picking out a new home

So today, Derek and I went 'house hunting' in North Kansas City and Platte City, MO. We have narrowed down our search to 2 places, but can't decide on which one we like more. We have pros and cons about both. Here is some information about each.

The first is Carrington Park Apartments in Kansas City, MO. This is a 2 bedroom, 2 bath, 1146 sq ft apartment. It is in a nice, quiet, wooded area off of Barry Road. We absolutely love the look of the entire apartment, and the community. The clubhouse has a game room, swimming pool, movie theater, free wi-fi, printer, movie rentals, and a fitness center. The only thing we didn't like about it was that the patio/balcony was small and city ordinance requires that we cannot have a grill on our deck. Otherwise, it's awesome. Rent would be roughly $900 with cable included.
(a picture of the outside)

(a picture of the clubhouse)

(a picture of the living room)

(the 2 bedroom floorplan)

The second option is a duplex located in Platte City, MO. These are 3 bedroom, 2 bathrooms, 1500 sq ft. We like the idea that we would have a 2 car garage, a yard for Aidan to play in, a 'basement', a fireplace (gas), and a large kitchen/dining room/living room. This place feels more like a house rather than an apartment. Maybe because it actually is a house...but that's beside the point. The only problem we have is that the closets are small, we would accumulate more junk living in a larger space, there are some crappy apartments close by that ruin the look of the duplexes, and just the idea of living in such a small town (population 4800) bothers us. However, I really do like them though. The rent on these would be $1110.
(this is an outside view of the duplex)

(here is a picture of the living room)

(here is a picture of the floorplan)


So what do you think?