Looking for a short-term apartment
Hey guys!
I'm an American male looking to stay in Jordan for 2-3 months (I'm flexible). I just landed on 27 July (currently staying in a hostel) and I'm not super sure how to go about looking for a short term apartment here. The things I don't know about are: what are good neighborhoods to live in? How much should I expect to pay (so I know I'm not getting ripped off too badly)? And how do Jordanians generally find housing?
In the US, I basically used Craigslist to a fault, and that reliance may be coming back to bite me now.
I should add that I studied abroad in Egypt two years ago, and my spoken Arabic was good then but certainly behind now.
Thanks!
Posted Jul 28, 2011, 1:15 PM UTC
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Not entirely sure, since I never had to hunt for a place to stay while I lived there, but a couple of weeks ago when I visited I went to Jabal Amman (Rainbow Str. to be exact). There are dozens of cafés there, a lot of them have notes posted on their walls about people looking for flatmates.
Good neighborhoods? Tough one, since there must be a gazillion. Post the name of the neighborhood you find here or PM it to me and I'll let you know.
The cafés you want to be looking for should be "westernized", not the ones selling shisha on the street. This is the café I saw the ads at (there is a big notice board hanging there now, in the second picture where the stairs turn).