laconic1

Yeah, I saw the thread title and thought the apartment I lived in one year in college was a shit hole, but you guys have lived in some places that aren't fit to be lived in. But what the hell, here's my story.

My second year of college I moved into my first apartment by myself. The previous year I had two roommates who trashed my apartment so the money I had to spend fixing that one cut into my budget for my new apartment. The apartment had carpet that was older than me, with all kinds of weird stains on it. It had a constant smell that I never could get rid of that was a cross between cigarette smoke, weed, and cat piss. The ceiling leaked water, the neighbor on one side of me was a gangsta wannabe playing thunderously loud music all night, the neighbor on the other side was a mental nutcase. When the wind blew outside the blinds flapped about like the windows weren't even closed. People were always fighting and the cops were there regularly. But other than too many crickets I never had issues with roaches or other critters.