There's an article in today's Boston Globe Magazine with the title Home sweet hell: Falling into the condo trap.
A 27-year old novelist moved into a four-unit condominium building back in 1999. Almost immediately, she began having confrontations with her upstairs neighbors who, according to the article, had majority ownership of the condo association, meaning they pretty much controlled what did or did not happen in regard to the building.
She’d left her laundry in the building’s coin-op washer for too long, she’d left her boots in the hallway and created an eyesore, she’d arranged her things in the common storage unit in a way that somehow annoyed them.
But, the real story isn't the article (although it's written very well and is both entertaining and educational).
The Boston.com message board reached a nasty level of discourse I'm only used to seeing on the other major Boston daily newspaper's site.
Criticism of the novelist:
- she is a "self-centered brat"