There are many advantages and disadvantages to apartment living. A wonderful advantage is all this warmth (apartment buildings are notoriously wasteful with the heat, lest someone complains). While Dear finds it excessively warm, I'm enjoying being able to feel my fingers and toes, and not wearing 3 layers of clothes. It's also great to be able to have the windows open while we're painting so that we don't die of fumes or frostbite in this weather.
I love not having to mow the lawn, shovel snow, de-ice the sidewalk (and worry that there will be morons hoping to sue you for slippage), clean the yard, paint the fence and door, pay for water. Another advantage is being able to throw out the trash in just a few steps, while in your loungewear, and be warm, without braving the elements outside.
But it's not all hunky dory. I hate being woken up at 7:30am on Saturday mornings because the kid in the adjoining apartment loves to run relay races with his 8 (not so imaginary) friends back and forth for his morning workout. And it's hard to get used to our upstairs neighbor blaring his TV or occasionally dropping something. I had also forgotten about the ickiness of vermin that is, very often, out of your control because no matter what you do, if your neighbors aren't as diligent as you, they will find a way. Thank goodness for exterminators, but I still don't feel safe without wiping down the entire stove (including the burner grates) and countertops after cooking. What I miss most about living in a house is now having to go all the way downstairs to do laundry, and the associated fear of whether or not someone else will mess with your clothes. There is also the inconvenience of lugging everything, including the laundry detergent, quarters, fabric softener, not to mention your clothes.
Which is better -- apartment or house? Given my laziness, I'd choose apartment living. Right now, I also have no desire to have so much property to take care of.
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