The majority of things I pull up I put in a trash bag for cleanup. The scooters are stood up next to the trash cans/scooter collection area for sorting.

There seems to be a big misconception that cops have something to do with 988. They do not. The cops will shoot you if you are having a mental health emergency. It is important that we are not giving them any credit for this, despite the fact that the implication seems to be that they are somehow involved, whether by them or outside parties.

It’s just like the two wonderful women who tracked down and found that missing baby and then the cops posing for pics with the baby and implying they were somehow involved. It’s called copaganda. Police departments hire entire PR teams to do shit like this.

Video coming soon!

Not a sublet. She’s actually leased with the landlord

I just went last night. It’s good. About $65 per person and unlimited meat. All the meat is great. I recommend it.

As you may have guessed, my American geography sucks. But she does, indeed, live in Baltimore. I’ll add an edit to the topic

The lint trap thing is a good point. My washer drains into a deep sink which does have a rubber filter/stopper on the drain, but not an especially good one, and it clogs fast. I bet I can find one at Ace that’s easier to clean. Any recommendations?

Not in a rowhome - But as a reference, last year my landlady replaced the drainage pipes (sorely needed). $21K total.

So act according to your aversion to risk vs expense

Don’t forget to take a picture when you’re done riding it

Thank you for getting that crap out of the harbor.

As they say in r/WSB… Bagholder spotted!

It’s Baltimore. My bad. North Washington road. Sorry for the confusion

Tell me about it, cost me about $6k, though I did a full street to house sewer and water line replacement as the lines were terra cotta and galvanized pipe and would probably have to be done eventually. It was a whole thing.

Edit: also of like over a month of no sewer and booking a hotel on weekends so my husband and I could shower (thankfully it was mid-pandemic and no one had to smell us) it took the city like maybe two hours to fix the problem.

Huh?

Why are you posting this here if neither you or your friend live in Baltimore?

The chance of ever needing it is very low but also the cost is very low too. If u aren’t handy or good at finding specialized contractors then yes consider it, otherwise I would not get it

Teenage kids out driving after I'm in bed.

That is absolutely fucked

I’d say it’s worth it with the old homes. If it’s not replaced and not cast iron, it might be terra cotta? My insurance says that service line coverage covers anything under the yard, regular insurance covers anything inside the house and accessible (like a sewer pipe running along a basement wall), but anything buried in/below the concrete foundation is not covered by anything.

If it’s a clay or cast iron pipe definitely get insurance. Pay attention to the fine print, some policies are very picky and don’t cover damage caused by a failed sewer, and/or have very low coverage amounts.

Respect for owning a bad take lol

The law of course will vary locally a little bit but here’s a solid set of general legal advice for the US concerning roommates: https://www.lawyers.com/legal-info/real-estate/landlord-tenant-law/roommates-rights-and-liabilities.html

OP’s friend has a few limited options here:

• Find someone else to take over the lease. Finding a replacement roommate to take over the remainder of the lease or start a new one may be an option most landlords would consider and may allow her to leave with no cost.

• If the roommates are particularly dirty to the point of causing damage to the domicile above and beyond normal wear and tear, she could report them to the landlord who could evict them, but that’s not likely to happen just because they leave trash around or don’t do dishes. And recourse for the landlord may legally be limited to simply keeping the deposit or fining the tenants when they leave/renew.

• Make sure the roommate agreement is actually legal. Is it with the landlord, or a tenant? Is it a legal sublet? (Ie, the people who are renting from the landlord are renting out a room for her but the landlord isn’t aware) if it’s not on the up and up, she might have a little more recourse. This shouldn’t be hard to figure out.

• Work with her roommates to tactfully request help/establish chores and responsibilities for common areas so everyone pitches in. Make it easy (or hard to dissent), organized, and inclusive and a lot of people might be more inclined to pitch in. This will take some tact, and may not work, but it may result in a much cleaner place that everyone is happier to live in. You’d be surprised how receptive people can be to assertive leadership in such situations. She probably doesn’t want to have to mother other adults, but such is the situation she’s in.

Best of luck! And remember, it’s just one year.

This may be a weird idea, but hiring a cleaner a few times a month may be cheaper than breaking the lease. See if she can work something out first before throwing away potentially thousands of dollars.

We’ll done! What do you do with things like this? I’m guessing you can’t put scooters in your recycling bin…

Does she live in North Washington, DC or Mount Washington in Baltimore?