I Hate Apartment Living... Let Me Tell You Why

[Jessika]

Things seem to be going better... I haven't come across any other piles of poo anyway... and I make SURE to walk Jamie out in the open where others don't walk their dogs so if they want to try to accuse me then well of course I will ask them to provide photographic/video evidence of me not picking up, etc.

HJ and I are still walking the dogs separately so as not to draw attention to the fact that we do have two dogs and we're making sure not to leave anything behind so lol

And boy can I sympathize with noisy neighbors... my year-round neighbors are not bad AT ALL, in fact I don't have ANY problems with them (anymore, anyway, we did have some illegal immigrants next to us that would play LOUD BASSY music all night and day and wouldn't answer the door when we would try to talk with them so we called the cops and that's when we found out they were illegal ) but the overnighters we have problems with, since they don't live here they don't care, they park TERRIBLY (usually over the lines or diagonally across two spaces....), STOMP up and down the steps, SLAM doors and cabinets and we can hear it all.

[CathyBogart]

Urrrrgh, I hate apartment living for similar reasons....I've had MULTIPLE complaints that _I_ don't pick up after Jasper, when in fact I pick up after not just him but other peoples' dogs as well. I guess we're just out and about the complex enough that people see us and assume things. Stupid people.

[Jessika]

I've had MULTIPLE complaints that _I_ don't pick up after Jasper, when in fact I pick up after not just him but other peoples' dogs as well.

Yup that's another issue we're dealing with. GRRR

[flipgirl]

I just got a voicemail from the property manager saying that there is a complaint that my dog barks all day. I know that she gets anxious when I leave but I cannot see her barking all day. Plus if she hears people out in the hall, she'll bark because she's being protective. So if my neighbours would take a little care in closing their doors and walking like human beings, then maybe she wouldn't bark so much. However, I know it can be annoying. I just don't understand why they don't come see me and talk to me. I have never complained to the property management about the noise, and the smell of smoke and other disgusting smells because I know it's part of apartment living. However, I did complain to the neighbour making noise but I talked to him.

I sympathize with all apartment residents!!! I wish I could afford a detached house so I don't have to deal with neighbours.

[moosmom]

Apartment living just plain sucks. I've lived in an apartment all my adult life and have had my share of awful neighbors, including a single parent of 2 small kids who played ring around the rosey in the living room at 10 pm! (I lived below them). It was terrible. Her boyfriend used to bring over his puppy and tie it up to the bannister in the hallway. After calling the police numerous times (my landlord advised me to do so), they finallly moved out and I took that apartment. I will NEVER live beneath anyone ever again.

[Jessika]

The last two days I've gone out to walk Jamie there's been a woman watching me. Not someone watching from their own porch, she's like... standing by a tree. And tonight there was a person outside with a flashlight, and when I showed up, they turned it off and hid behind a tree. So... yeah.

[BC_MoM]

That's freaking creepy.