Although the building looks sketchy at first glance, the apartments inside are actually very nice and spacious. However, if you can help it, DO NOT rent an apartment on the 5th floor, unless you enjoy hearing a constant stream of abusive yelling by one particular tenant. I lived on the 5th floor for 2 years. Day in and day out, I was constantly bothered by the sound of one neighbor screaming and... [more]
Although the building looks sketchy at first glance, the apartments inside are actually very nice and spacious. However, if you can help it, DO NOT rent an apartment on the 5th floor, unless you enjoy hearing a constant stream of abusive yelling by one particular tenant.
I lived on the 5th floor for 2 years. Day in and day out, I was constantly bothered by the sound of one neighbor screaming and cussing (presumably into a phone) at all hours of the day. This particular neighbor, an elderly man, would sometimes go into an insane cursing tirade for MORE THAN AN HOUR. I'm talking Christian Bale on Terminator set-type freak out, except louder, crueler and filthier. Being female, hearing the screaming fits through the walls actually scared the crap out of me and made me fear for my safety. That's how horribly abusive and vulgar this man's rants were. He always sounded about one notch away from going on a murderous spree (and truth be told, it wouldn't have surprised me if he had).
I have no clue what poor sap (again, presumably on the other end of the phone) would sit through hours and hours of this guy screaming and hurling curses at them but what I am even more amazed at is that I put up with it for two years. I feel somewhat of an obligation to warn the landlady about this psycho tenant but I fear he may just come after me with an axe someday. Yup, he seems THAT crazy. STAY AWAY FROM THE FIFTH FLOOR!
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