On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 15:38:49 -0400, "Ronnie Corporon"
<corporon2001@sympatico.ca> belched the alphabet and kept on going
with:

>just wondering if anyone has experience living in both gaijin houses and
>their own apartment in Japan? my husband and i want to go teach in Japan for
>a year and trying to figure out whats the cheapest way for
>accomadations...we would probably be going through NOVA to get out there and
>teach...so do you think it would be cheaper to go through them or live in a
>gaijin house?
>

A very important point: Don't operate on the assumption that going
through McNova to get an apartment is your only alternative to a
gaijin house.

I don't know if they still do it, but McNova used to be fond of
sticking two or three teachers into one apartment....and charging each
of them the FULL rent for the place.