fromnowhere said:
My biggest problem is cost. I don't know anyone in Wisconsin. For housing which areas do we look at. Milwaukee county, West, East, North etc. Thanks
Wauwatosa, West Allis, Milwaukee county west (including the City of Milwaukee). The school is at 8701 Watertown Plank Road.
Numbered streets in Milwaukee County run north/south and the numbering starts at 1st near the lake and goes up as you go west.
Just to mess you up, the Village of Wauwatosa has a few diagonal streets, a river, and a large park, all of which interrupt several of the major north-south streets and make a labyrinth of the whole village. Enjoy!
A good close-in grid is to be north of I-94 (though W. Allis is S. of I-94), west of, say, 50something street, east of 100something street (but keep an eye on Hwy 45, a major N/S thoroughfare west of 92nd street) south of (or close to) North Ave. Pick up a map at your local AAA office or something so you can see what I'm talking about. To my way of thinking, Brookfield is a little further west than you want to be.
Other tidbits: In "Tosa" (Wauwatosa), you need offstreet parking for yourself and your roommate (if you're going to try to get a roommate, which is my plan) because there is NO overnight street parking in Wauwatosa. My newly-rented apartment is on 62nd, between Bluemound Road and I-94, which happens to be Milwaukee, but I also have offstreet parking. If you're not from someplace cold, you'll probably be MUCH MUCH happier with covered parking. Digging out your car after a big snowfall is a pain in the patootie.
Do a Mapquest on any apartments you turn up, as apartments.com tends to include apartments (probably paying advertisers) in Whitefish Bay and Shorewood in Wauwatosa searches, though those to villages are ALL THE WAY ACROSS TOWN ON THE EAST SIDE.
I hope this helps. I grew up in the deep South, have been living on the east side of Milwaukee for the last ten years, and spent a full week of vacation from work apartment hunting in the wonders of Wauwatosa.
