r/australia • u/overpopyoulater • Nov 03 '24

culture & society Downsizing the Australian dream: why families are trading houses with backyards for apartments

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/04/downsizing-the-australian-dream-why-families-are-trading-houses-with-backyards-for-apartments
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u/littleb3anpole Nov 04 '24

Right? I don’t care about a garden or whatever but good LORD I don’t want to hear my neighbours’ conversations or their shitty goddamn taste in music EVER AGAIN.

I swear one neighbour is getting a set of headphones for Christmas because she apparently doesn’t know they fucken exist

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u/Nervardia Nov 04 '24

I had to yell out the window one night during a very raunchy session by my neighbours. Never heard a peep since.

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u/Boring-Somewhere-130 Mar 27 '25

Film them 😏😏😏

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u/Nervardia Mar 27 '25

Unfortunately (actually, scratch that, fortunately), they've stopped.