What kind of people live in your building?

***Jan*** · January 16th, 2013, 02:57 PM

The one I live in now was built in 1989 and quite some residents still live there since the opening. It's actually quite normal for a residential building that the average age rises as the building gets older. The age range is scattered from people in their 30's to some probably way up in their 70's. Most people are just very normal people, meaning that they're all nice, but don't really stand out in the crowd. The fact that it's a rental means you can't do much with the walls, kitchen, bathroom, etc anyway. In the last year I have seen one couple with a baby child and I think they're on their way out. Mostly singles and couples around here.

tpe · January 16th, 2013, 05:41 PM

In Manhattan:

A lot of bankers and finance people. At least one co-owner of a design company. One head/founder of a job placement office for senior management. A few lawyers. Etc.

Most are more mature couples and singles. Some have kids and many have dogs/pets. I think there's hardly anybody in their 20s and under (except the kids).

Eric Offereins · January 16th, 2013, 09:08 PM

In my building it's all working class.

Disturbing Reality · January 17th, 2013, 01:45 AM

mostly working class and middle age.. a bunch of kids my age, late teens to mid 20s also live here.. we occasionally hangout at the gym, sometimes i also hangout with older people and they're great! I haven't seen very young kids, 12 and below, around here...

HS · January 17th, 2013, 07:24 PM

In my building it's mostly elderly people. The tower was built in 1978 for professionals and blue-collar workers' supervisors and most of the dwellers live here since then. There are some students like me (it's just down the road from my university) and a few families with one child (all apartments here have only three rooms). But I guess that's going to change within a decade. Old people will die and the new ones will come. It has already happened in other towers in the neighborhood (first one was built in 1970), where as I can see young people are the majority.

pumpikatze · January 17th, 2013, 10:51 PM

I live in a building built in the 1890s, one typical building from that period.
It has 4 floors (plus ground floor), just one flat in every floor. There´s a single mother with her daughter, a family with arabic origin (couple with three kids) - really nice and friendly people, and one young couple, kinda trendy persons, but almost never at home.
Ah yes, and there is a couple from former yugoslavia, living in a small two-room-apartment in the ground floor, but I guess they try to live there "in secret" and want nobody to know they are there.

***ikops*** · January 18th, 2013, 09:27 AM

My neighbour downstairs sings opera. I hear it whenever I am going to the loo. His voice goes through the venting pipes.

anakngpasig · January 19th, 2013, 06:15 PM

mostly fashion/magazine/tv models, band singers, artsy-fartsy single people, people from advertising agencies. the building sometimes (probably more often), becomes crazy during weekends, with everyone throwing parties at the same time

Ribarca · January 22nd, 2013, 04:06 AM

Quite a few expats (Western, Japanese) it seems and some locals.

madrasi7777 · January 23rd, 2013, 02:38 PM

My building has variety, I have software engineers, bankers, businessmen, retired people. Insurance people, engineers, management people.

isaidso · January 24th, 2013, 08:43 AM

Young professionals and seniors, not much in between. My building is about 40% gay.

aaabbbccc · January 26th, 2013, 11:53 AM

I live in a mixed income condo complex , we have college students ,young professionals , families , baby boomers , retirees ( some are snow birds )
we have a mix of section 8 / welfare , working class /blue collar , white collar middle class and even very wealthy residents .
We also have people from at least 25 different countries , a very diverse place

Eric Offereins · January 27th, 2013, 01:56 PM

That is really diverse, That is basically everyone.

naomiswanson · March 13th, 2013, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Jan

The one I live in now was built in 1989 and quite some residents still live there since the opening. It's actually quite normal for a residential building that the average age rises as the building gets older. The age range is scattered from people in their 30's to some probably way up in their 70's. Most people are just very normal people, meaning that they're all nice, but don't really stand out in the crowd. The fact that it's a rental means you can't do much with the walls, kitchen, bathroom, etc anyway. In the last year I have seen one couple with a baby child and I think they're on their way out. Mostly singles and couples around here.

I recently live in a new building where a lots of students are living.There are also working people residing around.That's why i love to stay here because it is not a very noisy place and people are very kind.

UmarPK · March 13th, 2013, 01:57 AM

Mostly whites in my residential building at school.

Nikonov_Ivan · March 14th, 2013, 09:26 PM

Just Me and my family

dj4life · March 19th, 2013, 07:15 PM

Students.

As a masters' student I currently live in a strategically well located student area of Stockholm. Prior to that I lived in a small suburb which is located near the international airport Arlanda.

***musiccity*** · March 20th, 2013, 02:52 AM

The people who live in my building are really ghetto

Suburbanist · March 20th, 2013, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by musiccity

The people who live in my building are really ghetto

Weren't you moving out to your own rented house in Starkville with some friends?

***musiccity*** · March 20th, 2013, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suburbanist

Weren't you moving out to your own rented house in Starkville with some friends?

I will be in August! And it's just an apartment

January 16th, 2013, 02:57 PM	#1
*Jan* High there, what's up! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Rotterdam Posts: 14,454 Likes (Received): 515	What kind of people live in your building? The one I live in now was built in 1989 and quite some residents still live there since the opening. It's actually quite normal for a residential building that the average age rises as the building gets older. The age range is scattered from people in their 30's to some probably way up in their 70's. Most people are just very normal people, meaning that they're all nice, but don't really stand out in the crowd. The fact that it's a rental means you can't do much with the walls, kitchen, bathroom, etc anyway. In the last year I have seen one couple with a baby child and I think they're on their way out. Mostly singles and couples around here.

January 16th, 2013, 05:41 PM	#2
tpe Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Chicago & NYC Posts: 3,427 Likes (Received): 83	In Manhattan: A lot of bankers and finance people. At least one co-owner of a design company. One head/founder of a job placement office for senior management. A few lawyers. Etc. Most are more mature couples and singles. Some have kids and many have dogs/pets. I think there's hardly anybody in their 20s and under (except the kids). Last edited by tpe; January 16th, 2013 at 05:53 PM.

January 17th, 2013, 01:45 AM	#4
Disturbing Reality Noxious Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: East Coast Posts: 1,119 Likes (Received): 38	mostly working class and middle age.. a bunch of kids my age, late teens to mid 20s also live here.. we occasionally hangout at the gym, sometimes i also hangout with older people and they're great! I haven't seen very young kids, 12 and below, around here... __________________ Omnia Ad Dei Gloriam.. Heroes die first, Legends die hard

January 17th, 2013, 07:24 PM	#5
HS I am the passanger Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Downtown Kato Posts: 3,874 Likes (Received): 68	In my building it's mostly elderly people. The tower was built in 1978 for professionals and blue-collar workers' supervisors and most of the dwellers live here since then. There are some students like me (it's just down the road from my university) and a few families with one child (all apartments here have only three rooms). But I guess that's going to change within a decade. Old people will die and the new ones will come. It has already happened in other towers in the neighborhood (first one was built in 1970), where as I can see young people are the majority. __________________ KATOWICE, SL

January 17th, 2013, 10:51 PM	#6
pumpikatze Pichichi de la liga Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Vindobona Posts: 1,506 Likes (Received): 185	I live in a building built in the 1890s, one typical building from that period. It has 4 floors (plus ground floor), just one flat in every floor. There´s a single mother with her daughter, a family with arabic origin (couple with three kids) - really nice and friendly people, and one young couple, kinda trendy persons, but almost never at home. Ah yes, and there is a couple from former yugoslavia, living in a small two-room-apartment in the ground floor, but I guess they try to live there "in secret" and want nobody to know they are there. __________________ Vienna, Vienna You´re not a legend you´re living Show your every face in endless grace Vienna, Vienna

January 16th, 2013, 09:08 PM	#3
Eric Offereins The only way is up Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Rotterdam Posts: 35,615 Likes (Received): 636	In my building it's all working class.

January 18th, 2013, 09:27 AM	#7
*ikops* Moderator Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Den Haag Posts: 5,935 Likes (Received): 133	My neighbour downstairs sings opera. I hear it whenever I am going to the loo. His voice goes through the venting pipes.

January 19th, 2013, 06:15 PM	#8
anakngpasig recovering assaholic Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ciudad Pasig Posts: 2,382 Likes (Received): 146	mostly fashion/magazine/tv models, band singers, artsy-fartsy single people, people from advertising agencies. the building sometimes (probably more often), becomes crazy during weekends, with everyone throwing parties at the same time __________________ Ne’er shall invaders trample thy sacred shoal.

January 22nd, 2013, 04:06 AM	#9
Ribarca Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,052 Likes (Received): 119	Quite a few expats (Western, Japanese) it seems and some locals. __________________ Hup Holland Hup, Visca el Barça i Visca Catalunya

January 23rd, 2013, 02:38 PM	#10
madrasi7777 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Chennai Posts: 781 Likes (Received): 94	My building has variety, I have software engineers, bankers, businessmen, retired people. Insurance people, engineers, management people.

January 24th, 2013, 08:43 AM	#11
isaidso the new republic Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The United Provinces of America Posts: 18,592 Likes (Received): 330	Young professionals and seniors, not much in between. My building is about 40% gay. __________________ World's 1st Baseball Game: June 4th, 1838, Beachville, Ontario, Canada North America's Oldest Pro Football Teams: Toronto Argonauts (1873) and Hamilton Tiger Cats (1869) I started my first photo thread documenting a recent trip to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Have a peek: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=724898

January 26th, 2013, 11:53 AM	#12
aaabbbccc Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: ORLANDO / CASABLANCA/ SAN JUAN Posts: 3,164 Likes (Received): 17	I live in a mixed income condo complex , we have college students ,young professionals , families , baby boomers , retirees ( some are snow birds ) we have a mix of section 8 / welfare , working class /blue collar , white collar middle class and even very wealthy residents . We also have people from at least 25 different countries , a very diverse place __________________ I HAVE VISITED THE UNITED STATES , CANADA , MEXICO , PUERTO RICO , MOROCCO , FRANCE , SPAIN , ITALY , ISRAEL , KUWAIT , TUNISIA , COSTA RICA AND EGYPT AND I AM PROUD TO BE MOROCCAN , FRENCH AND PUERTO RICAN

January 27th, 2013, 01:56 PM	#13
Eric Offereins The only way is up Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Rotterdam Posts: 35,615 Likes (Received): 636	That is really diverse, That is basically everyone.

March 13th, 2013, 01:57 AM	#15
UmarPK BANNED Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Baltimore/Washington D.C Posts: 287 Likes (Received): 165	Mostly whites in my residential building at school.

March 14th, 2013, 09:26 PM	#16
Nikonov_Ivan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Minsk/ Jurmala/ Dubai Posts: 1,470 Likes (Received): 97	Just Me and my family

March 19th, 2013, 07:15 PM	#17
dj4life Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Stockholm (SE) Posts: 6,299 Likes (Received): 1181	Students. As a masters' student I currently live in a strategically well located student area of Stockholm. Prior to that I lived in a small suburb which is located near the international airport Arlanda.

March 20th, 2013, 02:52 AM	#18
*musiccity* :) Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Nashville, Tennessee Posts: 14,940 Likes (Received): 697	The people who live in my building are really ghetto __________________ Starkville - A Progressive Mississippi Town #Pray4Boston

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