I posted this in urbanism because I think it can be an offset for a nice discussion about living together in apartment blocks and the cramped conditions that arise, especially in sub-par block. Part of urbanism is urban living and discussions about how to tackle issues such as these.

Of course none of this would be an issue with good infrastructure, but that's something that can always be said. If everything was lollypops and gumdrops and so on.

I like the thread because both people start off reasonable and courteous and then end up calling each other names. I dislike it because, it being reddit, it just becomes a dogpile instead.

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[–] D61@hexbear.net 15 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Is that photo weird or is that hallway something like 2.5 feet wide? I was expecting a photo of, like, a 6 foot wide hallway and it just looked a bit cluttered but still completely easy to move through.

I can understand all the people currently living on the floor coming a tacit agreement or accepting the situation but ... mmaaayyybbeee ... the cyclist could be planning for a better way to store their bikes. One of the text back-and-forths mentions that another cyclist doesn't use their bike as they cannot move their bike freely down the hallway without banging into the hallway-parked-bikes.

And yeah, what happens as people move in/out and their situation doesn't allow them to be as accepting of the current situation the previous neighbors went along with? If the person using the very narrow hallways as a parking spot isn't able to work around their current neighbor(s) asking them to rethink how they are using the communal space, I highly doubt they'd be any more flexible with a neighbor who is brand new and a complete stranger.

Also this text from the person parking in the hallway...

the only place of open wall in my apartment i in the narrow hallway I can't put a rack on my wall there without literally blocking the hallway in my apartment.

... is a bit priceless.

Also also...

...I'm frankly frustrated that someone's who's been living here shorter than anyone else is asking me to do something...

Which I hadn't read until after I commented about "what they gonna do when somebody new moves in and asks for the situation to be renegotiated"...