My Husband Has Had It...
By Jennifer
@LovingMyBabies (85288)
Valdosta, Georgia
July 12, 2012 1:19pm CST
We heard a loud bang right outside the front door. When we opened it there was a drunk older man who fell on top of our lawn mower! He was laying on it unable to get up himself. My husband had to help him up! We called the police, were waiting on them to get him. This is every single day. We either have druggies or alcoholics coming to our house looking to borrow money or so wasted it is ridiculous. My husband is SO mad right now! We are so ready to get out of here. I wish my husband would get his settlement already, I don't want our kids growing up here. I don't want to live here another day but we have no option with not enough money to move! =(
So sick of this neighborhood...
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15 responses
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
12 Jul 12
How awful! I imagine with this being a nearly daily occurrence that the police are also slow to respond? That truly doesn't sound like a good place to be especially with children. Sadly the lack of money is what keeps good people stuck around rif raff that could careless about anything but getting stupid/drunk/wasted and causing trouble then being respectable + law abiding citizens!
I'd ask if there were some decent neighbors that you could do some sort of a block watch in the neighborhood with the police's help if you haven't tried that already.
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
12 Jul 12
I wish I had an answer for you.
The only suggestions I would have maybe if possible to live with family? Get a better job, a second job. cut your expenses somehow. Wnen I lived in a project as a teenager me getting a better job and keeping my other job as a second job was one of the ways I was able to get my mother and myself out of there.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
12 Jul 12
I would absolutely get a job if we had a vehicle. We don't even have that right now... There is no where close that I could even walk to for a job. Unfortunately. the option of living with family is not possible either. =(
Like I said we are just so stuck right now with no options unfortunately...=(
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@AmbiePam (94545)
• United States
13 Jul 12
Have you ever heard of Laurie Notaro? She is really funny, and writes about her life. The early years of her marriage took place living in a place similar to what you are describing. If you ever get a chance to pick up one of her books, I think it would make you laugh. Because boy oh boy does her neighborhood sound like yours.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
13 Jul 12
I have never heard of her before but I will have to look for her books. This place is crazy, already this morning we had a guy banging on our door to bum cigs from me...I am sick of this place! Now not only do I not have the money to give him any BUT my children were woke up from him practically banging my door down! 
Ugh.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
13 Jul 12
Your right it does sound like my neighborhood! Lol. That is exactly what the drunk guy yesterday wanted, to nap on my front porch!! I have to read the books...
@KrauseHome (36447)
• United States
13 Jul 12
Wow!! This would not be a Good environment and place to live. I can understand your frustrations, and do not Blame you for wanting to move. What are the Cops doing about all these people? Just waiting until someone calls them? You are in my thoughts and Prayers for safety, and for something better to open up soon.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
14 Jul 12
It is really bad. I hate being here every day! I worry sick about being here... The cops are in this neighborhood every day. They do nothing about it. They take people off our property thats about it.
@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
13 Jul 12
How scary! What do you think is holding up your husband's settlement? Is there any way that you can contribute a bit from the household budget (dimes, nickels and quarters DO add up quickly!) to put in a safe place, and make your future move easier? Do you own your home or rent it? If you rent it, you should speak to your landlord about what's going on and see if there's a reason for these crazies to be coming to your doorstep. And if you own it, was your neighborhood always this bad? Remember-you can always change your house (if it's ugly) but NOT your location! Good luck and be careful!
@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
13 Jul 12
It is scary! It always takes this long for settlements. My father went through the same with his. It takes workers comp a long time to get you the money for a settlement. It's not their money so who cares right? They definitely don't make it a quick and easy ordeal...
We have started to save a little bit here and there but that is going to take a while too. Whenever I get a little money I put half back but my husband only makes $300 per week on his comp check until we get the settlement and we have 3 kids and our rent alone is $700 per month. Then all of our other bills and food, the money is gone, no extra at all...
If you read my other discussions you will see from them that our landlord is a slumlord who could care less about our situation at all. He does not care about anything. The ac broke in this place, it was over 98 degrees in our house and he told us to sweat it out! That is the kind of person he is...
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
12 Jul 12
I hope my husbands check comes soon. I am ready to be out of this horrible place!
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
12 Jul 12
hi lovingMyBabie yes you need that settlement money as soon as possible as it sounds really unsafe where your are. its not a
place to bring up children really.That must be nerve wracking having that kind of stuff going on daily. I will send prayers that God will move that settlement money swiftly to you folks so you can get
out of these surroundings. I worry about my Son as he lives in Santa And a city besieged by illegal gangsters in their twenties whose main thing is to drive by at night and shoot other gangsters. we call call it Sewage Ana by the way its that bad.
t Sewage Ana by the way its that bad.1 person likes this
@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
12 Jul 12
Yes we do Hatley so bad! I am so sick of this. At night I am always terrified we are going to be robbed, it is so scary! We are tired of living in fear. So many of these stupid people around here are always asking for money, it is ridiculous.
Thank you, we so badly need prayers for that! We are so ready to be in a decent place with a nice neighborhood!
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@Thoroughrob (11742)
• United States
12 Jul 12
It sounds like you really do need to get out of there. It does not sound very safe. I hope you are able to soon, before something worse happens.
@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
13 Jul 12
We do need to get out of here but like everything else you need money to move. I truly hope he gets his settlement check soon because that is our ticket out of here!
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
13 Jul 12
It is not safe! I hope you get to move ASAP! Hang in there.
@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
13 Jul 12
I know, it's really bad. I wish my hubby's settlement check would get here already!
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@anklesmash (1412)
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12 Jul 12
Thats awful i hope your able to move soon.Your post has made me thankful that i live in a decent neighbourhood and was brought up in one.At least your both safe thats the important thing.
keep safe
@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
12 Jul 12
I hope we can move soon too! I am so sick of being here but lack of money holds us back sadly. =(
Yes we are safe thank God. But who knows how long we will be safe.
@jaiho2009 (39141)
• Philippines
12 Jul 12
I will do the same thing.
I never wish to let my kids grow with such environment.
Hope one day you will find a better place to stay.
@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
12 Jul 12
Yeah if we had the money we would be gone already. Too bad we don't until my husbands settlement check comes... I hope so too, thank you!
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
12 Jul 12
Wow, I thought it was bad round here but you get this every day. I'm not surprised you want to leave, I would too.
Hope you do..very soon.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
19 Jul 12
LovingMybabies:
Environment will be what it is. we have to get used to it. If we want totally trouble free environment then it will be a costly place. I wish your problem is 
sorted out soon. In which State are you residing?
sorted out soon. In which State are you residing?
@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
12 Nov 12
Yes if we want completely trouble free it will be an expensive place. It has gotten a little better. We live in North Carolina.
@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
12 Jul 12
Yes it is terrible for all of us... I hope my husband gets his settlement check soon. We will be out of here finally which would be really nice! Yeah he got really annoyed with it.
@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
12 Jul 12
It is terrible. If we could afford a fence it would have been up a LONG time ago! The fence companies want a FORTUNE to put one up, we already looked into that. I wanted a fence here from day one but we do not have the money to get one...Like everything else it costs a lot of money that we just do not have.
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@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
12 Jul 12
As soon as we get that money we are so out of here. I don't know why they always come here!
