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High Energy Dogs in Small Apartments

February 25, 2010
By Jordan
High Energy Dogs in Small Apartments

Oops. That’s pretty much the only thing you can say when your cute, quiet little puppy grows up and becomes a sort of maniacal beast that should be racing around a track for money instead of cooped up in your one or two bedroom apartment. Whether you didn’t do all your research before buying...
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A Guide to Horrible Neighbors

February 23, 2010
By Jordan
A Guide to Horrible Neighbors

Bad neighbors are, in any sort of apartment situation, pretty much unavoidable. Whether it be in a complex, a dorm, or a converted house, you’re going to have neighbors by the very definition of apartment living, and at least one of them is going to be bad. Whether they have shouting matches...
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The Perks of Living Above Ground Level

February 22, 2010
By Jordan
The Perks of Living Above Ground Level

For the past five years of my life, ever since I moved out of my parents’ house and started college, I’ve been living at least one story above ground-level. Now, at times this kind of seems like a bummer because of obvious reasons. Moving in, moving out, coming and going from your...
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Renter’s Insurance

February 12, 2010
By Jordan
Renter’s Insurance

Living in the low-income, student-ghetto of Kalamazoo over the past four years, I have known a lot of people whose homes were robbed. What’s so unfortunate about getting robbed, I think, is the easiest stuff to steal is the most expensive to replace and most important to the victim. If someone were...
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