theredalbatross's Profile

I have the feeling that more people live at the site of a death than they realize. It is my understanding that in Texas, you are not required to disclose if the home was the site of a natural death, or even suicide or murder (thought it is recommended if recent to prevent future problems and unhappy new buyers).

As a crime scene investigator, I've been in MANY a home where death has occurred (including my own apartment complex). My great-grandmother's former home was the site of her husband's attempted suicide. If you consider solely the number of unattended/natural deaths that occur in a year's time, inevitably, someone is going to end up living in a home where someone died.

That being said, in all honesty, as long as it wasn't a multiple murder or something especially heinous, I would prefer NOT knowing.

I am most likely to just give a friendly acknowledgement. I've lived in my apartment for 3.5 years and am pretty sure I'm the only one in the whole building who is left from when I first moved in. I make an effort to recognize who my neighbors are (my job often requires me to leave my apartment at all hours of the night, so I like to be aware of who 'belongs') and I almost always say a friendly hello or make small talk. Most of my neighbors reciprocate (I also live in west Texas, which is pretty darn friendly). However, I do have one CRAAAAAZY neighbor who I avoid like the plague. She'll leave her front door open (on 100+ degree days) so she can air out her cigarette smoke fumigated apartment, and asks me for something every time I see her. She often comes and knocks on my door asking for something (she's asked for quarters, ice trays, access to my internet connection, to announce her birthday, and a host of other odd items/things).

So, moral of the story, I'm quite friendly, to the people I know (and know aren't crazy).