This past summer, I was lucky enough to secure an internship in Colorado Springs, which gave me the opportunity to live here, at Camelback Pointe. Obviously, it’s hard to complain about an apartment when you’re living in Colorado, but this place had a couple serious issues. For one, the unit assigned to me didn’t have a microwave. For the most part, this one is my fault for not doing more research before signing a lease, but all of the pictures on the website showed a microwave in the kitchen. The other big problem I had with this place had to do with the upkeep and maintenance, or rather the lack thereof, of the deteriorating building. Pictured below is a section of the stairs I walked up and down every day.

It’s easy to see that this is a problem, for obvious reasons. Given that my life flashed before my eyes nearly every time I walked down these stairs, it’s a miracle that no one has been seriously injured.

I could go on for hours about this apartment complex, but the truth is, between work and hiking, this building meant little more to me than a place to rest my head.