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Queens Ledger: Roommates Wanted Wants You! (5-5-11)
Put a bunch of people on the hunt for roommates, add a bar, some cheap drinks and occasionally tasty food and you’ve got a concoction that is sure to stir up some connections.
Queens Tribune: Mix, Mingle, Get an Apartment (5-5-11)
Time Out NY: Roommate Finding Services (4-26-11)
Brick Underground: Roommate-finder parties expand to West Village & Park Slope (1-2-11)
If you’re looking for a roommate in lower Manhattan or in Brooklyn west of Prospect Park, things are about to get a little easier….
Harlem + Bespoke: Around Harlem This Weekend (12-10-10)
…So if you are looking for a share or leasing out a room, this is the place to be!
Wallet Pop: The Modern Way of Finding the Best Roommate Includes Drinks And World News Media (12-7-10)
The proceedings are casual, promise to be broker-free, and the bars usually offer Happy Hour-style deals.
NYPOST Realestate Blog: This Weeks Calendar (11-10-10)
Sort of like speed-dating for roommates, these “find your next roomie” events will be held all over the city.
Restaurant Baby: The Movers Diet – When the Pantry is Empty (11-7-10)
After living in the same Bronx apartment for four years, I picked up and moved to Astoria, Queens. No easy feat – half the battle came in finding a roommate…
NorthJersey.com: Roommates and Daily Vault: Keeping Up (Vol 38) (10-22-10)
Instead of finding people via Craigslist, the site organizes evening and weekend events for people to meet face to face and determine their potential compatibility as co-inhabitants.
Associated Content: Roommates Wanted NYC Makes Craigslist Ancient History (10-18-10)
If you are looking for a roommate and you don’t want to be spammed and scammed and led astray, Roommates Wanted NYC could be the thing for you!
Sharing Housing: Mingle, Meet, Maybe Move In (10-12-10)
How about meeting a potential housemate in person rather than through the Internet?
LivingItNYC: Test Drive Possible NYC Roommates (10-9-10)
If you’ve been in NYC long enough you know how hard it is to find a great roommate. A lot of trial and error, especially if your looking to fill a room with someone you that doesn’t creep you out…
Harlem World: Roommates Wanted Event at Lenox Lounge (10-5-10)
Speed-dating for roommates! Tell your prospects you’re coming to this.
Brooklyn Eagle: Brooklyn Space (10-5-10)
Roommates Wanted NYC lets potential roommates meet face-to-face in a group setting, usually at a bar or a club, according to an article in the New York Times.
Brick Undergound NY: Street Noise (10-4-10)
Need a roommate–or a room? If you live in or are looking in Williamsburg, Astoria, Prospect Heights, LIC, Harlem or the East Village, your options have just expanded.
Dream Life New York: New Alternatives in New Roomates (10-4-10)
Dene Farrell and Jeff Orlick have cut out that middle-man called the internet, and created a direct face-to-face meeting group for possible roommates.
Harlem Bespoke: Roommate Social to Arrive in Harlem (10-4-10)
There’s nothing like meeting someone in real life especially if they are going to be sharing your home….
New York Times: Mingle, Meet, and Maybe Move In (10-3-10)
(Kenneth Dickerman for The New York Times) THE FOUNDERS Dene Farrell, left, and Jeff Orlick started Roommates Wanted NYC as a Web alternative.
Also reposted: Garden Lust: Mingle, Meet, and Maybe Move In (10-3-10)
WHAT if your apartment roommate moved out abruptly with no forwarding address, leaving you to pay his half of that month’s rent? Frantic mass e-mails and Facebook posts have yielded no replacements, and you are tired of dealing with spammers and strangers on Craigslist.
With next month’s rent looming, what do you do?
One option is Roommates Wanted NYC, a new service that lets potential roommates meet in a group setting…
The Real Deal Online: New roommate-finder a Craigslist alternative (10-4-10)
A new roommate matching service is taking a speed-dating approach to the often-discouraging online process of finding a person to split the rent in New York. On Craigslist and similar sites, separating the trustworthy from the scammer can be difficult, risky and time-consuming. Enter Roommates Wanted NYC…
Scoutmob New York City: Weekend Finds (9-17-10)
All too many of you have shared your space with strangers you find on Craigslist. And we know how it ends: Every time, after about a week, you think, “Jeez, I wish I’d met them first, then I woulda seen what a weirdo they are.” Well, now you can. Roommates Wanted NYC hosts minglers for people to meet potential roommates and actually hang with them for a bit before opening their door to another one of ‘em…
Time Out: Own This City (9-7-10)
Skeeved out by Craigslist? We dont blame you. Vet prospective roommates at this singles-style meet-up (drink discounts will help you get to know each other). From 10 to 11pm, there will be a special Bandmates Wanted meet-up for anyone hoping to share a practice or work space.
Refinery 29 NY: Weekend Warrior (8-13-10)
Craigslist is a kinda scary place, and probably not fit to find your future stylish roommates. Get discount drinks to ease the awkwardness and peruse the ample amount of prospective roomies (and maybe a date?).
Trendhunter: Roomie Speed Dating, Roommates Wanted NYC Finds You the Perfect Match for Your Crib (8-11-2010)
Letting someone into your home is a big step and since you wouldn’t want just anyone into your life, Roommates Wanted NYC has got you covered. Instead of people hiding behind the anonymity of print and online ads, this service offers a safe environment to meet potential roomies in person.
Roommates Wanted NYC hosts parties every second and third Sundays of every month. Singles (lone apartment owners and renters, that is) are able to mingle freely and find that perfect match.
Crushable.com: RoommatesWantedNYC: 5 Ways to Evolve Hipster Living Practices (8-11-10)
There’s little doubt that Craigslist changed how people picked their living partners: No longer relying on flyers or friends of friends, Craigslist allowed us to peruse literally hundreds of potential new living partners without ever leaving our homes. And in case that wasn’t personalized enough for you, now we have (in New York at least) RoomatesWantedNYC: A new group that organizes speed-dating like events for future roommates in the city. Here are 5 tips to finding a new living buddy at these parties…
Time Out: Own This City (8-9-10)
Skeeved out by Craigslist? We don’t blame you. Vet prospective roommates at this singles-style meet-up (drink discounts will help you get to know each other).
PSFK: Apartment Hunting Meets Speed Dating (8-9-10)
Roommates Wanted NYC is a new public event service in New York City where people looking for roommates can meetup in a group environment. Unlike similar sections on Craigslist where people can hide behind the anonymity of the Internet, Roommates Wanted gives people a chance to have a safe, in-person interaction with potential roommates in public events at bars, with discounted drinks thrown in, to help them fill-in their empty sublets or get an apartment together or simply share information on the housing search.
Random Musings of Paloma Peacenik: Speed Dating Your New Roommate (8-9-10)
What a great way to avoid sloshing through online ads and fielding fruitless calls.
Brokelyn (via The Skint) (8-6-10)
…find a roommate that doesn’t suck at Roommates Wanted events in Astoria and Williamsburg
Weheartastoria.com (Wednesday, 4 August 2010)
My colleague Jeff Orlick sent this my way and I thought my fellow Astorians would appreciate it. It’s basically a mixer but the point is to hook up with a potential roommate instead of a booty call.
NewYorkShitty (Sunday, 4 April 2010)
Following up on the success of February’s event in East Williamsburg, Roommates Wanted be hosting another event at Williamsburg’s Alligator Lounge this upcoming Sunday, April 4, starting at 7:00 p.m. As always this event is free, drink specials are in the offing and of course there will be pizza. If you are in search of a roommate this is an excellent opportunity. Check it out!
Broke Ass Stuart: F**K Craigslist: Brooklyn Roommate Mixer (Sunday, 4 April 2010)
Finding a roommate or someone to share a practice space with can be a veritable minefield filled with awkward moments, money mix-ups, and sociopaths. New York likes to pride itself on our weirdo population, but sometimes you just want someone who is cool and pays the rent on time. As someone who has moved at least 6 times in my 4 year period living in this city, I know what it means to find a good cohabiter. Whether you’re looking for a subletter or a fellow artist to share a studio space, swing by Alligator Lounge tonight for their “Roommates Wanted” meet-up tonight.
Village Voice (4-4-10)
