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anonymous

Resident 2009

7/22/2009

While moving into this God forsaken place, I had a couple boxes stolen from my car. I couldn't help notice that about 10-20 young African-American boys were playing basketball which was about 10 feet from my car, so I asked them if they saw anything. They then proceeded to yell racial slurs (I'm white) for interrupting their game. As the sun went down, I started seeing the infamous giant roaches that people here have talked about. Yes, they ARE huge. And yes, there are MANY of them all over. That very night, I got up to use the bathroom and crunched one under my foot in the bathroom.. yeah, that was nasty. A few days later, I woke up with one on my face. The giant monster roach problem was reason enough for me to get the heck out of there.. but I decided to give it another chance. The parking spaces are about a foot too narrow. My car was heavily damaged by the first few days with 3 dents. They give you an "assigned space" but it is already taken by one of your neighbors or neighbor's guests 90% of the time. Calling the security is of no help as they are scared of the tenants. The one time I finally did get the guard to come meet me outside, he told me "Can't you just park on the basketball court?" I did, and guess what? Those charming boys who yelled racial slurs at me a couple weeks prior, decided not to let my car get in the way of their game. I wake up to my alarm going off and there they are.. bouncing the ball right off my windshield as if it was completely okay. By the way, the cops are chasing someone down almost on a nightly basis here. There ARE helicopter search lights going around the place (I thought that guy was kidding!). It is a "gated parking area" and we all get a remote to open the gate, but guess what? When I would get home from work at around 9pm, there was a long line of cars waiting for someone with a remote to open the gate so they could get in. Did I mention this gate is RIGHT IN FRONT OF MANAGEMENTS OFFICE? The actual units aren't too bad. The carpet had stains, but no big deal. The bathroom was decent and clean. The kitchen had a new-ish stove. The bedrooms were a decent size. But they don't do a good job about maintenance as there was a poor attempt at covering a hole in the wall. There was a huge crack in it and after pushing slightly on it, my entire hand went through the wall. Yeah pretty funny, until I had to pay for it when I moved the hell out. See, I called the next day to tell them what happened and they said they would send someone out. 2 weeks went by and someone finally came. They covered the hole with newspaper and spackled and painted over it. All I could do was laugh. I also made the mistake of thinking I was entitled to use the laundry room. Someone was standing in front of my dryer so I asked them to excuse me.. well, let's just say that a lot of people here have a problem with white people because they went off on me about the whole white thing again. I didn't even try and use the pool or the 10 foot by 10 foot tiny gym they had. I must have called management about 20 times my first month to complain about all the verbal abuse, repairs, and the parking situation. I got the same response from them, time after time.. "Call security" or "Yeah, we'll be there tomorrow". I think after about 20 days into moving in I regretted ever setting foot here. Don't expect to get a good nights sleep, what with thinking of when the next monster roach is gonna crawl up your bed and the cops running through chasing drug dealers. I used to live in a really bad part of South Central L.A. and even there, it was never EVER this bad. Do yourself a favor and come by here at night, you'll see exactly what everyone is talking about. If this review helps just 1 person avoid this place, I would have made this world a better place. Good luck.

    Review 19 out of 27

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