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Why the heck would that make you angry? What's it to ya?

Johnny555 10y ago
If each floor has 20 units and there's 10 people per unit, that's 200 people on one floor -- that's a lot of wait time for the elevator (which was sized for typical occupancy, not 5 people per bedroom), extra foot traffic, overflowing trash cans, parking/traffic issues, running out of hot water (if it's shared), overuse of shared/common areas, much higher resident turnover, etc. Though in this case, the company isn't cramming people in that tightly, so it's not an issue.
- gmarx 10y ago
  plus all the guests that will be coming through (who have even less incentive to respect standards of quiet and order).
JimboOmega 10y ago
So they overuse the shared resources - the other poster mentioned elevators, but also gym, parking, etc etc. But also the more people, the higher the odds that there's one of them that just has to do whatever obnoxious thing - like smoke, make noise at all hours, etc etc. Nobody agrees on whose responsibility taking out the trash it is so it piles up and smells. Vetting can reduce but not eliminate that. Nobody wants to be next to the "Frat apartment" that is always partying at 2AM on a weeknight.
- gmarx 10y ago
  exactly. I've been in that situation. It sucks
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- galdosdi 10y ago
  Thanks for explaining, I didn't even think of shared resources since I've never lived in such a place (and find the idea odd -- wouldn't it be safer, providing more choice, NOT to get all your services from one provider?) Shouldn't a luxury place have good walls in place to avoid noise though? Seems like a luxury place that doesn't do this is kind of a scam.
  - JimboOmega 10y ago
    Things like elevators and hallways are really pretty basic, and not subject to choice. But then, many people choose to live in detached houses so they don't have to rely on cooperating with neighbors for anything (I guess there are always shared civic resources, like water/sewer/streets, but you get the idea). I honestly don't know when it comes to walls. I've asked at a bunch of places and the answer seems to be a variant of "they're normal, I guess?" Your neighbors having a small house party with ~10 people over, a few drinks, some music is one thing. It's when it becomes very big and/or intoxicated event that it becomes a huge pain. People barfing in the stairwells, physically running into the walls, ringing the neighbor's doorbell at 2am because they can't figure out where they're going (or need to lean on it to keep from collapsing). My last apartment was next to a perpetual AirBnB where these kind of things were sometimes a problem (probably < 5 % of the tenants, but 1 out of 20 nights of noise at all hours still sucks) My current apartment does not have these issues. I still have the sirens and motorcycles of a very busy street to deal with, but earplugs deal with that well enough to leave the windows open at night.

If each floor has 20 units and there's 10 people per unit, that's 200 people on one floor -- that's a lot of wait time for the elevator (which was sized for typical occupancy, not 5 people per bedroom), extra foot traffic, overflowing trash cans, parking/traffic issues, running out of hot water (if it's shared), overuse of shared/common areas, much higher resident turnover, etc. Though in this case, the company isn't cramming people in that tightly, so it's not an issue.

gmarx 10y ago
plus all the guests that will be coming through (who have even less incentive to respect standards of quiet and order).

JimboOmega 10y ago

So they overuse the shared resources - the other poster mentioned elevators, but also gym, parking, etc etc. But also the more people, the higher the odds that there's one of them that just has to do whatever obnoxious thing - like smoke, make noise at all hours, etc etc. Nobody agrees on whose responsibility taking out the trash it is so it piles up and smells. Vetting can reduce but not eliminate that. Nobody wants to be next to the "Frat apartment" that is always partying at 2AM on a weeknight.

gmarx 10y ago
exactly. I've been in that situation. It sucks
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galdosdi 10y ago
Thanks for explaining, I didn't even think of shared resources since I've never lived in such a place (and find the idea odd -- wouldn't it be safer, providing more choice, NOT to get all your services from one provider?) Shouldn't a luxury place have good walls in place to avoid noise though? Seems like a luxury place that doesn't do this is kind of a scam.
- JimboOmega 10y ago
  Things like elevators and hallways are really pretty basic, and not subject to choice. But then, many people choose to live in detached houses so they don't have to rely on cooperating with neighbors for anything (I guess there are always shared civic resources, like water/sewer/streets, but you get the idea). I honestly don't know when it comes to walls. I've asked at a bunch of places and the answer seems to be a variant of "they're normal, I guess?" Your neighbors having a small house party with ~10 people over, a few drinks, some music is one thing. It's when it becomes very big and/or intoxicated event that it becomes a huge pain. People barfing in the stairwells, physically running into the walls, ringing the neighbor's doorbell at 2am because they can't figure out where they're going (or need to lean on it to keep from collapsing). My last apartment was next to a perpetual AirBnB where these kind of things were sometimes a problem (probably < 5 % of the tenants, but 1 out of 20 nights of noise at all hours still sucks) My current apartment does not have these issues. I still have the sirens and motorcycles of a very busy street to deal with, but earplugs deal with that well enough to leave the windows open at night.