His wife is from Baton Rouge, you know.

In all seriousness, there are tons of apartments. Just kind of depends what you’re looking for — it’s such a small town there’s really nowhere that’s too far away or anything. The only job I had at WSU was working for the Daily Evergreen, so I’m not the best source of job advice.

Pullman is a great college town. Make sure you get a beer at The Coug and eat a Super Basket at the Cougar Country Drive Inn. It doesn’t get any better than that.

 There are great houses for rent (very inexpensive) and the bus routes are awesome and take you straight to campus. I love Pullman, and miss it on a daily basis.

Hey Nuss.

You can probably find work in Pullman but may have to commute to Spokane (~80 minutes).

For information about Pullman in general, the chamber of commerce website is pretty useful (http://www.pullmanchamber.com/), especially the “relocation” and “visitor information” tabs.

Since your wife will be a student, you could get a University-owned apartment. I’ve lived in those before – you generally get pretty good maintenance, free parking, cable tv / water / sewage all included, very close to campus for between $500 and $700 a month. “Very close” in this case means less than ten minutes walking to pretty much any part of campus. But there are other apartment complexes that are right on bus routes and may end up being cheaper, just depends on your priorities. University owned apartment info is here.

In Pullman, you definitely have to eat at Old European for breakfast, Cougar Country for lunch and get a calzone from Sella’s for dinner. Just ten minutes away in Moscow (ID) there are all kinds of artsy coffee houses, bookstores, bars, and pretty much anything else you can’t find in Pullman. Really the only downside to this area is (according to my wife) that we don’t have a Target.

do NOT get a dabco managment apartment! They are horrible! The walls are so thin! It is extremely loud when others throw parties and they do almost all week long. If you guys qualify (have to make under 33k a year or so, and one of you has to be part time or not a student at all) I would move to the Palouse Trace apartments. They are really cheap, like $650 a month for a 2 bedroom and the walls are actually thick and you get gas heating unlike dabco’s crappy electric heating. If not Palouse Trace I would recommend looking in to a townhouse or small house by owner. My buddy only pays $700 for his 2 bedroom townhouse and he loves it, it even include hi-speed internet. As for jobs, I would recommend looking at Lewiston or Clarkston over Spokane. Clarkston’s Costco is only 25 mins away and is hiring. I dunno what kind of job you are looking for. Maybe check www.dailyevergreen.com ’s classifieds for a job.

Seriously, this community rocks. Some guy none of us knows comes in here looking for advice, and you all step up to the plate. This is cool.

Don’t go with Glen Petrey, can’t remember the name of his company, but he owns Graystone now and has been in the Pullman rental market for years (lots of friends with him on their credit reports, that’s how I remember the name). Sue Kirkman owns Cliff Dwellers (my personal stomping grounds) and a few other rentals and I never had a problem with her. Always really understanding and clean properties. Their office was located on Latah st, across from Sun Rentals. Long time reader but don’t post much but rental places in Pullman? I know a bit about it.

10 years ago when I went to Wazzu I lived in the Oak Street Apartments (625-631 NE Oak St.). Great Location. You drive to the apartments on NE Grey Lane. I think the owner back then was also Sue Kirkman. She was great to work with. What was great about the location? It is by Reaney Park and just below Greek row. Reaney Park is the home of the National Lentil Festival and the Reaney Park Concert Series on summer evenings. We also love being by the outdoor pool at Reaney Park. When we were there it had a high dive, which was fun to watch our 250 lb. friend belly flop off of. Short walk to campus. If you want to live a quite married life, don’t live to close to the campus or in large apartment complexes like CCN. Get a house.

rancho viejo is the best value for a restaurant in pullman – and the best burrito i have ever had. you can walk out of there paying 6.50 (tip included) for lunch, and not need to eat for the rest of the day because you get so much food.

bucer’s coffee shop in moscow (8 miles away) is a great place to do homework, or just kick back. they have great coffee, cheap beer, live jazz on the weekends (my quartet plays there once a month!), and best of all – a classy cigar lounge.

like other posters said, student housing is the way to go if you want to be close to campus, otherwise military hill is a nice quiet option if you want a house.

Washers and Dryers in the apartment. (I miss that sitting here in my Seattle apartment that also has no dishwasher). They are about a 10 minute walk from the main campus and a 10-15 minute walk to Beasley (for those basketball season tickets you will have), and a 5 minute walk to Dissmores (the aforementioned grocery store). Bassilio’s Cafe in downtown Pullman is great for cheap itialian food and they sell a pitcher of microbrew for 8 bucks! Old European is a must for breakfast (but get up early to avoid lines) .

For all those that have offered their advice and suggestions, I truly appreciate the hospitality.

Work: I have always worked in restaurants(server), but I would like to get some medical experience (Bachelor’s Pre-med/Biology). It looks like that both may be limited in the Pullman area.

Housing: We are open to both houses and apts for rent. However, we have had bad experiences with apts that allow pets(tenants fault). So we would probably be looking for a apts that do not allow them.

Thanks again.