If I were you, I'd give stuff away, move to the Lakes, get a one-bedroom ($20/month is a cheap price to pay for the likely improvement in both space and kitchen, but judge for yourself).

All of that is assuming that the Lakes is roughly equivalent to the other resources, i.e. shopping, groceries, bus-lines to good places, late-night eats, decent pizza/chinese food delivery.

Also, you said the Lakes had better neighborhood; maybe that includes the above, but how is the development itself? How's laundry? Traffic? Noise? Can you get a decent hookup to the intertubes? cell coverage?