# How to find a room mate in a new city?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-a-room-mate-in-a-new-city/373791
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [September 23, 2006, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-a-room-mate-in-a-new-city/373791 "2006-09-23T00:00:46Z")
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### Author: ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2006, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-a-room-mate-in-a-new-city/373791/1 "2006-09-23T00:00:46Z")

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So, I’m planning to move north up to Tempe or Phoenix next fall to take university classes. I was wondering if anybody here knew of any room mate matchmaking services I might look into to help me find someone to share a place with to help with rent costs, or if anyone living up in that area might need a room mate next fall.

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### Author: ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2006, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-a-room-mate-in-a-new-city/373791/2 "2006-09-23T01:24:09Z")

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Craigs list is a very popular choice for that type of thing these days.

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### Author: ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-a-room-mate-in-a-new-city/373791/3 "2006-09-23T01:25:04Z")

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[Craigslist](http://www.craigslist.org)

[ASU Student Paper](http://www.asuwebdevil.com/)

[Arizona Republic](http://www.azcentral.com)

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### Author: ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2006, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-a-room-mate-in-a-new-city/373791/4 "2006-09-23T01:27:08Z")

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I also forgot the [About.com Phoenix section](http://phoenix.about.com/) has a wealth of information on relocating to the Phoenix area.

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### Author: ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2006, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-find-a-room-mate-in-a-new-city/373791/5 "2006-09-23T07:07:58Z")

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Moved to IMHO.

- **xash**  
General Questions Moderator