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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We both hate where we live but due to the housing market we feel very very trapped. We have a one bedroom apartment in the city of Alexandria it's terrible. I hate my life, my cars been broken into 3 times, the doors on our complex used to lock but have been unlocked and open for 9 months now. Sewer bill and water bill for one month was over $140. The neighbors we share walls with are rude jerks so I have to listen to music and video games 24/7, smell weed smoke, hear people yelling all the time, it's really unbelievable we find ourselves in this situation. Mind blowing really. We are trapped. [/quote]

This sounds incredibly stressful.

From our years in apartment living, we would sometimes remove vent covers on walls adjoining neighbors’ and place a piece of cardboard taped tightly inside to block smoke. Electrical tape over generally hidden gaps (under sink plumbing, around the medicine cabinets and circuit breaker panel—basically anything that cuts into the wall) can help, as can an air purifier. Adding weatherstripping to the doorframe of your entry door, plus a draft blocker at the bottom can make a difference (with noise, too).

Annoying, but use earplugs and a white noise machine (phone app versions are also good) when you have to.

Regarding the building entry doors not locking for nine months, that’s especially egregious and seems reportable. Check the city’s website for reporting landlord violations.

Best of luck to you that your situation improves soon.

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