
This week, a news about a young family in Toronto living Cheech and Chong's lives against their will spread quickly.
Toronto apartment resident Paul Bradshaw and his wife and 7-year-
Old son, had to endure the smoke of marijuana oozing from their apartment next door
Close to the door unit for nearly five years.
Bradshaw told the CBC that smoke penetrated not only through the front door, but also through windows and power outlets into the apartment unit of the family and into his child's room.
"It woke him up from his sleep," Bradshaw said in an interview with state television . ".
"We have an air purifier, but it has very little effect. It’s potent. It hits you.
"Unfortunately, there is little to do to legally stop the stoner next door.
The maintenance of the walls of the apartment did not prevent smoke from infiltrating into Bradshaw's room. The Smoke-
The Ontario free Act prohibits smoking in public areas of the apartment, but does not allow smoking in individual units. (
The apartment can make smoking rules in various units, but Bradshaw does not, according to the CBC. )
As a comfort to the Bradshaw couple, an extreme cynic might suggest that their son was early exposed to marijuana smoke as a bedtime ritual for brushing his teeth and wearing his pajamas, it might make him immune to the cool elements of marijuana.
When he went to high school and someone opened a joint venture for him, he could honestly say, "No, thank you, I filled it out in the second grade.
Joking aside, Bradshaw's dilemma reminds us of two major problems facing our city.
The first is the country.
Widespread legalization of marijuana.
We now have less than a year left in the clutch pot, and July 1, 2018 is not impossible. when neighbors complain about the suggestive smell coming next door, people who smoke in the apartment may feel more right. Why not?
Legalization will verify their cannabis use and weaken the social stigma surrounding it.
But Bradshaw's problem affects a more mainstream problem than the legalization of marijuana: affordable housing.
Looking ahead, I wouldn't be surprised if complaints like Paul Bradshaw became more common because we were facing a crisis in affordable housing.
The situation now is that many young families can't afford a house, so they rent a place to live.
This means that an apartment or apartment they meet in their 20 s must now be used as a starting family home, especially if they choose to have children.
It's okay (
Although a little cramped)
If everyone in the city is the same age, or at the same rate of maturity, but obviously this is not the case.
This means that many couples with new babies can't find the ability to move and will eventually live in the rental building in the city center, where few people sleep before 10, where, it's not uncommon for some residents to drink and make Spotify playlists on Tuesday night with titles like "drunk white girl Songs.
And, of course, marijuana.
My wife and I are in this situation right now.
We live in a relatively young apartment building.
Most residents seem to be between 25 and 40 years old).
We moved into our unit when we were 24 and in response to our own weekend party we often received noise complaints.
Now, at the age of 30 or so, we are the ones who make noise complaints.
Our cigarettes used to come out of the hallway, and now our young neighbors will.
This may just be a big circle of city life, but with the lack of affordable housing for more and more families, it will inevitably become more and more circular, and more city millennials and young children conflict.
The question is, what can those of us who want to live a peaceful family life do (
In a city where only the rich can afford a house)do about it?
I propose the Toronto apartment party Registry
Unlike the Toronto apartment building and the online database bed bug registry of hotels that may be infected with bed bugs, the party Registry will inform the torotonians of apartment buildings and apartment buildings that are prone to bacchanals on weekend nights.
More importantly, it will remind you of the atmosphere of the carnival, specifically to the rental accommodation being considered, from the type of tunes blasting inside the wall to the substance consumed.
For example, if you look at a building near the financial district, the registry may let you know that you 'd better get used to the smell of stale beer, abandoned bounce tubes, and the eternal brother sings "Ole! Ole! Ole!
"If you look at a building in hipper west, the registry may warn you
Cigarette smoke hazard
If you go north, Avenue-
Ish said that you will be reminded by the sound of Mariska Hargitay of the Law and Order SVU of the possibility of waking up in the middle of the night, and an older neighbor turned on the TV again at the maximum volume because they were asleep, bad hearing, or worse.
Marijuana For Mariska
All you can do as renting r and/or new parents is pick your poison.