How to Deal with Bad Apartment Neighbors in Phoenix?

Apartment in Phoenix

People move to Phoenix, Arizona for the great climate. The air is dry and the temperatures are warm. These conditions help many people with arthritis and emphysema. The word Phoenix comes from a mythological bird with colorful plumage and a gold and scarlet tail. The Phoenix lived for 500 to 1000 years and at the end of its life built a nest of twigs that ignited consuming both the nest and bird. Out of these ashes came a new, young phoenix.

People who come to Phoenix often start out in apartments. The housing market at this time makes people wary of purchasing a new home. Apartments in Phoenix are great. You don't have maintenance, there's no property maintenance and no property taxes. If some states, the property taxes on middle class homes would pay for a full year of apartment rent.

Apartment renting is great. It is great except for one thing. You share walls, floors and ceilings with other people. These people are strangers and you can end up with the best of neighbors but that isn't always the case.
Sometimes you end up with a nut while living in an apartment. There are many types of nuts such as the anger management young girl. This type of young woman will stomp around endlessly because it makes her feel good. Chances are that at some point you did something that made her mad. Good luck with this category.

Then there are the 'troubled and lost' souls living in apartments who like to open and shut drawers, loudly, beginning at 10:00 pm at night. These people typically work off hours and delight in inducing sleep deprivation in their neighbors. There must be some obvious psychology to their tactics but mostly they seem to be crazy people with no friends. These people smile at you if you meet at midday. Their courage only arises at night when you are helplessly asleep in your apartment in Phoenix.

What can you do to protect yourself from such apartment neighbors?

The rulebooks say to document the events, send certified letters to your property owner (mostly to get out of your lease) or call the police. In other words, moving is the best solution. Sad but true, if you get a truly troubled apartment neighbor who is out to ruin your life there are few good solutions except to move.

Of course, you can fight back. Fighting back in an apartment can be fun if you don't mind reducing yourself to the level of a first grade child. Banging drawers and playing tricks can be cathartic as long as you know you're being ridiculous.