You probably thought boundary disputes went the way of the Wild West, or at least have been relegated to the suburbs where people have real plots of land to fight over. Believe it or not, they rage still – in High Rise Society. How do you protect yourself? Read more »

This is another time-tested technique for dealing with enemies, though you have to be a snake to pull it off so it’s not a method I’d condone. How does it work? Read more »

Living in High Rise Society is not like cocooning in the suburbs. You must be ever vigilant. When you move in no one comes running to greet you with a basket of muffins or a hot apple pie, like they do on Desperate Housewives, but they do watch to see if you smoke, or leave your trash on the floor, or are guilty of some other unpardonable offense. I can’t promise that you will make friends, but odds are you will cultivate enemies. What can you do to protect yourself? Read more »

Do you know who lives next door to you? I went with my friend to the nearby Cohen’s Optical so she could pick up the contact lenses she had ordered. When the petite brunette who’d been helping us came back with the box, she hesitated, not wanting to intrude upon our conversation. “Oh, sorry,” we called her over, “we were just discussing some of the people in our building.”

“Really?” she was drawn into our orbit like a magnet. “You’re not gonna believe what happened at my building.”

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