Wow some really great thoughts ... in Pa they say the odors situation is not adressable if it is not overpowering /abusive etc but by whose determiniantion is the real question. As for"cooking smell complaints" This is not just a case of not enjoying foreign cuizine. This is a strong constant odor that "roars" thru our home, lingers and hangs in the air and smells like rotting vegtables -in fact the trash remark sets me to thinking thats what it really smells like most of the time and it gets stronger at meal times so maybe its both. I have about 10 air freshners all over the apartment and plug ins and baskets of potpori and scented candles...its still overpowering at times.As for moving I certainly will not I have been here for some time and quite peacefully with many neighbors of all different walks of life and no one else has ever been this problematic. In fact a few other neighbors have recently expressed that since these people arrived they to have noticed a problem in their home so we may make it a group effort.To be honest I still dont think it will help as it seems many people have become afraid to stand up for themselves in this country for fear of insulting ethnic "rights" even know we supposedly have rights too! In our fear and trepdation we have become meek and powerless. I can fight fire with fire though, as summer approaches school gets out and I will be home alot more, I am very fond of corn beef and cabage, I cant eat it anymore but a simmering pot on the stove is after all expressing my ethnic cusine so I am sure i will be cooking it a few times a week and we just bought a grill so the sounds and smells of sizzling beef will be a joyous fragrence coming from MY home!! All kidding aside and in all reality the real adult answer is in the last response...which today by some odd coincidence a lady who sells the "ozone" machines which I really knew nothing about ironically came to my quilting class. She told me all about the machines and how they work. I had no idea they could deal with odors I thought they only worked for dusts and mold and stuff but she says they kill odors and dust mites and all sorts of stuff.Yes, they are a bit expensive but if it works its no more expensive then the portable a/c we were going to buy so we could keep our vents closed and still be cool in only one room. I am going to do some research and she has offered a 15 day trial to see if it works, if it does it will be a well spent 500 - 700 dollars!! Thanks for all your answers

I remember a niece's birthday party in a refinished basement. My cousin Janet and I started sneezing uncontrollably. Turned out the hostess had sprayed the room with air freshner lest guests detct stale basement odors. We both suffered horribly. Janet has asthma,too. I don't recall the brand.

Layna I have a pattern I just scanned today for another lady I would be willing to send you in an email. It is called Sweet Scents and they are beautiful dolls. I made one for my secret sister at church last month. email me and let me know if you would like it. Donna

vampiressrn, I didn't even know that compactors had built-in air fresheners...and I've had one for the past 8 years in two different houses (GE Monogram and now KitchenAid)! Anyway, we don't put food in ours and rinse containers like plastic juice jugs before putting them in the compactor, so we've never had any smells. :) The Costco compactor bags are great. Our trash from the compactor usually only goes out to the trash every two weeks, but we do take "food" trash out daily or as needed. However, if that isn't a habit you'd like to adopt, I would imagine that washing and/or Lysol would help get rid of odors.