Do you hear footsteps above your head? What about below the floor boards? Does another front door exist 2 yards away from your own? If you have answered, "yes" to any of these questions, you have building sharers, more commonly known as neighbors. With the world's population increasing every day, space on the good ol blue planet is getting tight (actually, if you saw most of the state of Indiana, you may think otherwise. Fields on fields on fields). Therefore, instead of going the traditional, horizontal co-habitation route, some choose to stack living spaces, thereby creating apartments.
After living in our apartment for a month (our appartmentversary was the 19th!), we've had some time to casually observe our fellow home stackers. I've noted several species of neighbors that I feel are pretty common in most apartmenthoods.
1. The hateful pooch. Our neighbors up one and to the left's little pride and joy stands on the balcony waiting for someone minding their own business to walk by so he can freak out on them. Every time I see that little brown head pop out if the railing I prepare my ears for several minutes of manic barking. And he's not even cute.
2. The sweet old couple. Don and Lisa's front door is a mirror image of our own, minus their "Welcome!" sign and rocking chair (I'm not even kidding). Both always smile "hi" in passing, sometimes even stopping to make conversation! I want to bring them cookies sometime.
3. The angsty dude. Every morning, I see the same guy (about our age) take his dog out, and then again later. Every time, he seems to be in a bad mood. Maybe he's just not a fan of the dog, but some people just born party poopers.
{UPDATE! After this post was written, said dude introduced himself to Rachael and I. He's not actually grumpy, except when his dog eats an entire bottle of ibuprofen.}
4. The chic career woman. Pretty Asian Lady is always looking stellar when she leaves in the morning. I would guess she spends her weekdays working at Saks, as a realtor, or at a magazine. I think we would be great friends.
5. The Rando's. Either some of our neighbors are secretly shape shifters plotting to take over the neighborhood or different people are in and out constantly. Besides the regulars observed, we watch the population of a small country coming and going over the week. The Rando family is massive.
Overall, our neighbors ain't half bad (with the exception of Bob the Barker over there). Hopefully before we move out, I can test my hypotheses and learn more about our fellow vertical dwellers!
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