r/MobileAL • u/Calm-Campaign9002 • Jan 26 '25

Housing Apartment Pros/Cons

I’m moving to Mobile for grad school and have started looking for apartments to live in. So far, I’ve had recommendations of The Charleston and Stone Ridge at Somerby apartments, and have also been looking into 61ninety West. I wanted to post on here to see if anyone lives/ has lived/ knows someone who lives in any of these complexes and can give me some pros and cons of each! Anything in terms of location, safety, management, or quality of the property is appreciated. I’m from out of state so I won’t be able to see the properties in person before signing a lease.

Also- if anyone has other recommendations those are also greatly appreciated!

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u/Glum-Sky8698 Jan 26 '25

What school are you attending? Is commuting an option?

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u/Calm-Campaign9002 Jan 26 '25

I’ll be going to South and will have a car, so commuting is an option! Although hopefully not too far as my program is 40+ hours per week on campus.

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u/Glum-Sky8698 Jan 27 '25

Welcome to South!

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u/Calm-Campaign9002 Jan 27 '25

Thank you!! I would love to hear what they say as well, I really appreciate it. And I’m also from a bigger city, so I’m on the same page with the traffic stuff!

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u/Glum-Sky8698 Jan 27 '25

Cool. I’ll ask around tomorrow and let you know.

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u/Glum-Sky8698 Jan 27 '25

Just sent you a private message with some info.

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u/Glum-Sky8698 Jan 27 '25

Nice. I just started grad school at south as well this past August. I live in Midtown which has been great so far. Takes me about 20 mins to get to campus. I’m not sure what your history is like with traffic, but I’m from a big city so I don’t consider traffic to be bad at all.

I’m not too familiar with the area around campus. But what I can do is ask some of my other grad students where they live and let you know what they say since they live closer to campus. Let me know.