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Supplements: Some places you notice because they are loud. Others you notice later, on the way home, when you realize the noise stopped a few blocks back and you never thought to mention it. Kingston is the second kind. This is a third-floor apartment at 34 1/2 John Street. 2 bedrooms, 1 full bath. The tenant carries all utilities -- gas, electric, water, se ... (Read more) Some places you notice because they are loud. Others you notice later, on the way home, when you realize the noise stopped a few blocks back and you never thought to mention it. Kingston is the second kind. This is a third-floor apartment at 34 1/2 John Street. 2 bedrooms, 1 full bath. The tenant carries all utilities -- gas, electric, water, sewer, and garbage -- so the apartment runs the way you run it, with nothing bundled, padded, or estimated on your behalf. The terms are stated up front, and they are the same terms at signing. Third floor. There are stairs, and the building does not pretend otherwise. What you get in exchange is the top of it. No footsteps above you. Nobody else's schedule pressed into your ceiling. The roofline is yours. A third floor sorts people. Some will not make the climb, and they will not call, and that is fine. The ones who do tend to stay, because the trade holds up -- in month one and again in year three. You may already begin to notice what that sounds like. Rain arriving early, because it reaches you first. Afternoon light that lands higher and stays longer. Windows that look out over the tops of things instead of into them. Kingston holds its shape. Sidewalks that get shoveled. Streets that stay residential. The bridge to Wilkes-Barre is minutes away when you want it and easy to forget when you don't. People stay in this area a long time. That is a fact about Kingston, not a claim about the apartment. Before you scroll past -- notice whether you are still reading because you are evaluating, or because you have already started to imagine the top floor. When the picture fills in, reach out. Ask what you want to know. Come walk it, stairs and all.