My Quirky Apartment Community
The apartment complex that I currently live in has a really odd atmosphere. It’s almost like a retirement home, but way cooler. Roughly half the apartments in the complex are rented by people over age 60. When we moved in, there were only two children in the whole place, which is +140 units!
What does my complex have that yours probably doesn’t?
- 102.9 Lite FM is piped through the hallways during the daytime. Yes, just the daytime. It is turned off every night around 8pm or so.
- A ‘Take-a-book/Leave-a-book’ bookcase full of old treasures. Today I scored a 6th edition (from 1961) copy of 500 Recipes by Request: From Mother Anderson’s Famous Dutch Kitchens. Awesome. *grin*
- A pretty good sized group of women does a Tai Chi exercise VHS tape together in the lobby some evenings. This ‘community benefit’ is not advertised anywhere. I think it’s a by-invite-only kind of thing. I find it totally adorable.
- Jigsaw puzzles sometimes appear in the lobby for tenants to put together. I’ve been so tempted to kidnap a few pieces for a couple of days, just to see if anyone notices! I’ve been good though.
- Cheap laundry!! A wash cycle is $1.00, and a dry cycle is $0.50. An entire load is clean for just $1.50! Around here that’s nearly unheard of!! It’s probably because half the renters can remember back to when it cost $0.25 to wash. At least one person has lived here since the place opened in the early 60′s.
I’m sure I’ve missed a few things, but those are the big ones. I’m really quite glad we moved here. The location isn’t perfect, only having close access to one bus line, but it’s totally homey and cool here. (Is it homey or homy? Google results seem to suggest it is both!? They’re listed as variants of each other… it’s an infinite loop!)
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That sounds amazing! Sometimes little quirky things like that can really make a place feel like home.
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That sounds neat! Our old apartment had the cheapest laundry in town, was $1 for wash $1 for dry…it went up a month before we moved out. And our laundry room was a goodwill lol. Sounds like you had more luck with the books then I ever did
And I love the idea of Tai Chi in the lobby! lol
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Don’t forget the eccentric caretaker/manager… she’s awesome! I’m not 100% sure the amazing Christmas decor is her doing, but I’m not sure who else it would be. The main entrance of the building opens onto a two-story open common area with sofas, coffee tables, and various issues of the latest AARP magazine. The funny thing about this is that there is a wall just inside the main door that used to sport a waterfall that started from near the ceiling of the second floor and cascade down a dark-gray tile wall. And for some strange reason this wall sports a brass duck with its wings spread. The duck is the highlight of the Christmas decor… somehow the manager finds a way to get a little Santa hat way up there on his head!
Wow! Sounds great…totally makes it worth living in a place that feels homey! Music through the corridoors…ah…I wish. Very happy with my unit block but there’s nothing like yours present here. And book exchange!!! Awesome. I would love something like that….