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On Trivial Pursuits

Sunday the Sixteenth of August, Two Thousand and Nine

I suspect this is a question with immense psychological ramifications.

Ignoring all other considerations (rising heat, stairs, street noise, ease of burglary, &c), would you rather live on the top floor of a building, where you wouldn't have to worry about the neighbors above you making too much noise, or on the bottom floor, where you wouldn't have to worry about whether you were making too much noise?

posted by Martin Marks at 9:57 in the evening // ten comments

Before DDR: upstairs. After DDR, downstairs.

comment by Tim // Sunday, the 16th of August, 2009, at 10:09 in the evening

Depends on whether I'm living alone or not. Alone, it takes a hell of a lot to annoy me or keep me up, so I'd probably choose bottom floor. Married, I have to consider the feelings of my spouse, so I'd probably choose top floor. We live on the top floor, actually. Works out pretty well.

comment by Fafner // Sunday, the 16th of August, 2009, at 10:36 in the evening

Bottom floor, absolutely.

comment by Moss // Sunday, the 16th of August, 2009, at 10:53 in the evening

Yeah, Moss and I deliberately looked for a bottom floor apartment when we moved here.

comment by Julia // Sunday, the 16th of August, 2009, at 11:08 at night

Top. Absolutely. Have done both. I wind up feeling claustrophobic when there are people living above me.

comment by Tori // Sunday, the 16th of August, 2009, at 11:09 at night

Top floor. With lots of nice windows. As long as I didn't have to tote my stuff up the stairs.

comment by Katherine // Sunday, the 16th of August, 2009, at 11:26 at night

On this criterion alone, I'd be indifferent.

comment by Mike // Sunday, the 16th of August, 2009, at 11:32 at night

Having spent the past three years living in basement apartments, I can definitely say that the noise of the upstairs neighbors doesn't bother me. The lack of sunlight really gets to me after a while though, so I'm willing to take the risk now of being a noisy upstairs neighbor myself.

comment by Libby // Sunday, the 16th of August, 2009, at 11:56 at night

Oh, Libby adds an important wrinkle. I certainly wouldn't live in a basement apartment again. First floor in a place with no basement dweller for me.

comment by Moss // Monday, the 17th of August, 2009, at 5:17 in the afternoon

Well, Moss, I would never live in that basement apartment again, for sure. (Exactly how much of the blogmass resided in 8 Maryland Ave Apt B at one point or another?)

I've seen the downsides of both upstairs and downstairs and really, and truly, I would probably never live in an apartment again, unless I somehow found myself in Manhattan. I guess I would mostly prefer upstairs since I am mostly a quiet footed soul, although as Tim says, "fitness games" have changed everything.

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