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The scariest part is, Paul17 in Waterford, N.Y. isn't even winning:
After the jump, take a look at what more of the finalists in MyApartmentMap's $1,000-grand-prize "Dirtiest Apartment" contest put up with to position themselves for the crown.
Some people (Mahdroo in West Hollywood, Calif.) can take pride in anything.
This is what happens when you never put stuff away, Messy Jessie in Brooklyn, N.Y.
We can't even tell which room of JKeegan's Lowell, Mass., home this is supposed to be.
Click here for more of the finalists' squalid abodes and a chance to vote on who you think is the filthiest filth-monger. (Contest ends July 24.)
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Wednesday 22 July
By misanthropegirl
This is actually really weird and sad. These people might have actual mental problems to live like this.
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Wednesday 22 July
By hi
just cause you have some minor well major psychological problems doesnt mean that you can judge someone like that depression is a dark and awful thing and if youve never been on the dark side of life like that then you dont have any right to say shxt about how anyone lives their life
Wednesday 22 July
By mslou707
How disgusting and terrible!!
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Wednesday 22 July
By shellye
My GOD , what filth! People really live like that. and to think they can reproduce.
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Wednesday 22 July
By KG
As a property manager i know that things can get out of hand. I deal with elderly and mentally ill tenants so often they don't realize there are issues. It is hard to deal with sometimes but for all of us " BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD GOES I" Help these folks VOLUNTEER at a lacal property DO SOMETHING!!! Don't ASSUME that they want to live this way.
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Wednesday 22 July
By Hi, Jude
As a caseworker, I used to work with families in their homes. Some of their homes looked much worse than any of these. It is very sad and is so difficult to help any of these people make the changes necessary to provide themselves with healthful living situations. Some are hoarders due to severe deprivation when young. Some are just so used to living in a chaotic environment that cleanliness and orderliness make them uncomfortable. There are also people who simply don't care what their environment looks like. However, I believe that most people who live like this have some sort of mental disorder. So sad...
Wednesday 22 July
By ycav4424
I hope none of these people have a job in health care.
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Wednesday 22 July
By Bill
I could easily nominate my best friend and he would win.
But he is also an attorney and may sue me for slandering his reputation.
I and my wife attempted to straighten out is one large room bachlor flat. We could not even do it in a week.
Upon his return from his trip, he said nothing (although we felt we did not even make a dent), but called me several times as to where I had laid certain documents or if I had thrown them out. The only items thrown were empty food and drink type containers and spoiled foods.
We were room-mates while he went to law school and he is one of the smartest people I know and a pretty good PI lawyer.
I do not know what went wrong as I never say this coming.
I honestly believe that he does not see the condition he his living in. I make small snippet remakes about his living conditions and it hurts me. How can you deal with someone like this that you have known for over 30 years.
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Wednesday 22 July
By Sponzy
I live near that place, but I have seen worse. My dad and I buy and refurbish tax sale houses. There was one that was like that Waterford apartment in every room. The fridge was almost a bio harard the whole place was. IDK people are pigs
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Wednesday 22 July
By ramelia
Hmmm. The food debris and actual garbage might be "filth", but some of this strikes me as just CLUTTER. People don't know what to do with things, don't have enough storage space, don't know how to organize - or have other issues. This affects well-appointed, personally clean people who look nice and are competent at work as well as bipolar people off their meds, or people who can't afford regular garbage service! I totally agree with the property manager - don't judge and condemn, do something to help someone who is able to accept your help.
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Wednesday 22 July
By lennyny
Wow! I thought *my* place was bad, but after seeing this I feel like I live in a palace!
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Thursday 23 July
By MKHSHB
I am a property owner that takes pride in offering clean, well-cared for places for rent to families and singles as well. I've seen much worse than these with children living in the filth and eating food from a frig that was full of mold and Lord only knows what else! I don't understand it, nor do I care why....I try to evict as soon as I find out what's going on. Most times we're left with a place that needs a complete going through....Cleaning, painting, repairing, replacing what can't be cleaned. We always hope the next tenant will be better; some are some aren't. Just the luck of the draw I guess.
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Thursday 23 July
By dirty girl
Frankly, I live in what I call "organized chaos". It is not as bad as those apartments with the food, etc. but I am disabled and cannot clean for myself. I cannot afford a cleaning service either and my family leaves me to live in it without help. So before you judge someone, be reminded that you have no idea what their situation is. I would be so thankful for any help offered to me, but none ever is. Just someone to vacuum and mop once in awhile, or help organize would make my life about 1000% better.
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Thursday 23 July
By LJ
Hey dirty girl, if you really are on disability, get out your phone book, call social security, the Dept. of Social Services in your state, and ask each to refer you if you don't find an In-Home-Care Service that your insurance would probably pay for. Not just a blanket amount that you might like, but they would probably send a social worker out to your home or apt. and evaluate approx. how many hours of help you would need per week as well as the kind of help. You'll probably end up with someone to do your laundry every week, and light house keeping, maybe helping you shop for food, and possibly preparing some meals for you. Don't stop looking until you find it - it's available.
Thursday 23 July
By dirty girl
LJ,
Thanks for the reply. I am waiting for my decision as we type. This info helps a great deal! When I get my decision (if positive) I will do just this!! I cannot believe that someone along the road these past few years in the SS system, or my lawyer, doctors, hasn't told me what a stranger just did on the internet. I will have to do more research myself than I already have. Thanks again.
Thursday 23 July
By Judy Wallis
I think people keep their living spaces the way they see the world and themselves. They just plain don't care how they live or how unsanitary it gets. Have you ever walked past a parked car and looked in to see it piled high with trash. Same thing! I use to clean my daughter-in-laws house for the sake of my grandchildren. Maybe it was appreciated and maybe not. Who knows!
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