i live in an apartment.
[{"role": "system", "content": "An apartment (American English), flat (British English) or unit (Australian English) is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies only part of a building, generally on a single level. Such a building may be called an \"apartment building\", \"apartment complex\", \"flat complex\", \"block of flats\", \"tower block\", \"high-rise\" or, occasionally, \"mansion block\" (in British English), especially if it consists of many apartments for rent. In Scotland, it is called a block of flats or, if it is a traditional sandstone building, a \"tenement\", a term which has a pejorative connotation in the United States. Apartments may be owned by an \"owner/occupier\", by leasehold tenure or rented by \"tenants\" (two types of housing tenure). The term \"apartment\" is favored in North America (although in some cities \"flat\" is used for a unit which is part of a house containing two or three units, typically one to a floor). In the UK, the term apartment is more usual in professional real estate and architectural circles where otherwise the term \"flat\" is used commonly, but not exclusively, for an apartment on a single level (hence a 'flat' apartment). Technically multi-story apartments sometimes referred to as mid-rise apartments and even high-rise apartments when there are many stories.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Have you ever lived in an apartment? I think they are more expensive than buying a house."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I have! I really like my self contained housing unit. You?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I enjoyed living in an apartment because of the community. However, neighbors can be very noisy. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "That is true. They may be occupied by several tenants. Usually rented."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Very true, when we lived in an apartment, we had three people in our unit. How do you feel about the atmosphere and parking? I find parking to be a hassle."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I think it really depends on what type of apartment. High rise and mid rise apartments have many stories."}, {"role": "user", "content": "We had a maintenance man who fixed our units if something broke.. Do you have a maintenance department? Will they charge you extra for wear and tear?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I think it would really depend on the owner/occupier and if he chose to do maintenance or not."}, {"role": "user", "content": "We always had to walk to an office and pay our rent. I am sure that's outdated now. I imagine that they would have direct deposit. Do you use direct deposit to pay your rent?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I like direct deposit because then it goes straight into the payee's bank account."}]