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Same as in more "normal" apartment buildings. You've got some noise, but it's usually not an issue. Your only real concern are the units "bordering" yours, and maybe down the hallway. Plus, so many people around means that it's inevitable that someone calls the cops if shit gets really out of hand.

For trash there's a garbage room or a fenced area outside with large containers, and it's collected several times a week. I've never figured out the exact schedule while I was living there, but the only time I've seen the trash literally overflow was right after Christmas. And it wasn't disgusting, just packaging materials. Lots and lots of cardboard. Again, pretty much the same as in every other apartment building.