Apartment Hunting

So my lease is up Nov 15th. Which means right now, besides filling out applications to grad schools, I am apartment hunting. Right now I'm connecting with people through church and through craigslist to find somewhere to move too. The big questions is, which neighborhood do I want to end up in? I want to be in a better neighborhood, but here in Philadelphia that is a very relative. I would love to have thousands of dollars at my disposal so I could live in a amazing area like Rittenhouse Square, but I am still working temp. Yes my boss is still trying to bring me on full time. Yes I might have more money to play with in the future. No I will not have enough to live in most of the really nice places in Philly.

So for now I am looking at the areas I know are decent. Southwest Philly, Fairmount, and Fishtown. The winning apartment is going to be cheap, clean, with good roommates, and decent neighborhood. In another words a lot of bang for my buck. If anyone knows of a good place let me know!