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Apartments near LSU medical in New Orleans

Posted on 5/11/15 at 8:51 am
Posted by scottyb1217
sw louisiana
Member since Jul 2010
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Posted on 5/11/15 at 8:51 am
My nephew was recently accepted into LSU medical in New Orleans. He will start this fall and I was asked to help find an apartment. Does anyone have any suggestions or reccomendations in this area of New Orleans. Thanks in advance.
Posted by liquid rabbit
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Posted on 5/11/15 at 8:52 am to
Room & Board board.
Posted by High C
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Posted on 5/11/15 at 8:58 am to
subtle brag board
Posted by LSUfan4444
Member since Mar 2004
53835 posts
Posted on 5/11/15 at 8:59 am to
quote:

suggestions or reccomendations in this area of New Orleans


Yes. I recommend and suggest to not live there.

He'll be much better off renting somewhere else in the city and traveling when he has to.
Posted by jptiger2009
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2009
9616 posts
Posted on 5/11/15 at 8:59 am to
that specific area is in a "Renaissance", and it will continue to develope as the hospital district does. I mean, there's a Whole Foods store on North Broad, so that says a lot. But, it was (and may still be) a horrible area of the city for many years.

Affordable housing in a "good" area would be Gentilly Terrace. He may be able to find a duplex for rent at or just under $1000/m.

Regardless where he ends up, if you're gonna be living in New Orleans, you have to be able to take the good with the bad. And, that's anywhere.
Posted by SundayFunday
Member since Sep 2011
9299 posts
Posted on 5/11/15 at 9:04 am to
Lakeview,

Its a 10 minute commute to school but it greatly lessens the chance he'll be mugged/murdered.
Posted by MDTiger 13
Fairhope, AL
Member since Nov 2010
1001 posts
Posted on 5/11/15 at 9:06 am to
Not near the school. The school offers dorms, but I think that after a year the handful of people in my class that tried them moved out. If he's being funded by his OT baller uncle, warehouse district offers some pretty sweet apartments/condos that are extremely convenient for school. If he's still around college age, Uptown has plenty of housing options and Mid-City (where I lived) is more up and coming and a great place to live. Nowhere in the city is too bad in terms of convenience to the school.

If he doesn't care about being in the city, then honestly you don't have to live right there. Several people lived in Metairie which is no problem after you get a routine down in a few weeks.
Posted by WeeWee
Member since Aug 2012
40139 posts
Posted on 5/11/15 at 9:10 am to
All my friends that go there, live in Metairie unless he wants to pay $2K/mo rent.
Posted by Winkface
Member since Jul 2010
34377 posts
Posted on 5/11/15 at 9:12 am to
River Ridge as well. Easy trip down earhart.
Posted by brooksbabino
Member since Nov 2009
86 posts
Posted on 5/11/15 at 9:36 am to
+1 for River Ridge. I, along with many of my med school/dental school pals, lived in River Ridge during our time at LSUHSC. It's a quick and easy drive to the school. It's also a safer area with less expensive rent.
Posted by scottyb1217
sw louisiana
Member since Jul 2010
6 posts
Posted on 5/11/15 at 9:37 am to
Thanks for all the suggestions. He's from a fairly small town and everything is going to be a culture shock. I'm sure he'll adapt quickly.
Posted by NoSaint
Member since Jun 2011
11283 posts
Posted on 5/11/15 at 9:40 am to
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But, it was (and may still be) a horrible area of the city for many years.


as with much of new orleans, it can vary widely by block even. ive bought in to the area and am very happy despite my block needing some homes renovated.

new business flooding in - several restaurants opened, the whole foods, a new theater coming on broad, new brewery on the greenspace hopefully.....

as a rental thats not sticking around to benefit from the bounce, id say just go CBD, or uptown depending on budget and lifestyle though, for the most part.
Posted by lsucoonass
shreveport and east texas
Member since Nov 2003
68463 posts
Posted on 5/11/15 at 9:47 am to
Dude, he should have already figured this out.
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
75219 posts
Posted on 5/11/15 at 9:49 am to
The Saulet
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
146214 posts
Posted on 5/11/15 at 9:50 am to
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Apartments near LSU medical in New Orleans



New Orleans has too much too offer to just limit yourself to live near the Med Center...look around Midcity, City Park, Uptown or Warehouse Dist
Posted by TigerWise
Front Seat of an Uber
Member since Sep 2010
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Posted on 5/11/15 at 9:53 am to
Commuting from the Northshore is your safest bet.
Posted by tankyank13
NOLA
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 5/11/15 at 9:57 am to
Kilona
Posted by Geauxld Finger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2005
31735 posts
Posted on 5/11/15 at 9:57 am to
The Preserve
The Meridian
Crescent Club Condominiums

All three are on Tulane and like a 5 minute drive from the medical district. I wouldn't walk it though. Those are also not the cheapest places so I have no idea what the desired rent is but those are some nice safe places that are close.

There are others but those are three I am familiar with.
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
32507 posts
Posted on 5/11/15 at 10:18 am to
What's his budget? If it's pretty high, I'd live in one of those new apartments in the South Market District. He could walk to school from there and is close to a grocery store, the Superdome, smoothie king center, and the warehouse district bars and restaurants.

My wife goes to LSUHSC and we live uptown, it's not a bad drive, but the street construction sucks right now.
Posted by scottyb1217
sw louisiana
Member since Jul 2010
6 posts
Posted on 5/11/15 at 10:23 am to
Trying to stay under 1k/month
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