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What I am trying to say...is, as long as you are happy and content,,,,,this is what matters more than anything..There is nothing wrong with tower blocks...
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My Mom and sister lived on the 9th floor of a 13 story block.
My biggest problem was the noise from crying babies. |
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I would live in this one if I could afford it
http://www.432parkavenue.com I definitely wouldn't live in a British council tower block, as the ones round here tend to be crime and drug infested. |
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If the lift didn't work I would be in difficulty.
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I have lived in a tower for over 20 years. I'm not saying they are all good as I have visited a couple that I would never live in but the one I am in is very well maintained. We have caretakers 12 hours a day, 365 days a year and there is one on call 24 hours a day. There is a launderette if you need it (handy if your washing machine breaks down or you want to wash larger items) and we have our own tenant's association for any problems. I did have a problem neighbour at one point but that could happen in any type of accommodation and generally, people are friendly and help each other out. When new people visit me, they are often surprised at how nice the tower is as I think they expect it to be run down with a few drug addicts lying about! It's not perfect, I would love a bigger kitchen but I have been very happy here and I think it's a shame that there is a stigma attached to living in a tower that everyone is on benefits or drugs or whatever. The reality is that most are just hard working, good people like everyone else.
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I would live in this one if I could afford it
http://www.432parkavenue.com I definitely wouldn't live in a British council tower block, as the ones round here tend to be crime and drug infested. |
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I'm not against living on a tower block but not the one nearest us. It has had anti social problems for years now. Only last year one of the elderly residents had her mobility scooter set on fire by the local yobbos. They had to evacuate half the building.
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I have lived in a tower for over 20 years. I'm not saying they are all good as I have visited a couple that I would never live in but the one I am in is very well maintained. We have caretakers 12 hours a day, 365 days a year and there is one on call 24 hours a day. There is a launderette if you need it (handy if your washing machine breaks down or you want to wash larger items) and we have our own tenant's association for any problems. I did have a problem neighbour at one point but that could happen in any type of accommodation and generally, people are friendly and help each other out. When new people visit me, they are often surprised at how nice the tower is as I think they expect it to be run down with a few drug addicts lying about! It's not perfect, I would love a bigger kitchen but I have been very happy here and I think it's a shame that there is a stigma attached to living in a tower that everyone is on benefits or drugs or whatever. The reality is that most are just hard working, good people like everyone else.
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I'm not against living on a tower block but not the one nearest us. It has had anti social problems for years now. Only last year one of the elderly residents had her mobility scooter set on fire by the local yobbos. They had to evacuate half the building.
Demolition of Kersal Flats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUIk5LnI6vg |
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Like Kersal Flats in Salford (now mostly demolished). Students were warned not to walk through there at night.
Demolition of Kersal Flats https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUIk5LnI6vg |
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I have friends who live in tower blocks. The people are decent, there's never any trouble, the lifts always work. I'm sure some are better than others, but I'd have no problem living in any of the tower block my friends live in.
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I would hate to live in a tower block after living the past 50 years in a detached house. I would not like the closed in feeling despite having open views, with neighbours living that close to me. The fact i would have to travel up and down in lifts and have to carry everything like shopping from my car I would see as a big disadvantage. I have no parking problems as I have ample parking off road for a dozen cars or more if needed for a party and no noise from the road outside.
There was a colleague at work who lived a a block of flats who was always complaining about people using the stairs and lift as a public urinal and the area always smelt of disinfectant. I would also miss my large garden, the open space around me, although not as high as a tower block I have lovely countryside views from all my windows on four sides of my house. No, a high-rise tower black would be living hell for me. |
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Why don't people just buy apartments instead
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I lived in a tower block. It was lovely inside and the rooms were bigger than what you get in a house. The only downside was pissy lifts, traffic noise (I lived on top of the A13). Being able to hear other people's music and when they were using the loo and because I lived on an estate, cars blowing up all the time because they were being set on fire.
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It was 1990 ..... Things change
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That's the thing though. There are two main issues here IMO. The facilities and the safety concerns. The latter overrides the former in my case.
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If I was in the top 10 of the top 10th of the 1% Any of these would do for me: http://uk.businessinsider.com/most-e...-world-2014-12
![]() But in reality I live in the ground floor flat of a three flat tall block, and its nice here. On a tangent, the apartment buildings on Coruscant are 20 kilometers high.
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They can be great for the right people but not for me, I woud have to have a cast iron guarantee the lift would work, I struggle now with just one flight of stairs. Also I know it's probably mad but I have to see a tree outside my accommodation, here one of the only things I love about our flat is the large oak and the smaller flowering cherry outside my window.
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I lived in a tower block. It was lovely inside and the rooms were bigger than what you get in a house. The only downside was pissy lifts, traffic noise (I lived on top of the A13). Being able to hear other people's music and when they were using the loo and because I lived on an estate, cars blowing up all the time because they were being set on fire.
![]() I don't think I could do it, mainly due to my love of a garden. I have always lived somewhere with my own garden and I spend most of my life in it. The thought of having no outside space to call my own would be horrible. I think I have watched too many crime dramas too as I always think of tower blocks as drug dens. |
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I viewed a flat in a tower block once and it was like something from A Life Of Grime. Also the man who was showing me round said past 9pm it becomes like Ibiza. Loud music, drink, drugs and dealers pulling up all the time.
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That is a lot of downsides
![]() I don't think I could do it, mainly due to my love of a garden. I have always lived somewhere with my own garden and I spend most of my life in it. The thought of having no outside space to call my own would be horrible. I think I have watched too many crime dramas too as I always think of tower blocks as drug dens. |
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No, I need a garden for my two pups and somewhere to hang my washing out.
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