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Many of us have been there before — stuck with a bad roommate. In this city, where high rent prices force many of us to live with new friends and strangers, plenty of people have roommates they don’t get along with.

There are some minor problems that might come up, like differences in cleanliness, music taste and sleep schedules, among other things. And then there are those roommates who seemingly go out of their way to make your life as difficult as possible.