My girlfriend and I settled for a place that was a single bedroom, a little more storage than we had before, and hardwood floors (in the words of Borat, "Very nice!")

After our last apartment (which was mostly settled upon due to it's cool location in the city and it's ability to get us OUT of my parent's place), we were happy to move into a place that didn't have 2X4 floors with weather sealant in the front-room.

We tend to look for vintage apartments, but I'm still a nerd... Our current place is a loft, that where-as it is fairly old; it has plenty of electrical outlets!

Some of the places we looked at were like prison cells. We wanted this one place, but it was too much room for us. We're really not ready to start a family (I want to finish college before I even think about it again), so in our world, we're pretty happy with a small place. They're easier to clean, easier to make sure a person doesn't collect too much crap and easier to redecorate if we're in the mood.

Also, shopping with pets is a REAL pain in the arse. We found a PERFECT, absolutely breath-taking place with brick, hardwood floors, and in a scenic area of town in our price range... no pets. We decided we wanted to keep the cats more than have that apartment, but we still wish the guy would have been a little cooler about it.

Anyway... our next place will be an adventure as we're moving out of state (as we both hate it here).