Crossfit gym. Although her apartment-mates have been/are perfectly agreeable, they haven’t turned into social pals. It does take a while to settle into an area and find your own fit/social crowd.</p>