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>What do you like better about your quality of life? Mainly, how the actions of others (good or bad) don't have as much of an effect on me. Believe it or not,

by robswc 3y ago

>What do you like better about your quality of life? Mainly, how the actions of others (good or bad) don't have as much of an effect on me. Believe it or not, one of the main things was people smoking weed. People would smoke it endlessly. I attempted pretty much every solution before moving. It smelled awful and got into my sinuses and would make me get an instant sore throat. Similar to cigarette smoke. I guess I'm allergic but basically if it got in my respiratory system, my sinuses would be effected and make it next to impossible to breath through my nose. This often would then lead to sinus infections and always a sore throat every night. I literally felt like I had a cold every other day. I moved apartments but the same damn thing happened. Now, that could be bad luck or it could just be a new normal, I don't care to find out though. Also now, with an actual area to do "DIY" stuff, I can run power tools and play guitar with amp without annoying anyone, lol. >Lol. Spoken like a suburbanite! :D Depending on where exactly you live, everything in Manhattan would be within 30-40 minutes. My bad, by "stuff" I meant city stuff like shows, entertainment, fancy restaurant, etc. For day to day, I'm only a 5-10 minute drive. I've actually been saving a ton of time in tons of ways you don't really consider. 1-2 hours of groceries a week is better (at least according to my wife) than 20-30 minutes every few days. >Also, many cities see an increase in residents (but a decrease in office workers). People like to work from homes in the city. That's good. Seems we all are getting what we want, thanks to WFH.

frank_nitti 3y ago
I have the same experience in LA with the weed/tobacco smoke, but also just all of the damn chemicals my neighbors use in their daily life. Before moving to the city, I expected the traffic and crowds would be the primary drawback compared to suburbia. But I’ve found that the smells and sounds of my own neighbors’ activities to be the worst, like running their loud AC 24/7 even in winter, and spraying copious Lysol and febreeze multiple times a day. Love living in this city with all of the activities nearby, but I’m 100% ready to gtfo and don’t think I’ll miss it.
- robswc 3y ago
  Right!? I swear people know when to do it at the worst times too. When I first moved, it was because they triggered the building wide alarm system at 2 AM. After that, I was sick of it and couldn't take it anymore. Also, I get that you're going to smell food/odd stuff from neighbors from time to time but there's only so much you can handle.
wolverine876 3y ago
That sucks. IME, one needs to pay a bit of a premium to live someplace where you can be assured of not having such headaches (not that wealthy people are better neighbors, but that problem-free residence is in higher demand). It's interesting to see some people seek to be further from others. I imagine it like particles in a given volume: fewer particles collide less, while I happen to love the energy of more (though not things like second hand smoke in my home). To me, it's like going to a concert - I want it to be wall-to-wall, not mostly empty. (Again YMMV.)
- robswc 3y ago
  >That sucks. IME, one needs to pay a bit of a premium to live someplace where you can be assured of not having such headaches (not that wealthy people are better neighbors, but that problem-free residence is in higher demand). Oh yea, 100%. The second place I got the problem was not nearly as bad but still made me feel sick about once a month during a "party" or something. I had the pleasure of living next to 3-4 college kids. I guess they split the rent. I also moved to Texas where its generally not as legal so I believe they tend to use devices that limits the smell/spread. So it wasn't nearly as bad but sometimes you just wanted peace from that, ya know. And yep, to the particle analogy. I had plenty of good interactions with people. Sadly, the negative ones just sucked too much.

by robswc 3y ago

frank_nitti 3y ago

I have the same experience in LA with the weed/tobacco smoke, but also just all of the damn chemicals my neighbors use in their daily life. Before moving to the city, I expected the traffic and crowds would be the primary drawback compared to suburbia. But I’ve found that the smells and sounds of my own neighbors’ activities to be the worst, like running their loud AC 24/7 even in winter, and spraying copious Lysol and febreeze multiple times a day. Love living in this city with all of the activities nearby, but I’m 100% ready to gtfo and don’t think I’ll miss it.

robswc 3y ago
Right!? I swear people know when to do it at the worst times too. When I first moved, it was because they triggered the building wide alarm system at 2 AM. After that, I was sick of it and couldn't take it anymore. Also, I get that you're going to smell food/odd stuff from neighbors from time to time but there's only so much you can handle.

wolverine876 3y ago

That sucks. IME, one needs to pay a bit of a premium to live someplace where you can be assured of not having such headaches (not that wealthy people are better neighbors, but that problem-free residence is in higher demand). It's interesting to see some people seek to be further from others. I imagine it like particles in a given volume: fewer particles collide less, while I happen to love the energy of more (though not things like second hand smoke in my home). To me, it's like going to a concert - I want it to be wall-to-wall, not mostly empty. (Again YMMV.)

robswc 3y ago
>That sucks. IME, one needs to pay a bit of a premium to live someplace where you can be assured of not having such headaches (not that wealthy people are better neighbors, but that problem-free residence is in higher demand). Oh yea, 100%. The second place I got the problem was not nearly as bad but still made me feel sick about once a month during a "party" or something. I had the pleasure of living next to 3-4 college kids. I guess they split the rent. I also moved to Texas where its generally not as legal so I believe they tend to use devices that limits the smell/spread. So it wasn't nearly as bad but sometimes you just wanted peace from that, ya know. And yep, to the particle analogy. I had plenty of good interactions with people. Sadly, the negative ones just sucked too much.