20 Lambourne

Moving out was a hassle at first. We'd just resigned the lease and the term hadn't started yet but when we needed to move across the country we were being denied getting out of the lease that had yet to start. Eventually we did get out of it and only had to pay a month to month rate for the overlap required (60 days) when moving out. I liked my apartment and the location and amenities but there were a lot of unruly college students. They were frequently breaking exit signs, doors, hallway lights, elevator panels, etc. And leaving garbage especially alcohol related all over the property. Often there was a lot of noise at night and vomit in the hallways and elevators. Around the Super Bowl I even saw an incredibly intoxicated girl leaving a party at an apartment, vomit in the hallway, spill her alcohol and sit in the vomit while I was on my way to the Towson diner. After spending about an hour in the diner I came back to even more vomit in the hallway and a friend having joined her and they were continuing to drink. As a working adult it felt a bit like living in a fraternity house and wasn't an environment conducive to getting a good nights sleep for a productive workday. I can't imagine how families with small children feel. Another big issue was the fire alarms were frequently pulled and even in succession. I suffer from anxiety disorder and several times they caused me to yell out in my sleep and have to be shaken awake by my husband. I'd wake up to a greatly accelerated heart rate and breathlessness. When we'd leave the building we'd find out it was only a prank. It was so frequent that we quit bothering to leave when they were pulled and bought ear plugs and used them alongside over the ear headphones. It also terrorised out cats to no end. I imagine with their more sensitive hearing it had to be painful to them.