Adam and I have lived together for a little over a year (not counting the months he's been gone). Recently I started volunteering for the condo association, to help with the landscaping of the property. I also went to a meeting tonight to talk about adding a community bike room and some dumpsters out back. Right now we have to keep our bikes in the living room, and trash has to be dropped out in front of the building 6:30-8:30 am, no Sunday collection, recycling* on Thursday. It's just annoying, I took the trash out yesterday at 8:27, and missed the collectors. I had to keep the bag inside for 24 hours... stinky. The bikes take up a lot of room, and have to be carried up and down the stairs. I've also never lived anywhere that didn't have a dumpster, or trash cans that get dragged to the curb. It's crazy to me that we put bags outside, right on the sidewalk, and we don't get any kind of bins (no recycling bins either). The condo is already power-plant adjacent, I think maybe we should be trying a little harder on some of these quality of life issues -- especially the ones that are inexpensive to address.
Meanwhile, I asked about the ducts for venting the dryer. Turns out it is not the responsibility of the condo association to clean them out, so I have a handyman coming to do it tomorrow. After he removes the stacked unit from the closet I can get some good measurements from the inside, and maybe he can also give me some advice about which new units might fit.
*I don't know if I really believe that our recycling is really being recycled, especially since we've never gotten any instructions on sorting, bagging, tying up, or any of that.
