First things first: I do recommend LOG. For the price I paid, the apartment and location were excellent. More on that later. Just wanted to make sure that was clear, because much of the rest of the review will be listing negatives. Also, I lived in the new apartments, so some of this may not apply to the older ones.

The Pool:
They advertise the pool as one of the good benefits of living there. Just hope you don't try to use it. On any given weekend (and most summer weeknights), you'll find it packed. The guests are usually breaking most of the rules - smoking, drinking (and using breakable glass bottles), loud music, etc. This makes the pool practically unusable for the rest of us. Reporting it to the staff did absolutely nothing - they didn't even venture out to ask them to stop. The good news is, there's another, smaller pool, which is usually quieter. The bad news is, it's rarely open. Never any explanation as to why it's closed, it just is. This was honestly my biggest complaint about LOG - I love to swim, and the pool situation was just completely disappointing almost every time.

The Noise:
This was actually quite good. I could rarely hear anything from any of my neighbors. The sound insulation was such that I could only tell when they closed the door hard, or were almost yelling - and even then, I definitely couldn't tell what was being said. The only complaint is the windows. They were obviously single pane, and you could hear almost anything that was said in the parking lot below. Some good curtains made it a lot better, but don't expect that any conversation you have outside will actually be private.

The Parking:
Parking was ok. There was always a spot available, but usually not as close as you'd like. It wasn't unusual for me to have to park in front of another building and walk to mine. This wasn't a real problem for me, but I can only imagine the fun of trying to do that with 2 kids and both arms full of groceries.

The Staff:
Tried to avoid dealing with the staff as much as possible. They were ok, but not just terribly helpful. The biggest problem was maintenance. If you have more than 1, maybe 2 things that need fixing, don't bother reporting them all. They complete the first task or two, mark it all as finished, and move along. A couple times the maintenance men left the work order in my apartment, and once I saw that the problem was actually the lady at the front desk - she only wrote down the first 2 things! I guess she has her own 2 problem per apartment per report limit.

The Neighbors:
For the most part, they were decent. I'm going to discuss the subject everyone wants to know, but no one wants to talk about - race. It's probably 30% Black, 25% Indian, 25% White, and 10% Asian. That is, of course, just my impression from the people I saw outside. My neighbors were generally nice, polite people. There were a few loud ones, but not just a ton. The people who lived below me for all but the last month made their own curry every 3 or 4 weeks, so my apartment had an almost unbearable stench on those days. I'd come home, open all the windows, and leave for an hour or two. I was never really afraid, but my girlfriend usually made sure I was available to walk her to her car at night when she'd come over.

The Apartment itself:
The apartment was fairly well built. I only had a few complaints - a loose floorboard under the carpet, a spot of mold that showed up on the wall of the laundry room, etc. They obviously repaint the walls before each new resident, but they use this horrible flat paint, the texture of which makes you afraid to touch your own walls. The kitchen is nice enough, if small, and the bathrooms are pretty good. There were a few minor issues that were unique to my apartment, so I won't go into them, but you may have a few of your own. I was on the 3rd floor, so I had vaulted ceilings in the living room - I highly recommend it. It made the place feel so much bigger. The air conditioning and heat worked great, and I never ran out of hot water, despite my 30-minute showers. The appliances were all fairly new, and though they had a couple small problems, worked well for the most part. Being on the 3rd floor, I didn't have nearly the bug problem that others have, but I still had at least 1 big one a week. Annoying, but nothing to really cry over.

The Price:
The price is the main reason I moved here, honestly. For a few dollars more than a 650 sq ft 1 bed, 1 bath across the street, I got a 1224 sq ft 2 bed, 2 bath. Utilities were reasonable - electric was about $120/month in the summer, 80 in the winter. Water was dirt cheap, because it was split through the whole building. The bill was determined based 50% on square footage, and 50% on the number of people living there. There were a few extra charges for trash, pest, etc, but all that plus the water usually came to $25.

All in all, a pretty decent place to live. Hopefully it's positioned correctly to not decline over the next few years, as so many complexes further west have.

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