Living in senior apartments

[sh58233857]

Do you live in senior apartments? What are your views? Some prefer it, others have found it is not what they expected.

[WebWiseWoman]

I think you may want to work with property management about this. It seems something has changed drastically, which might be structural, and if so, could be lethal.

If you never had this audio intrusion before, there may be something going on with the interior of the building.

Thinking of the collapses and fires recently, perhaps a building check up might be in order?

#StaySafe

[TomW178779]

I'm very noise sensitive and have exceptional hearing.   It's a blessing to have but it's also a curse.   I have been living in apartments for decades and I'm sick of it.   I've been wanting to move to a more rural area and live in a small house (I've posted about that on the Housing forum).  It seems like when apartments were built, the construction seemed shoddy.   It's very thin drywall.  Also it can be a pain when someone lives above you; and it doesn't take much to make a lot of noise from up there. 

At where I live the people are not very neighborly, so it behooves me to stay where I am - having the disadvantages of unfriendly neighbors and putting up with their noise.   And, by the way, it's a 55+ place I live at!   

[sh58233857]

I live in a 55+ place but have lived in apts. all my life. I have encountered more "hostility" in the 55+ community compared to the general population apartment complexes. 

[TomW178779]

I am sorry to hear about your job situation.  It sounds kind of like of what it was for me.  I retired last June and it was unexpected.   I left my job in disgust.  I had loved that job I had for 15 years, but it turned bad.  You might say that the pandemic had something to do with it, but when the pandemic first happened (around April '20) it was nice for me at that time.  It was the last few months that things changed.

Now I find myself thinking about having to move.   I live in a fairly expensive area.  I did well when I was working but now, not so.  I don't feel like I have motivation to try to get another job since I feel like I'm still recovering from the trauma of my last job.  Also I've been thinking about the past and how I was treated terribly over the years at the various jobs I had.

Some people close to me and I have been at odds with each other about this.  It has sent me into a very deep depression.  I'm feeling like there's no light at the end of the tunnel.  Or that I'm feeling like it's all my fault because I'm at odds with others and haven't made progress.         

[sh58233857]

Jobs..and how we are treated have a major impact on our quality of life. 

[DoreenJ834269]

I am very noise sensitive, but it follows an injury I had years ago. It can be very annoying. My friends now say i have "bionic" hearing. I cope the best ways I can.

[sh58233857]

I am sorry for your injury even though it was a while back.

I ordered some special kind of ear plugs to drown out noise and also a headset which hasn't arrived yet to drown out noise. It's a sad commentary when to enjoy your apt you have to go to such lengths. Like Tom W. above, I took would like to have my own home.

I don't see that happening but I would love it. I also would be very satisfied to live in an apt. that is made with expensive materials that prevented alot of the kind of sounds I hear here. I mean hearing someone talk on the phone and you can hear their every word. That's terrible insulation. And I mean terrible.