re: Have you ever lived in an absolute shithole apartment / house?

132 E. State St. from 1997 - 1999. The building right next to the first Raising Cane’s location. Rent was $230 a month. Me and a roommate split the cost so only $115 out of pocket.

Could roll out of bed and be to class in 5 minutes. Chimes street bars were actually an option for night life. So some benefits.

Place should have been condemned. Kept a baseball bat by the bed to slam against the walls to get the rats to scatter. If not you would hear them all night.

Todd Graves lived in a smaller efficiency connected to the back of the place as he worked to get the first location up and running. The wall between us was crumbling due to the roof leaking. The original Cane (yellow lab) could access the roof of the building from a stairwell in the back of the place. He would go up there to shite.

People watching as the bars closed was always fun. The line coming out of Circle K would be 50 deep. The mix of drunk frat types and gutter punks from the squats off Vaccaro St made for an interesting cross section of society.

Good memories all in all.