Finding Rooms in Albany

This has been pretty hectic experience for me to find a nice apartment in Albany.
The factors behind rooms that I pose also increase the troubles.

The downtown area in Albany is not so favorable.
One: It is down there.
Two: The traffic and noise
Three: The distance from the campus.

People do live there. But not too many students.
Mid-town has become little scary now-a-days as recently there have been criminal attempts; though no-one was harmed.

I want to live uptown!
Not quite, right!!!

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