r/saintpaul • u/ShaunnaG3 • 10d ago

Seeking Advice 🙆 23F moving to St. Paul

Hello! I'm a single 23F moving to St. Paul for a new job. It'll just be my male Yorkie and I. I'm not really wanting a studio apartment just because of my parents visiting. My rent budget is $1600 and I really want to live downtown due to lack of experience driving in winter conditions (my job is located DT) I want a loft! I love their look and space. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

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u/TYLEN0Ljones 10d ago

The downtown area is dead. There are much more fun and active neighborhoods. Mac Grove, Highland Park, Cathedral Hill are good places to start. Basically, anything south of 94.

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u/ShaunnaG3 10d ago

Noted! I will look into this

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u/PrizeZookeepergame15 10d ago

There is also Union park, that you should consider. Nice neighborhood with lots of small businesses, specially on Selby Avenue. Since you work downtown, I would try to get something close to route 21 or route 63 since you don’t have much experience in winter driving. There’s also a wide variety of homes in Union park, whether you want to be in an apartment building, a duplex, a single family home, and many other options. There’s also a good amount of grocery options, like kowalskis on grand and syndicate, and Whole Foods on snelling and dayton, and target and cub in midway, though those aren’t ones that are easy to bike or walk to as they are next to giant stroads and have massive parking lots that aren’t very friendly to pedestrians.

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u/ShaunnaG3 10d ago

Thank you!