When we were little, prepping for the first day of school was easy. All our friends needed the same things we did; teachers gave us lists; and our parents dragged us around Target gathering all the things we need. Not at OU!

We don’t know anyone who hasn’t loved living in Athens during their time at OU. In fact, many of Athens’ permanent residents are alumni who either never left, or who ended up coming back, because there’s nowhere like it… especially in Ohio.

Even in the coolest of Athens student living, rental apartments and houses are still mostly in neutral colors with neutral flooring.

For those of us who choose to live with friends or family during our time at Ohio University, when you go to look for the best places to rent in Athens, the big question arises: How many bedrooms should our rental have?

For Ohio University and Athens at-large, The Ridges, a complex of buildings that sits on the ridgetop overlooking campus, is one of the most recognizable images in Southeast Ohio.

If you’ve signed an August-to-August lease on your off-campus housing, you’ll get to experience summertime in Athens, Ohio.

Moving off-campus into an uptown rental is exciting. No more close quarters in the dorms, shared bathrooms, sleeping 2.5 feet away from a snoring roommate. It’s going to be great.

Fest season is wild every year. From riots to couch burning, houses with front yards turn to mud pits from hundreds of shoes mixing with Athens’ springtime rains. Every year, dozens of students get fined or arrested for getting too ratchet to be in public.

The pawpaw is a little-known fruit that grows throughout Appalachia, with most of the largest ones with the best fruits at the North end of the mountains, in Southeast Ohio and West Virginia.

Some people look for apartments when they want to rent near uptown Athens, and some people look for houses. There’s a bit more to an 8-bedroom rental house than a 3-bedroom apartment unit, and you want to ensure you make the choice that’s best for you and your friends.