I live at beekman place apartments, which is on belmont ave. I pay $760 a month for a studio with ALL utilities included(w/o phone or internet of couse, which costs me maybe $40 more a month, I don't have cable tv so can't tell you what that runs). This may sound like alot, but the apartment is 0.5 mi from campus so I walk to school. I didn't even bother getting a parking pass for campus because you can park free on campus on the weekends and on the weekdays after 5pm. You have to swipe your ID to get into the parking lot so during the day if you have a parking pass it will let you in. Since only a few cars get in at a time, it would take me longer to drive to school than it does walking, hell its good excercise anyhow. Although the rent may sound steep, I'm sure the fact that I only buy gas every 4-5 weeks makes up for it. I don't have any pets, but I believe we are allowed to have cats.