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Being that close to other people sucks, and so do housing associations. You get neighbors screaming and fighting, playing music at 2am, apartments turned into

Being that close to other people sucks, and so do housing associations. You get neighbors screaming and fighting, playing music at 2am, apartments turned into meth labs with explosive toxic chemicals, dangerous predators can be right next door, people who don't take care of themselves and give your whole unit rats/bedbugs/insects, people who don't know you should fix water issues and cause mold, roof assessments that can be tens of thousands of dollars surprise! That you're forced to pay... It isn't some fairy land where we all love plants and hold hands in our communal space - living close to other people IS failure.

mywittyname 4y ago
This is all stuff that happens with houses also. I've had a house down the street blow up, dealt with shitty neighbors blasting music at all hours (or fighting/insulting each other), had my house flood due to neighbor's construction. And have to deal with property line issues on top of it all. We live in a society, and that means dealing with people. Even if you live in a place where the nearest neighbor is half a mile away, you're going to have issues with someone. We used to have issues with people riding dirt bikes and trucks on our land, kids breaking in to have parties in our woods, people with horses who shit on the streets, and lots of illegal dumping. The world is full of shit heads.
- analognoise 4y ago
  One person in your apartment complex is filthy and has bugs, everyone in your building has bugs. I don't have that problem in my house. Also a house blowing up due to cooking meth - down the street, which is not connected to your house - is a much better situation. Dirt bikes and teenagers partying the woods is definitely the better option too, imo. "We live in a society" - true but one of these things is clearly better than the other. It's just not very convincing to think people want to be stuffed into apartments.

mywittyname 4y ago

This is all stuff that happens with houses also. I've had a house down the street blow up, dealt with shitty neighbors blasting music at all hours (or fighting/insulting each other), had my house flood due to neighbor's construction. And have to deal with property line issues on top of it all. We live in a society, and that means dealing with people. Even if you live in a place where the nearest neighbor is half a mile away, you're going to have issues with someone. We used to have issues with people riding dirt bikes and trucks on our land, kids breaking in to have parties in our woods, people with horses who shit on the streets, and lots of illegal dumping. The world is full of shit heads.

analognoise 4y ago
One person in your apartment complex is filthy and has bugs, everyone in your building has bugs. I don't have that problem in my house. Also a house blowing up due to cooking meth - down the street, which is not connected to your house - is a much better situation. Dirt bikes and teenagers partying the woods is definitely the better option too, imo. "We live in a society" - true but one of these things is clearly better than the other. It's just not very convincing to think people want to be stuffed into apartments.