Having lived in the Boston area for the past eight years, I’m quite used to high rents coupled with small living spaces. While prices are on the rise, Las Vegas has a much cheaper renter’s market. On the down side, the apartments out here don’t have the same charm as the 3rd floor of a 100-year-old 3-family home with hardwood floors; one is more likely to find a cookie-cutter layout with wall-to-wall carpeting. On the up side, Lee and I are paying about the same rent as we had in Somerville with three or four times the space (per person) and some odd additional amenities.

I thought the bidet in my apartment in Cambridge was unique, at least in the United States. But the bathroom off our bedroom has what is called a Roman tub, which in our case, as you can see from the photo above, is a very large tub with a wall-sized mirror next to it and a skylight above. The shower, in case you were wondering, is in the other bathroom.

Perhaps we put on some Wayne Newton first thing and filled it up. Perhaps.