Tag: bad neighbors
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Apartment blues, yet again
I have lived in 3 apartments in less than 2 years. In all three, I have had problems with the neighbors. Not conflicts of me vs them per se. But situations coming from them that end up affecting me. In the first one, there was a couple who kept arguing, and a baby crying all…
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A lifetime of neighbors (part 2)
**To read part one of this story, click here** Ok, we’re back. Apartment rents are extremely high and they keep rising. Property prices are multiplying in a matter of one or two years and people are still paying over the appraisal. Inflation is eating up our salaries. Jobs are simply not paying enough. How can…
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A lifetime of neighbors (part 1)
Being a realist, of course I know the odds of having a ‘bad neighbor’ is higher than finding a good one. They don’t have to be inherently bad people, just inconsiderate, weird or even clumsy. Well, I’ve had my share of both the scheming and the aloof ones. The results more or less the same:…