US Housing Market Faggotry
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SonOfNun
Bill Ward's Red Pants
I'm never living in an apartment again. I've been residing in apartments for about the last 12 years and I feel like I've outgrown the phase of my life where I could accept that bunk. This place we just got out of was great for awhile because it was right on the edge of campus and I could walk to my grad school classes when I was doing coursework. When I finished my courses there was really no point. It was an old building with a shared stairwell to reach the front door and these furnace deals built into the wall that allowed smells to travel up (among other issues). Of course, the guy living below us was an extreme smoker of both the cigs and the weeds and generally seemed questionable. Maintenance was useless about the furnaces and the housing people were useless about stopping the smoking and other questionable stuff even though it violated the lease. I ended up covering all the furnaces with plastic sheeting and T-REX tape (good stuff btw). We also had no washer-dryer connections and had to use a shared laundry facility that was basically unkept. We ended up just traveling to stay with family a lot during the fall and winter. I think that a lot of these things wouldn't have bothered me when I was single, but now that I'm married with kids I'm hyper vigilant and I can't tolerate anything that infringes on their space and comfort. We're also in our early 30s with two kids and a dog and need SPACE. Our own space. I may have to rent a house for the next year until I can get a full-time career going, but after that I will be in the market to buy a home. I've wanted to do that for so long, but at least I'm getting closer.
einride
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oh boy, lemme tell you about apartments
as i've probably mentioned on here before, since autumn we've been doing major and slow moving work on our house (ripping out all the plumbing, tearing up floors, et c) so we live in a cheap shitbox apartment in the neighbouring village/town for the time being
and it's been pretty chill, it's a depressing little crappy apartment but whatever, we basically just eat and sleep here, right? at least we have peace and quiet. both neighbouring apartments used to be empty BUT someone moved into one of them a week or so ago and hoo boy
these motherfuckers are 100% amphetamine junkies because they were awake THE. ENTIRE. WEEKEND. like from friday night until monday morning they were talking non stop, vacuuming at night, vacuuming again in the morning, turning on the tv at 4 AM, just constantly talking about nonsense. and the walls in this place are just paper fucking thin.
since i'm leaving this place soon i don't even have the willpower to confront them about it. i see it as motivation to work faster on the house and gtfo of here asap. but it really, really drove home the realization that i'm absolutely fucking done with living in apartments, or in the immediate proximity of other people, forever. sometimes when you're lost in longer term projects it's just good to get a reminder of why you're doing what you're doing.
J.
Old Fart
ive lived in two different apartments in the past 3 years (including a 5 month stint with a loco ex gf). i dont mind it at all. sure, i would like to have more space, but when it's just me and my dog for the most part, it's not like we are crammed. it's easy to keep clean and if something goes wrong, just get a hold of the fat bald mexican dude who was able to fix an issue i had in 5 minutes. also didnt lose water or electricity during the Icepocalypse Now, Texan Edition.
its quiet for the most part and being on the 3rd floor, i dont really have neighbor issues.
move outta the sticks, guys.
its quiet for the most part and being on the 3rd floor, i dont really have neighbor issues.
move outta the sticks, guys.
SonOfNun
Bill Ward's Red Pants
The last time I lived in an apartment was in my late 20s. It was a newly renovated old building, and looked super nicely done on the surface, but literally NOTHING worked. We didn't have an internet connection for the first 6 months we were there, the intercom didn't work, just all sorts of shit was wrong. Our neighbour was a girl I'd guess also in her late 20s who looked like a librarian, but had the loudest sex. One day my mother came over just in the middle of the afternoon I would guess, and literally as she was on her way out of the front door this girl started getting busy and the whole apartment was filled with her groans. I'm sure glad my mother didn't arrive 10 minutes later as that would have been awkward backdrop to our catch-up of polite small talk over a cup of tea.
Reign in Acai
Of Elephant and Man
Currently pigeon held by low rent/nice neighborhood, and a decent wage. No fuggin way Im going to buy a house in this shithole state. So we live one day at a time, milking the cow. Either going to accelerate payments on the house in AZ, or try and save up enough funds to get a second crib.
The complex is relatively small, only 9 units. Biggest downside is that the courtyard is littered with blabbermouths trying to escape their marriages. I may come off as a colassal prick, as I dont stop often to converse with these turds, but they'll hark at you from 60 yards to wrangle you into a convo. Its bat shit insane.
One neighbor admittedly stated he dreads when his wife comes home from work. Fooq used to be a recluse, but unfortunately lost a shit ton of weight so he thinks he's Fabio. Nice enough guy but also grates on my nerves. Case in point a few months byke when my bro and I are carrying a heavy af fridge down the staircase. This shit legit almost broke me in two, and dumbfuck wants to have a convo mid heave.
Other blabbermouths include, but not limited to. Motormouth neighbor with a "Fuck you" tattoo on his chest, hip hop Afro dude who has loud af kids and cackles like an attn whore, team filth who order DoorDash thric daily but have a living room completely in disarray, and midnight alchy who looks like he's on the verge of suicide. Several of these fucks are ex-bangers or felons, but theyre all now living their best life.
Best neighbors are the Chinese who stfu. I cant wait until Im either shit canned or its no longer heavily in my favor financially to stay here. I just want to live in the sticks and have a bbq all my own. Not much to ask is it?
The complex is relatively small, only 9 units. Biggest downside is that the courtyard is littered with blabbermouths trying to escape their marriages. I may come off as a colassal prick, as I dont stop often to converse with these turds, but they'll hark at you from 60 yards to wrangle you into a convo. Its bat shit insane.
One neighbor admittedly stated he dreads when his wife comes home from work. Fooq used to be a recluse, but unfortunately lost a shit ton of weight so he thinks he's Fabio. Nice enough guy but also grates on my nerves. Case in point a few months byke when my bro and I are carrying a heavy af fridge down the staircase. This shit legit almost broke me in two, and dumbfuck wants to have a convo mid heave.
Other blabbermouths include, but not limited to. Motormouth neighbor with a "Fuck you" tattoo on his chest, hip hop Afro dude who has loud af kids and cackles like an attn whore, team filth who order DoorDash thric daily but have a living room completely in disarray, and midnight alchy who looks like he's on the verge of suicide. Several of these fucks are ex-bangers or felons, but theyre all now living their best life.
Best neighbors are the Chinese who stfu. I cant wait until Im either shit canned or its no longer heavily in my favor financially to stay here. I just want to live in the sticks and have a bbq all my own. Not much to ask is it?
MFJ
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I realize that this is a privileged statement, but I have never lived in an apartment or condo and I absolutely refuse to do so. My wife and I are in our 5th shared dwelling since 2009 and we have been lucky enough to find a single-family/private house each time. It certainly complicates the process of finding a different place to live whenever you decide to move. Hell, if we just decided to buy a condo then my current journey to find a permanent home would quickly be at an end. Personally, I can't come to terms with the idea of strangers and weirdos making noise in an adjacent unit. I never want to encounter another human while I'm entering or exiting my home. I won't pay money to share facilities or outdoor areas. I lived in a college dorm for several years and it was an awesome experience. I've just simply decided that privacy is a priority (despite the fact you're always paying a premium).
One of my friends is constantly complaining about how the unit above him has their bathroom right above his bedroom. In the early morning hours he has to lay there and listen to them groan and shit. Unfathomable.
One of my friends is constantly complaining about how the unit above him has their bathroom right above his bedroom. In the early morning hours he has to lay there and listen to them groan and shit. Unfathomable.
MFJ
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For the record: I do realize that if you need to live in any city for any reason then your odds of renting an entire private house are significantly reduced. Sometimes that kind of living just isn't practical or possible. Most people aren't moving to LA, Chicago, or NYC with the contingency of avoiding apartments and condos.
SonOfNun
Bill Ward's Red Pants
Asians are great neighbors if you have to live in apartments. We lived across from a quiet Chinese woman and were friendly with a Korean couple that lived downstairs and across from us. If the guy living below had been Asian (and I mean East Asian) it might not have been so bad.
Reign in Acai
Of Elephant and Man
Our bedroom is on the otherside of the neighbor's kitchen. Wife banged on the walls a few times due to dishwashing at 3am. I think theyre somehow a part of drug running scheme. (Single income family who DoorDeDuhs their meals three times a day.) Govt gibs arent that good, something's afoot. Not a huge cog in the wheel, but this family is weird as fn shit.
Im pretty noise tolerant until it comes to whining like a little piss. Which their milksop does quite frequently when he doesn't get his way. "Get off the tablet son pretty please, youve been on it for 9hrs." <waaaaaaaaaaaaaaah>
Put this nosedrip in Pop Warner so he can grow a set, fooqin future faggot.
Bloopy
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I have an apartment in Auckland which I'm still paying the mortgage on. Only problem is I can't live in it right now due to major building repairs. I was supposed to be able to move back in after 5 months, but they found more issues and shit dragged on for all kinds of reasons and now for me it's 2 years in with at least 1 year to go.
The building was built in 2005, and the flaws that needed fixing are shit like the facade, fireproofing, ventilation and balcony floors. But otherwise it's very, very good. The walls are thick enough that I rarely heard any noise, and I only bothered neighbours a few times myself. The majority of the people living there are Asian and very respectful just like you guys have found. There was some cigarette smoke finding its way through the laundry vent early on, but it's a non-smoking building and people followed the rule better as time went on. The place was locked down pretty tight, never really any visitors causing trouble either. Only problem is the hardass building manager died of cancer last year. Hopefully the place hasn't gone into disrepute by the time I move back in (on top of all the construction shit everywhere).
I'm too lazy to look after my own house and grass ain't good for my allergies, so apartment life is perfect for me. Hell, I barely even look after an apartment properly!
The building was built in 2005, and the flaws that needed fixing are shit like the facade, fireproofing, ventilation and balcony floors. But otherwise it's very, very good. The walls are thick enough that I rarely heard any noise, and I only bothered neighbours a few times myself. The majority of the people living there are Asian and very respectful just like you guys have found. There was some cigarette smoke finding its way through the laundry vent early on, but it's a non-smoking building and people followed the rule better as time went on. The place was locked down pretty tight, never really any visitors causing trouble either. Only problem is the hardass building manager died of cancer last year. Hopefully the place hasn't gone into disrepute by the time I move back in (on top of all the construction shit everywhere).
I'm too lazy to look after my own house and grass ain't good for my allergies, so apartment life is perfect for me. Hell, I barely even look after an apartment properly!
Reign in Acai
Of Elephant and Man
Reign in Acai
Of Elephant and Man
Laundry room got broken into for the second time in as many years. Prob some shitstain from the tent estates. Took a pry bar to the dryer and ripped it all to shreds. Mustve had a hell of a time. Never underestimate the will and determination of a meth head.
I live in the shire, but literally a stone's throw away over the bridge from Mordor.
Can the gook landlord invest 2-3 hundo in some fucking cameras?
I live in the shire, but literally a stone's throw away over the bridge from Mordor.
Can the gook landlord invest 2-3 hundo in some fucking cameras?
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Krilons Resa
Jerry's married?!
J.
Old Fart
Reign in Acai
Of Elephant and Man
Nope, no room for it. Its a 9 unit complex. Landlord obviously charges us to wash by making it coin operated. Hence its been hit by dirt bags twice in 2 years. I asked the slant to stop being a Schmekiel and buy a cheap camera set up on Amazon. Ye can pick up a "RING" camera setup on the low.
In other news, just found out that a close chum moved out of LA to Bakesfield. Dropped near 600 fooqin K to live out in the sticks. Nice af house, but I wouldnt be staying in this shithole state at those prices.
Reign in Acai
Of Elephant and Man
Catalytic converters by day, washing machines by night. Scum.
Love how this beta bitch just records while he's getting his shit gank. I confronted two fucks just 6 months ago over stealing aluminum cans from the dumpster ffs. Prob would be sharing a cell with Chauvin if I saw these fucks pulling this shit on my hoopdie. Fuggin beta bitch, welcome to California.
Humanity was a mistake.
In other news, neighbor proactively ended up purchasing the RING camera system. Hes going to put one cam over the carport which will cover thr laundry area, the other cam over the courtyard where his 50k G Ride is parked. Works for me, sick of this Mordor scum making their way into the shire to seek opportunity.
Love how this beta bitch just records while he's getting his shit gank. I confronted two fucks just 6 months ago over stealing aluminum cans from the dumpster ffs. Prob would be sharing a cell with Chauvin if I saw these fucks pulling this shit on my hoopdie. Fuggin beta bitch, welcome to California.
Humanity was a mistake.
In other news, neighbor proactively ended up purchasing the RING camera system. Hes going to put one cam over the carport which will cover thr laundry area, the other cam over the courtyard where his 50k G Ride is parked. Works for me, sick of this Mordor scum making their way into the shire to seek opportunity.
