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Yes I agree with you completely. I live in a stand-alone building. I would have loved to live in a complex for the following reasons: 1. A complex has a guarded wall around it and a security personnel at the gate, which imparts a certain amount of safety to the flats inside. Not anyone and everyone can walk in at will. it is most secure for the elderly and for single people. 2. A complex has many families residing together and you are bound to bond with some families and develop a friendship with them. so you don’t feel alone even if you don’t have friends from outside. 3. kids don’t feel lonely either as there are several kids in a complex and they have space and opportunity to play together. 4. all problems related to the building is taken care of the committee looking after the complex and you don’t have to run after plumbers and masons to fix things in your flat. You just pay the committee and they will find the workmen for you. 5. and last as you said, religious festivals are a community affair. But just as wishes are not horses, so is my unfulfilled desire to live in a community building LOL!

I also live in a complex.It is great fun.I just love those intruders at odd times with glee on the pretext of friendship and yap for hours over the subjects which are poison to me unmindful of our growling bellies which yearn for the limited food waiting for us.And I love those brats with a stink who barges in the midst of our trance with our only favorite program in TV that comes once in million years and gluttening away with whatever available.I like the common pool with hippos in swim suits and brave the gym to see the California Governors.Wow what a complex life.

I live in a complex. I am a very quiet person and keep to myself alot but I do know and am friendly with my neighbors. At first, I was a bit apprehensive of all the neighbors and the closeness of all the apts. Ive been here a while and taken moments to chat and get to know my neighbors without getting overly involved in their lives. We don't have all the activities that your place does but we do all look out for each other and each other's kids. We do all work together to keep it a decent place to live. We have each others backs, you could say and i like that. I rarely say more than a friendly hello to the people next door as i pass by but when I learned they were having financial difficulies a couple of years back i rounded up some others and we donated what we could to help them thru. He is a computer whiz and has since helped me countless times when my computer has acted up.

I live in an idividual house I heve never lived in a complex or a building and I dont think I can live there. I like my privacy and big yard and space. I know that in complez life is never boring and kids are safer and have someone to play with all the time and thats a big plus but I am lucky because many of my neighbours have kids so they can always come and play and be looked after.

I live in a house on the northern beaches of NSW and really like it and nice to look out window and see the water and boats. Only rent though way to expensive to buy around here.

Yep. There are pros and cons living in complex housing, ours is usually called condiminium. You feel 90% safe from robberies though you cant avoid in house thief but so far living in our building for 5 years, we still havent encountered any incident. My big advantage right now since its a 17 storey building, I get to stairclimb for 30-40 minutes and have a great workout without paying any membership dues to high cost gym clubs. Though ours is not the more friendly people neighborhood, we do love our privacy and security the building provides especially for our daughter and dogs.

I live in a single family home. We live in a pretty nice neighbor hood. Not somewher I would let my kids run with no supervision but a good place. We have a 3 bedroom 2 bath house. Its very nice. We only rent right now but are in the process of looking for a new place.

hi, We called our house a Green House located in a city. With a fresh color of mint green and off-white. We rented the house for almost 7 months and hopefully by the end of this year we can purchase a new house. We had a very good neighbor and the climate was good. My daughter can play outside the house because the backyard is fully secured with fences and grills.

I live in a mobile home, commonly called a trailer. I love it because it is like having an individual house, and it is not as stressful to clean, because it is not so big. It is very personal, but you have like 80 other trailers out where I live, and the people are nosey, so you have to be careful as the walls are thin. I dislike it on the other hand because sometimes it is not as warm in the winter, or cool in the summer due to poor insulation problems.. TY

I live in a apartment complex and I hate it because I have nothing in common with the neighbors. I have 2 children and there are no children that live in the apartment complex, and my neighbors are very nozzy and unfriendly. I am moving soon hopefuly my new neighbor where I move to are civil and friendly.

I live in a house and i love it. We live on a farm with lots of land. We have so much privacy, its great. I dont think i could ever live out in town. All the cars passing by at nighttime would drive me nuts. I probably wouldnt be able to get to sleep....

I live in complex also.I am not sure if I like it here or not, while I am use to live in the house.Each living has some advantages and some disadvantages. In house you have much more space, you can have garden with fresh vegetales and fruits.And you have your own privacy. Here in complex you have a gym and swimming pool, but not much privacy, while everybody are watching you.And I guess breaking to apartmen is probably easier than to a hosue,while we had already too here in 3 months. I think it's really up from what kind of personality you have.If you like a lot of attention around, then complex is probably better.

hi,i too live in a complex..initially i used to stay in a joint family with my uncles n everyone n now that i have shifed here,its a terrace flat because of this at night if i am alone its too scary..i am enjoying cos all new people new religions..having fun but staying alone when rest of my family is not there scares me..wil take time to get used to..

I live in an apartment building on the third floor. I wish I had my own place. The neighbors are always playing their music to loud at all hours of the day. I'm the only one here with one car. The rest of the units have two or more cars. Most days after working a 12 hour shift I have to come home and hunt for a parking place. I have to keep my door locked. The girl that lives upstairs will walk into our apartment. She is old enough to know which apartment is hers.