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Nothing about the pandemic made my apartment a miserable place to live. It was alaways a miserable place to live. * There is no bike parking available, so 2 bi
by valeness 5y ago
Nothing about the pandemic made my apartment a miserable place to live. It was alaways a miserable place to live.
* There is no bike parking available, so 2 bikes occupy a large portion of my living space
* The sidewalks outside my apartment are small and in a state of disrepair
* Intersections are cyclist and pedestrian hostile making it hard to go anywhere without it being a stressful experience
* The landlord refuses to fix my A/C when it's 118 degrees farenheit outside, meaning it is often 92F inside the apartment (And no, citing the municipal code that says this illegal does nothing and nobody has the energy to hire a lawyer right now)
* The bus stop has been in disrepair to the point where it was recently just removed altogether meaning I have to walk a mile to get to the next one.
* The next nearest bus stop has no shade or place to sit
* I can't mount my TV to the wall or make any changes to make the small space more comfortable (like hanging shelves or mounting hooks)
I want nothing more than effective urban living, but I have yet to see it. So from my perspective, I'm not sure what was really "lost" during the pandemic that wasn't already broken.
Also, since I see some replies mentioning it, I would rather my parents ad grandparents be alive than have any of the above be fixed. So I'd be careful to judge too harshly and gain some perspective about "strict" measures to curb the spread of the pandemic.
- yarcob 5y agoI don't know how people move into appartments where they aren't allowed to drill holes in the wall. This would make an appartement unusable for me. Unanchored furniture is extremely risky and kills infants every year. Yeah, there's a risk that you might drill into a pipe. In the last 20 years that happened to me once, and it was annoying, since it cost 200€ to have the pipe fixed, but it's not really a big deal.
- vmception 5y agoYou can drill holes, you just have to fill them in when you leave and consider losing a portion of your deposit. Not really that big of a deal.
- sizzle 5y agoYou can withhold rent and put it in an escrow account and get a hotel room until your landlord provides a habitable environment regarding the broken AC, at least that was the case for me in California. They can’t evict you over this and will lose in court, of course look up your state laws as they vary by state.
- jdavis703 5y ago> I can't mount my TV to the wall or make any changes to make the small space more comfortable (like hanging shelves or mounting hooks) For what it’s worth, I’ve done this every place I lived and never had a problem. I always make sure to patch the holes and paint the entire wall when I move out though.
- miketery 5y agoWhat city do you live in? Also while 2 bikes occupying a large portion of living space is not ideal, people do it in NYC in 400 sqft apartments.