Future Explorer Intern -- Housing Question

I just received an offer to join Microsoft as an Explorer Intern this summer in Redmond, WA.

I am currently trying to decide whether I should go with the corporate housing or just take the $7k housing stipend (that I would receive 45 days prior to my start date so I won't have to worry about fronting the costs myself) and find an apartment myself (likely would pocked a decent chunk of change from that stipend. I saw a similar post in this subreddit but it was ~3 years old and my stipend is almost double what their's was. Honestly, I'm not super concerned about the social aspect of the corporate housing because I have some friends in the Seattle area. I like the convenience of Microsoft setting up the housing for me but I've seen some videos saying that the corporate housing sometimes ends up being not very nice. Does anyone have any thoughts on or recent experience with this?

Thanks in advance! :)