Google Maps + Craigslist = Future Fellow Stress Reducer

One of the biggest challenges of life during the Fellowship is finding housing for 2, 7, 14, and 16 weeks at a time. Any Fellow from the past few years can tell you what a help craigslist.com has been in finding that perfect place, sight unseen, at a reasonable price. (Craigslist, for those of you not up to speed, is an amazing site that essentially acts as a public classifieds forum for dozens of cities around the world.)

It was only a matter of time before this happened but kudos to Paul Rademacher for designing the first webpage that combines the apartment searching utility of craigslist with the sleek and sexy new Google Maps (see my other two posts). OH YES, you need to check this out (http://paulrademacher.com/housing/).

Enter your city and price range and BAM a map appears with pins located on posted openings as well as a table listing details and links for more info. One more click and you can see a satellite image of the area!

If only this were available when I was looking for a place in LA last fall I might not have had to live in a hotel for 3.5 months. In retrospect, at least I have the story to laugh at right?

Thanks to my sister for passing on this site. Congrats to her as well for being accepted in Carnegie Mellon’s doctoral public policy program, to begin this Fall.