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possums101 t1_j5akjec wrote

Welcome to New Jersey

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a_trane13 t1_j5akmbj wrote

Buy a house so you own the hallway?

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whybother5000 t1_j5ajuf9 wrote

Tough one. Say hello and make a friend? At least that way they’ll share their cooking with you?

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StashDaGumbo t1_j5ajopz wrote

Be considerate? The hallway isn't yours. Block your door jamb if it's bothering into your apartment.

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GENTLEMAN_84 t1_j5aok62 wrote

Option 1. Neighborly knock and ask them to share food as well Option 2. Order daily indian food for your neighbors Option 3. Don't ask selfish questions 😏

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burrito__supreme t1_j5ak6qm wrote

do you live in the hallway? put a draft blocker under your front door and move on with your life, goddamn

edit: if it’s really permeating your apt get a good air purifier, could help. but this is a common thing and living in dense areas means you will sometimes smell other people’s food. you gotta get over it.

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ironsheeck t1_j5albip wrote

Lived here 7 years, curry smells linger and stain the walls and permeate into fabrics. We prob have to move. It’s not “ a common thing”. Nobody else has created a ducking curry stench . We don’t live in Newport or journal square.

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burrito__supreme t1_j5amb57 wrote

how is newport or jsq relevant?

idk man. i’ve lived in apartments my entire adult life, plenty of them adjacent to households cooking with curry on the reg. i have never had my walls or fabrics stained or acquire smells. maybe if the curry was being cooked IN my apartment. i’m not in charge of you, if you find this so unbearable that it’s making you want to move then 🤷‍♀️

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cyberdecks t1_j5aruts wrote

how the hell does curry stain the walls

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G_Funk_Error t1_j5au939 wrote

Seriously. Person just sounds like a racist ranter at this point. So dumb.

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JerseyCityGeordie t1_j5buyor wrote

“Lived here 7 years…” (hahahahaha). So make like the black and Hispanic people that you forced out of the DTJC area and LEAVE.

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munsuro t1_j5aopr2 wrote

You live in an apartment building... Get an air purifier like the Bissell Air400 or move.

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DontBeEvil1 t1_j5ari7b wrote

That won't help in the hallway.

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munsuro t1_j5aroyt wrote

I disagree. Moving 100% helps with smells in the hallway.

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DontBeEvil1 t1_j5arymc wrote

I disagree. An air purifier won't help at all with the smells in the hallway.

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pixel_of_moral_decay t1_j5bpjs3 wrote

It won't help with smells period.

Air purifiers remove particulate, smells are primarily gases, specifically VOC's. Carbon for example will remove it, but the volume you need dwarfs even what commercial air purification systems use. It's more economical to just bring in fresh air. The carbon filters in air purifiers are mainly just a marketing gimmick so they can say "2 in 1".

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ironsheeck t1_j5ax2eq wrote

Might help if placed in the hallway

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DontBeEvil1 t1_j5ayxra wrote

Even if the hall has an outlet, and the owner allows it to be used by the tenant, it is unlikely that the tenant will be able to buy an air purifier that will cover the entire sq footage of the open space in the hallway, not to mention the opening of outside doors and apartment doors. Also not a good idea to spend money on that equipment and leave it in the hallway.

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ironsheeck t1_j5azfbb wrote

Medium sized condo building, thinking about asking the management co. Or the owner of the unit who they are renting from. We are owners and this is a new problem. But there should be solutions. Could be as simple as keeping all the windows in hallway open which we did last night.

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JerseyCityGeordie t1_j5bugu3 wrote

“Thinking about asking the management co. Or the owner” —— anything but talk to the brown family that probably cooks amazing food huh? I think I know what, or should I say “who”, is the problem in this post….

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RhodiaRoad12 t1_j5apxr9 wrote

Ask them for some!! Home made Indian food must be superb.

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kokoromelody t1_j5birjw wrote

Personally, I'd bring over some dessert and ask to join too!

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deaddabrain t1_j5aqkzh wrote

One of the negatives of living in an apartment building

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Economy-Cupcake808 t1_j5apd7x wrote

Move. Nothing you can do about it. My new apartment when I moved in had Indian tenants previously and it reeked of Indian food for the first week or two when we moved in, but it eventually got covered up by our smells + deep cleaning of walls and cooking area.

Its true that the smell attaches to things but its not as hard to get out as people say. If they are cooking every night the smell will continuously compound which will require a lot of cleaning to get rid of. you can burn a candle near your door/in vents where the smell enters from and that should help, but there is no way you can get rid of it as long as they keep cooking.

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Direct_Ad18 t1_j5alac4 wrote

Move out of an apartment building?

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wallfacer6 t1_j5alhg5 wrote

Are they cooking with their door to the hallway open? If so, ask them to close it

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Slight_Paint4487 t1_j5bawe2 wrote

This is what our neighbors would do. Asked them to close it and it helped a lot.

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bindrosis t1_j5axios wrote

I’ve experienced this before. I knocked on their door and had an honest conversation with them. I explained how the smell was filling the entire building and that several other tenants had complained. I asked if they could open a window when cooking and use a fan to blow the smell out. They did it and it helped a lot.

If your neighbor isn’t as kind as mine was, you could always offer to purchase the fan for them. Other option is to get a letter signed by other tenants and present it to your landlord. This shouldn’t done unless you ask the neighbor kindly and they tell you to pound sand.

Good luck!

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Brudesandwich t1_j5axr3s wrote

Those same neighbors probably think the hallways smell like meatloaf, potato salad, and old ham because of you

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Bh10474 t1_j5arnkb wrote

Move out of jersey city. No way to avoid

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revesby9 t1_j5bcus4 wrote

Lol I wish my neighbors made my place smell like delicious Indian food instead of cigarette smoke

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sometimesiwatchtv44 t1_j5asbok wrote

In all honesty - that sucks. Had the same issue at a previous apartment complex where I lived for a year and my clothes kept the scent for months after I moved out. I’d recommend a strong air purifier and air fresheners in each room. The renuzit ones can be found at CVS (best for closet/bathroom) and the Febreze/Glade plug-ins help as well for larger spaces. Try and keep the windows open when the temperatures aren’t as cold. And invest in some fabric spray

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throwaway248000 t1_j5ayb83 wrote

If it’s in the hallway who cares? Figure out how to secure your vents and move on with your life. Maybe talk to your neighbor about it. I always catch whiffs of meat being cooked and the smell grosses me out but I don’t complain.

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KooyaDonDon t1_j5b41gg wrote

Try using an Ozone generator maybe once a week or so. You can get one from Amazon for about 100 bucks. Gets rid of odors but you have to leave the area you are trying to remove the odor from for about an hour. We use them once in a while at an Airbnb we host when trying to get rid of any lingering smells from previous guests.

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miranomejoda t1_j5b5lb0 wrote

nothing. be a good neighbor and adjust to your community.

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ironsheeck t1_j5b5oy5 wrote

Isn’t that what they should do since the community is not Indian and they moved in to a non curry smelling place?

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miranomejoda t1_j5b6lit wrote

wow.

sounds like your problem isnt the curry.....

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glo46 t1_j5bhsvb wrote

I think he's just using your own logic.

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BromioKalen t1_j5b5xy0 wrote

I lived in Metropolis Towers for a long time. My EX lived in the Lincoln in HP. Both places had lots of Indian cooking going on. Its just something that you need to get used to if you live in a big building. PS... they might think your cooking smells weird too!

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SoundMachineJC t1_j5bj8cc wrote

Cook some Tripe Soup (flaczki) my Polish grandmother used to whip up a batch for the holidays. (never tried it) I don’t think there is any worse of a smell then tripe cooking. There are even internet horror stories about the stink. Kielbasa and Sauerkraut cooking might be a close second. (but I love it)

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JerseyCityGeordie t1_j5bu6ot wrote

I guess I’m confused with what the issue is, are you upset that the hallway smells way better than your apartment?

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DontBeEvil1 t1_j5arqch wrote

Move. Or invest in food odor deodorizer.

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garth_meringue t1_j5b8d7f wrote

Ventilation improvements might help. I think hallways are positively pressurized in many buildings for this reason, keeps your air in your place. Maybe the neighbors could do more to ventilate their air outside. Ventilating your place would help too, and cut down on lingering smells. If you can identify where the air is really coming into your place, get a good air filter next to it.

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pixel_of_moral_decay t1_j5bpzk0 wrote

This might generate complaints from neighbors. Positive pressure in your unit would help your air quality but impair your neighbors. People have literally gone to court over a neighbor running a window fan (hence why most larger buildings have specific rules against this, you can run an AC but it can't be pulling air in, only cooling air).

It can also be a hazard in a fire for other residents.

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garth_meringue t1_j5brmn7 wrote

I meant the hallway should be positively pressurized, not the unit. Usually that's the case, but maybe there's an issue that can be checked with management. It would also help if both units would exhaust more air (negative pressure).

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pixel_of_moral_decay t1_j5bxv20 wrote

That's just cost cutting. Ideally the unit is positively pressured so in the event of a fire smoke isn't being pushed into units. Especially at night when people are sleeping that steals evacuation time before smoke can overwhelm occupants.

Positive pressure in hallways was a way to ventilate with less investment in mechanical systems. Simple as that. Which in the covid era has proven especially harmful since it's not as simple as a filter/airblower upgrade to beef up air filtration like we've seen in Asia. In the event of a fire alarm being triggered they go into overdrive exhausting to keep air quality in the hallways clear for people to evacuate. In the US we just do that in stairwells if the building is big enough. Again: cost cutting.

But virtually all buildings prohibit anything that changes how ventilation works beyond opening a window. Window fans, even those plastic thermal barriers people do in the winter to stop drafts are generally not allowed if you look at leases or HOA rules. People think it's aesthetics, but it's because it would cause more air to stagnate in adjacent units.

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mad_dog_94 t1_j5bp7bv wrote

air freshener. or just live with it and eventually you get used to it. my neighbors cook an assload of fish and it bothered me for a bit but now i dont even notice it anymore

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mwssnof t1_j5btdvo wrote

Most apartment buildings have poor ventilation. Even kitchens with a vent above the stove just recirculate the air through a filter. Since it's costly to direct the vent outside, very very few apartments and even houses have direct vent to outside, which could account for why the smell is so strong in hallway. It's very difficult in winter as windows stays closed. It wasn't until we got our own place that we finally could cook without bothering the neighbors, since we installed direct vent outside. So it helps to understand the context. Then, if they do have exterior vent but don't use, then talking to them is a solution. If they don't, then they may still be willing to open window in winter, but won't really help unless they get a window vent fan. The best thing you can do for yourself is positive pressure in your apt so at least the smell has a hard time coming in. As for the hallway, maybe the building landlord is willing to add seal to their door to help contain the smell. Anyway it's tough due to rarity of actual kitchen vent in the US.

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JerseyCityGeordie t1_j5bvbdn wrote

After reading some of the OP’s posts and his username, it’s quite clear he is Muslim (my assumption is Pakistani) and he hates Indians. At first I thought it was a white finance bro who doesn’t know the difference between Muslims, Hindus, or Sikhs, but now I realize what’s going on

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Vicarious-Lee-Eye t1_j5avto4 wrote

sorry man. trust me, you're not alone. I suggest cooking a good amount of bacon and beef short ribs. keep your door open when preparing. good luck.

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ReeseCommaBill t1_j5ayncg wrote

I love Indian, I don’t see a problem here.

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ironsheeck t1_j5azjt8 wrote

I love the food but don’t want to smell it all the time. I love bacon but I don’t want to smell bacon all the time.

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glo46 t1_j5bi6kn wrote

Maybe ask the landlord to remind the new tenants to use the overhead cooking fan which should help, but won't completely solve the issue.

Another thing you can do is add air fresheners by your door jambs if you can, and seal up the door with weather strips to help prevent the smell from coming in.

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pixel_of_moral_decay t1_j5aljvh wrote

Get one of those prank air “fresheners” that smell like ass and spray it outside their door every time.

Classical/operant conditioning is proven to work. It’s science.

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RiseofParallax t1_j5anc4j wrote

You should move in with this guy at his mom’s house and create a podcast in the basement that no one listens to

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