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Originally Posted by Hondaracer
We have a corner unit and both our shared walls are solid concrete. This is almost unheard of in today's construction.
Drive by a new tower going up and have a look at the guts of the building. They now lean heavily on columns as opposed to walls for lateral support.
also slab tensioning and other building practices now have eliminated the need for full concrete support in place of cheaper steel and other engineering.
Unless someone is drilling somthing or drops something super heavy, I've pretty much never heard my neighbors in any direction
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One thing I never liked about my modern, corner unit apartment was the pillar in the corner of my living room. I guess that's the trade-off engineers and architects have to make for open concept floor plans.
I lived in my unit for 8+ years from brand new and as the building aged, it got progressively noisier. I started to hear people using the toilet and their appliances, like their dish washers or washing machines. I also heard people driving over sewer drains in the parkade from 6 floors up.