Living in a bad location

I do feel for you and your current situation. It's not that wonderful here either but we have quiet neighbours on either side of us now, which wasn't the case just a few months ago. I only hope they all stay put instead of moving on, as renters tend to do. Mortgage payers like my husband are the ones that can't move even if they wanted to, as it's difficult selling houses round here. I would say there are at least 3 properties that have been on the market for about 4 years and still no takers, so what chance have we got, unless we sold it dirt cheap (which we're not prepared to do as we couldn't move anywhere if we did) lol. As you said, we're stuck between a rock and a hard place but I do try to find the positives. We're not homeless, my hubby has a steady job and we do try to improve the actual look of the interior of the house whenever we can. Even small things like painting the landing ceiling today help improve my mood, even moreso the fact I've done it myself and not involved the mad in-laws!

This is a problem that has occurred in numerous areas over the years. It must be horrendous to have bought a house in a pleasant area, only to find that the area degenerates some years later. Not only do you lose the social benefits of neighbours and friends that you have acquired over this period, but suddenly the value of your property has greatly diminished.

Thankfully the neighborhood where I live is still a safe place to live. I moved here six years ago and nothing much has changed. I still have the same neighbors, and since this is a subdivision, it will probably take more years before someone decides to sell their house and move. We live in a quiet area just 30 minutes away from Metro Manila, which is very crowded and I find unsafe to live. I can say that the crime rate in neighborhood is zero. I live alone and sometimes I leave the house for days and the house remains untouched. My brothers who live overseas are the ones fretting over me living alone in this house, but I have been living here alone for over a year now and it still remains safe.

A location, is just that, a location. You can be a victim of crime anywhere. What makes a place good or bad is how you are able to feel about it. I cannot escape everything, but I can understand how to deal. A place that you can own is always helpful. Also, our ability to protect ourselves. A pet can be somewhat helpful. You can't move from life. My neighborhood changes as people come and go, but it is still the neighborhood. I live here and I am comfortable here.

That must be sulking. I guess home is supposed to be peaceful and you are not in peaceful state at all. I sorry to hear this. I just hope that your house gets sold as early as possible so that you can move away from that location. Or even the things get better. Who are these people who do all this?? Anyway the place where i live is very peaceful. Neighbors are good too. and I feel very safe here. No one would touch anything in the garden as well. Very cool place. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day ahead.

I'm sorry to hear that, but I would like to share about my living town. My living town is not so interesting. you can't find a good job with good salary, except you work independently. But I live my town because it's very comfort, safe, the people are friendly.

So sad. I really can't imagine that there are places in this world that looks like in Afghanistan. I really pity those people living in such kind of tragic situation. I mean, just imagine, you will not have enough sleep because of fear that you might lose your lives in the other day! You really have to get out from there! We have our basic human rights to be safe in the community that we live and I think, if your community cannot provide enough security for its residents, then I think it is just enough time to live and look for a more secured one.

The only problem I have in my area is the difficulty getting a ride. You see, our place is a bit far from the city and having no car can be really hard especially with the bad weather. As to crimes, I don't think we have a problem with this. I have 3 dogs that are very fierce and criminals don't wanna be torn to pieces by 3 big dogs. LOL

Sorry... that's bad. Fortunately everything is normal here aside from sometime ago a car crashed right here on the corner. That was all. Everything else is still peaceful and quiet. I wish the world was at peace, that's enough of rudeness, anger and violence everywhere. It's not the solution. As a race we need to mature and respect all lives.

I'm sorry to hear about your neighborhood. I understand how you feel. I once lived in a neighborhood where there are killings and hold-up that happened. We were afraid to go out at night. Now, I am living uptown and it's nice. Neighbors are good however when we had just transferred here, there are petty theft that happened. When the suspect was killed we are already confident that things are left outside the house.

We don't have the kind of crimes over here you describe although the neighbour was robbed (I think it was someone she knew) and once in 4 or 5 years I read something that should be happend here. I have some shops nearby but never notice if they are robbed or so. Must say although I live in a city this part is more like a village. Partly because of the gardens, high trees, although it had it's best time. The city should clean up more, but seems they are too busy elsewhere. I am staying here way longer as ever planned. The house is not great, cold, humid and lot of malt. Sine 30 years (or longer) they did not renovate the house (houseowner is refusing just filling his pockets). I think there are way better places to live, better houses but fact is everything over here is very expensive, so are the houses. I can't afford a more expensive rent and also don't have the money to move. This besides of the fact you never know who your neighbours will be. Now I at least know that.

I live in a pretty nice neighborhood. Crimes are minimal, it doesn't get flooded even during the last series of torrential rains and typhoons. It is also very accessible but the cost of living is higher than the capital, Manila. I wish I can move in somewhere better in terms of the cost of the basic necessities. Although compared to my previous neighborhood, this one is quite exclusive, in a sense that we don't even know most of our neighbors, although from what I heard they've been here for decades.