My neighbor told my landlord to shove-it and so she'll be moving out in June. The landlord doesn't salt the very long driveway in the winter, and my neighbor kept risking falling on her ass. The landlord also hasn't replaced the hall light after 6 months, even after being asked a few times, so that's a fall-risk to visitors coming down the stairs into darkness and for those who can't see the damn keyhole. It took the landlord several months to patch a hole in the wall that was leaking rainwater into the kitchen; that's just unconscionable. And trying to get any work done requires calling the property manager, and maintenance gets instructed on what to do by her, even if it is foul-wrong. I would say the property manager must go before I should go. That's why this is hidden in the comments.
The next county over might be cheaper for rents, but their job market likely won't pay the bills. Minimum wage is just over $7 an hour, and part-time work is what's offered so you'd have to get Food Stamps & Medicaid in addition to what Wal-Mart pays.
I live in the damn basement. There's no light & no room.
ReplyDeleteBut at least the floors are sturdy so I don't fall through.
ReplyDeleteScratch that. Just got some legal papers in the mail that are gonna put me in high anxiety for weeks.
ReplyDeleteI haven't felt this kind of anxiety in about a year. Lease renewal time. And I never know how it's gonna turn out because everybody is so damn flaky.
ReplyDeleteI could be debilitated by anxiety in 20 minutes if I keep on with this line of thought. Time to scrub some sinks.
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ReplyDeleteMy neighbor told my landlord to shove-it and so she'll be moving out in June. The landlord doesn't salt the very long driveway in the winter, and my neighbor kept risking falling on her ass. The landlord also hasn't replaced the hall light after 6 months, even after being asked a few times, so that's a fall-risk to visitors coming down the stairs into darkness and for those who can't see the damn keyhole. It took the landlord several months to patch a hole in the wall that was leaking rainwater into the kitchen; that's just unconscionable. And trying to get any work done requires calling the property manager, and maintenance gets instructed on what to do by her, even if it is foul-wrong. I would say the property manager must go before I should go. That's why this is hidden in the comments.
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ReplyDeleteThe rent here is $470 a month & electric.
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This is in a welfare based town that probably has the lowest median income in the statistical metro-county area with little to no job opportunities.
ReplyDeleteThe next county over might be cheaper for rents, but their job market likely won't pay the bills.
ReplyDeleteMinimum wage is just over $7 an hour, and part-time work is what's offered so you'd have to get Food Stamps & Medicaid in addition to what Wal-Mart pays.
I can't remember if half or 2/3rds of the elementary school kids get free lunches in my city of what was once 14K people.
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