It Doesn't Matter Where You Live
I ran across an old one about "Apartment Living" and died laughing as I read it. It doesn't really matter if it's an apartment, condo, townhouse, house..if it's not on some acreage you're dealing with neighbors.
Apartment Living
Why is it okay to be a noisy, disrespectful neighbor if you live in an apartment? Most of the time you are paying the same as a mortgage so you'd expect at least half way decent behaviors from your neighbors, right! I guess that's why people always say, "get a house." Well, I say, "can't beat 'em, join 'em." I think tomorrow morning I will wake up to my favorite chic cd blaring through the house as I vacuum. Then I'll do some Aerobics (I live on 2nd flr of 3.) I'll very noisily unload my dishwasher as I make breakfast. Belt out the lyrics to my favorite tunes in the shower. Jump down the stairs to my car whistling loudly and driving away - windows down & radio blaring. What do you think? Buy a house.
Guess What, Now I Live In A House
Okay, so now I live in a house. It's no different. You still have the neighbors who always have major drama filled lives. The ones who have dogs yet don't properly care for the flea & tick control. The ones whose car alarm goes off all the time because of a neighborhood cat. The house parties until 4 am. The mooches. The ones who ask to borrow things and never return them or bring them back to you broken. The ones who park a million cars in their yard. The ones who never mow their yard or trim their trees. The ones who see no issues with asking ridiculous questions like can they borrow the tag to your boat trailer. UH...NO!! Are you freaking kidding me?
You may not have all those but you've probably had one or two at times. I think the only way to go is invest in some land, clear it and build on it as you rent somewhere fun (say on the water for example) then by the time you are ready to move to the land; you are all set and NO NEIGHBOR ISSUES..
Oh yea, now that will be nice!
Just as I published this last night I began to hear some loud noise from outside. We wondered what the heck it could be. The darn neighbor at 9pm on a week night, throwing around a bunch of junk, oblivious to the fact he was disturbing the peace.
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