Also I noticed people complaining about noise - but my apartment holds noise in really well. I leave my tv on blast and when I stand outside I can’t hear it even though there is a window open.
Also I noticed people complaining about noise - but my apartment holds noise in really well. I leave my tv on blast and when I stand outside I can’t hear it even though there is a window open.
Mine’s the opposite.
I can tell when my neighbor is on his treadmill, or when my other neighbors are having sex (and they’re not even vocalizing much).
Just depends on the property, and how well it was built.
I lived in an apartment for 3 months and had to tip toe as quietly as humanly possible after 6pm or the person downstairs would bang on the ceiling. And I’m alreat a really quiet person…
A lot of apartments aren’t exactly modern. And it doesn’t help that people are so eager to call these impractical living spaces “historical”.
I hate “historical” building bullshit. I went to go stay in Seattle for a day and a half so I got a room for the night and then the hotel calls me to let me know it’s a historical building so they don’t have air conditioning.
This was the middle of August so of course I’m like, why did you call me to tell me this instead of listing it on your site you psychos? And the bitch bragged to me about working at a different hotel that charges $600 a room with NO air conditioning.
I couldn’t cancel cause they didn’t tell me until last minute either.
I don’t WANT to own an apartment. I don’t WANT to share walls with my neighbors. I want space to work on my hobby projects like with wood and metal. To make noise without upsetting anyone. To have privacy, and the ability to get away from people. I need a shed, a garage, and some yard space. The only way I can swing it is fewer people and more space. Europe is too crowded for that in many places. It sounds unpleasant.
Shared wood/metal project places are awesome. There’s someone who maintains everything, and you get much better equipment. It’s not terribly expensive (cheaper than owning it all yourself), and can be local if density provides it. Look at places like The Crucible in Oakland (which is more tailored to art) or local trade schools will open their doors
I have a shed. I don’t have a garage. I don’t have any more room for any more tools. Most of my tools are things I’ve used for one or two projects and that’s it.
Personally I’d much rather have a maker space that has a tool library so I stop spending so much money on tools that I need for one project. Like a hardwood floor nailer. I’ve got full hardwoods in my house now. Wtf do I need that for? Every time I find out a friend is going to start installing hardwoods, it turns out that they already bought the nailer by the time I found out.
I’m not opposed to it, but there’s something nice about having your own workshop. Depends on what you’re doing. I also have fewer and worse makerspaces where I am now than places I’ve lived in the past - it’s a crapshoot.
In the US, if you own an apartment it’s typically called a condo or townhouse so an apartment usually does indicate that it’s a rental. Maybe that’s a good indication that these discussions need to change their language when talking to Americans to make sure to include the words condo and townhouse. I live in a condo and the HOA sorta sucks but it has a lot of other advantages and we have a huge yard.
@lagomorphlecture Ah, thanks. That explains a lot in this thread. But still, living in an apartment can be great. Maybe right now in the US it’s hell. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
The beautiful thing about America is we have enough space so that you could have the big house on the left AND the beautiful nature on the right at the same time.
![[meme] How would you rather see this land developed?](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f6ec67a5-2636-4875-8dd4-fa5241a3083c.jpeg){kind=link}
deleted by creator
In the US, an apartment you own is called a condo.
Came here to say this.
Also I noticed people complaining about noise - but my apartment holds noise in really well. I leave my tv on blast and when I stand outside I can’t hear it even though there is a window open.
Mine’s the opposite.
I can tell when my neighbor is on his treadmill, or when my other neighbors are having sex (and they’re not even vocalizing much).
Just depends on the property, and how well it was built.
I lived in an apartment for 3 months and had to tip toe as quietly as humanly possible after 6pm or the person downstairs would bang on the ceiling. And I’m alreat a really quiet person…
A lot of apartments aren’t exactly modern. And it doesn’t help that people are so eager to call these impractical living spaces “historical”.
I hate “historical” building bullshit. I went to go stay in Seattle for a day and a half so I got a room for the night and then the hotel calls me to let me know it’s a historical building so they don’t have air conditioning.
This was the middle of August so of course I’m like, why did you call me to tell me this instead of listing it on your site you psychos? And the bitch bragged to me about working at a different hotel that charges $600 a room with NO air conditioning.
I couldn’t cancel cause they didn’t tell me until last minute either.
I don’t WANT to own an apartment. I don’t WANT to share walls with my neighbors. I want space to work on my hobby projects like with wood and metal. To make noise without upsetting anyone. To have privacy, and the ability to get away from people. I need a shed, a garage, and some yard space. The only way I can swing it is fewer people and more space. Europe is too crowded for that in many places. It sounds unpleasant.
deleted by creator
deleted by creator
Not here. Got everything you want, it’s bliss. Keep struggling, hopefully you get yours. Apartments are hell, I’d rather die than live in one again.
Shared wood/metal project places are awesome. There’s someone who maintains everything, and you get much better equipment. It’s not terribly expensive (cheaper than owning it all yourself), and can be local if density provides it. Look at places like The Crucible in Oakland (which is more tailored to art) or local trade schools will open their doors
What about a makerspace?
I have a shed. I don’t have a garage. I don’t have any more room for any more tools. Most of my tools are things I’ve used for one or two projects and that’s it.
Personally I’d much rather have a maker space that has a tool library so I stop spending so much money on tools that I need for one project. Like a hardwood floor nailer. I’ve got full hardwoods in my house now. Wtf do I need that for? Every time I find out a friend is going to start installing hardwoods, it turns out that they already bought the nailer by the time I found out.
I’m not opposed to it, but there’s something nice about having your own workshop. Depends on what you’re doing. I also have fewer and worse makerspaces where I am now than places I’ve lived in the past - it’s a crapshoot.
In the US, if you own an apartment it’s typically called a condo or townhouse so an apartment usually does indicate that it’s a rental. Maybe that’s a good indication that these discussions need to change their language when talking to Americans to make sure to include the words condo and townhouse. I live in a condo and the HOA sorta sucks but it has a lot of other advantages and we have a huge yard.
@lagomorphlecture Ah, thanks. That explains a lot in this thread. But still, living in an apartment can be great. Maybe right now in the US it’s hell. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Owning an apartment room is such a strange and foreign concept to me. This is the first time I’ve ever heard of such a thing
A condo.
The beautiful thing about America is we have enough space so that you could have the big house on the left AND the beautiful nature on the right at the same time.