i live in an apartment as well...with a boatload of old people...i walk down to the pool with my BP and shes huge...bigger than the average BP... everyone hates that i have her...i have even been threatened by 60 year old women that they would kill my snake...my BP is over 5 feet long and fat as hell...she eats a medium live rat and 2 fuzzies every week. shes not small...and in canada where i live snakes are frowned on...well they are where i live at least...