People these days just cannot live on the first floor. They are all about safety
measures. I say, power to the
people on the first floor.
Firstly, there is the issue of not having to move all of your things up
stairs. You are more likely to
lose friends after they help you move in your new Atlanta apartment if you live
on the second or (gasp) third floor.
If they are heave-hoeing your boxes and furniture from your car, they
would definitely appreciate your good sense to rent on the first floor.
You might think, ‘ living on the
second floor will be great exercise,’ but when you forget your keys, wallet or
cell phone, those stairs are going to be the bane of existence. God forbid it’s raining and you run
onto the landing between staircases only to be pelted by sideways rain. First floor apartment dwellers are
going to smile inside as they jog right up to their doors and grab the
item. Accessibility from the first
floor is also important if there is an ice cream truck that comes into your
neighborhood. Once you hear that
song, you only have a minute or two to scoot to the keeper of frozen
treats. No one wants to miss ice
cream because they fell down the stairs in their excitement.
If you are planning on getting a
dog, the second floor is a great way to drive yourself crazy. When your puppy is doing the potty
dance, you’re going to have to grab it, run down those stairs and pray to make
it to the grass before it lets go.
Somehow I doubt you are going to make it. If you lived on the first floor, you and Spike could have run
right out of the door and made it safely into the grass before any accidents occurred.
Let us also consider the ease of
which you could escape from a first floor apartment in case of an
emergency. Try jumping out of your
second floor apartment window because of a fire (also, heat rises) and now try
jumping out of a first floor apartment window (don’t really try this, just
consider it). I guarantee I know
which one is less harmful and won’t leave you with one or more broken limbs.
