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I’ve had some pretty bad experiences living in mid size apartment buildings. Everything from a drugged out neighbor causing a fire, to bed bugs coming through t
by sholladay 4y ago
I’ve had some pretty bad experiences living in mid size apartment buildings. Everything from a drugged out neighbor causing a fire, to bed bugs coming through the wall from a slob next door, to someone nearly stealing my car until I shouted at them from four floors up, to landlords who wouldn’t fix leaks for weeks/months after I left a voicemail on their high priority line, to dreadful indoor temperatures because the thermostat controls are overridden by time-of-year policies and heating/cooling is disabled.
All this in Boston, at nearly $2,000 per month for a single bedroom, in the mid 2010s.
Conceptually, I’m on board with apartment buildings. I would like to think that the future looks more like Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood than the one that I lived in. But the people who evangelize high rise buildings must be either paying for a ritzy place or never actually lived in one.
- skyyler 4y agoI think the general idea is that living in a high rise is better than sleeping in your car or on the street...
- mywittyname 4y agoWe can't have density without multi-family units. And density is what's required to make housing affordable in medium-size or larger cities. > must be either paying for a ritzy place Yes, a compromise for a more pleasant place to live is price. But a side-effect of more affordable housing is that nicer places also get cheaper. Another compromise to get a nicer place to live for the same price is to move to less desirable location.
- imapeopleperson 4y agoIf a nice place is becoming cheaper, it’s also probably becoming less nice.
- skyyler 4y agoIs that true though? Or is it just something that your monkey brain feels?