How Long is Your Drive/Commute to Work?

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catnip wrote: That sounds awesome.

And yep, I hear ya with the college-town apartments; I'm the only one in my 4-person apartment that's out of school, and for example, I was awoken at 2:30 this morning with Biggie blaring right above my head. Don't get me wrong, I love me some Biggie Smalls, but after asking my roommate to turn it down (he had some guests over, too), I gave up and had to walk to my girlfriend's place around 3 a.m.

I like to think it's awesome:

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We're thinking about getting dormers for the third floor, but I'm happy with the way it looks now.

When my wife and I were living in an apartment, I would walk over to the noise makers and explain "It's 3am, my wife is a teacher and wakes up at 5am. I don't want to be the dick who calls the cops, but you've got to give me a break". Almost always worked, but we did have some neighbors who would turn it down for twenty minutes, assume we went back to bed, and then turn it back up again. Idiots.
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Luke wrote: I like to think it's awesome:

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We're thinking about getting dormers for the third floor, but I'm happy with the way it looks now.
Damn, nice man! It looks so... Warm... And... snow-less. *Looks outside, sees the 3 feet of snow on the ground; shivers*
Luke wrote: When my wife and I were living in an apartment, I would walk over to the noise makers and explain "It's 3am, my wife is a teacher and wakes up at 5am. I don't want to be the dick who calls the cops, but you've got to give me a break". Almost always worked, but we did have some neighbors who would turn it down for twenty minutes, assume we went back to bed, and then turn it back up again. Idiots.
Is it bad that I've been tempted to call the cops on my own damn apartment? Sometimes I think the noise complaint ticket would be worth it... Then I realize that the volume would go right back up after the cops left. I'm just happy my gf's place is only a few minutes away, and that we will be living together in a (hopefully) quieter apartment come June.
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Your house has too many windows Luke.
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Ehh I'd just give anything to have my own place right about now. I know someone is going to respond saying, "Enjoy it while it lasts". But i'm fed up with living with my mom but can't afford to move out right now on part time pay :-\ If i get offered to work in the outer banks this summer with HT I'm accepting it, the noise part wouldn't bother me too bad because I would have my headphones plugged in or playing games(which I'm hopping to rebook up my xrocker gaming chair soon which I'll have headphones plugged into it....
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darsparx wrote:Ehh I'd just give anything to have my own place right about now. I know someone is going to respond saying, "Enjoy it while it lasts". But i'm fed up with living with my mom but can't afford to move out right now on part time pay :-\ If i get offered to work in the outer banks this summer with HT I'm accepting it, the noise part wouldn't bother me too bad because I would have my headphones plugged in or playing games(which I'm hopping to rebook up my xrocker gaming chair soon which I'll have headphones plugged into it....
I definitely feel you man. People will say you will regret it and you might for a little while, but if you have to move back, it will suck. After I graduated from college I moved back home. It SUCKED. I couldn't wait to get out and probably led to us getting a shitty apartment that I also hate, but September our lease is up and hopefully we will have bought a place by then.
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Yeah exactly why i'm hoping to get a full time job soon so maybe I can afford to move out, even though I'll be trying to get closer to charlotte than I am so I'm closer to the retro stores and work(even if my drive is only 10-15 minutes right now...). Guess that's one of the biggest reasons I should've gone against what my mom told me and got a job long before now even if I would only work on the weekends XD
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I also really enjoy the advantages of not having someone else living in an apartment beneath/above/to the side (and also not having to pay fees for elevators and cleaning the stairways) and it is a very good point. If I get to retire I would prefer to move out of apartments. But while I am working 5 days a week, I rather have the extra free time :)
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Ivo wrote:I also really enjoy the advantages of not having someone else living in an apartment beneath/above/to the side (and also not having to pay fees for elevators and cleaning the stairways) and it is a very good point. If I get to retire I would prefer to move out of apartments. But while I am working 5 days a week, I rather have the extra free time :)

Heh, that's why I'd try to have a small low cost house, with a small yard that has a room I can dedicate to gaming seems like less work than the houses most people want XD
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darsparx wrote:
Ivo wrote:I also really enjoy the advantages of not having someone else living in an apartment beneath/above/to the side (and also not having to pay fees for elevators and cleaning the stairways) and it is a very good point. If I get to retire I would prefer to move out of apartments. But while I am working 5 days a week, I rather have the extra free time :)

Heh, that's why I'd try to have a small low cost house, with a small yard that has a room I can dedicate to gaming seems like less work than the houses most people want XD
Well I am lining up to buy 20 acres and build a castle on it, so yeah...granted 18 of those 20 acres would be fields for animals.

*Castle for house is unlikely, but I will have a Castle structure on the property. Maybe just the workshop.
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If you want to save on time and money for house upkeep, don't have kids. They're engines of destruction.
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