I hate when plans don't work out.

Here's the situation:

I currently live in a bachelor apartment. I pay $450/month, which includes heat, lights, water, cable and laundry. I'm subleting until August, when I will either take over the lease, or find a new place. Since I have to tell my landlady (Ms. Chow, I'm so not kidding) whether I'm staying or not by the end of the month, I've started looking for places now. I'd really like to have a 1-bedroom, but not have to pay more than, say, $550 for it, and that's with everything included. I haven't had much luck with that though. So, I've started weighing the pros and cons of staying and leaving.

Staying in my current abode:

Pros:

• I don't have to move.
• Rent is very cheap.
• It's very close to work, and on the bus route to anywhere else I want to go.
• For a bachelor, it's relatively spacious.

Cons:

• It's a bachelor, and considering I used to live in a 3 bedroom house by myself, it's tiny.
• My neighbours leave trash in the hall way just outside my door and it stinks.
• There are raccoons who feast on our garbage every week.
• I potentially may be locked into a year lease, meaning I'll have to sublet next summer. I may not get anyone to take over, so I may be out rent for 3 or 4 months.
• It's a ver small place for a cat to live in.

Finding Greener Pastures:

Pros:

• I will live in a bigger place, and I will have greater control over where I live (now that I have a few weeks to find something, rather than a few days) which would make it better for entertaining.
• I will hopefully have a more upscale home - garbage service, security, functioning lights, no vermin.

Cons:

• I will probably have to pay through the teeth, meaning I won't be able to save any money.
• I will have to move.

So, what does everyone think? What would you do? Help!!