Community Chat

[RetRN]

@haddon9, me too. I'd be out of there by Oct. 1.

[SilleeMee]

Good luck to you if you decide to move. @Anonymous032819  What you just described sounds like some parts of my neighborhood. Mine comes with stray bullets and SWAT cars. Wish I could move but I own my house and I'm too old to sell and move.

[Anonymous032819]

---

@SilleeMee wrote:

Good luck to you if you decide to move. @Anonymous032819  What you just described sounds like some parts of my neighborhood. Mine comes with stray bullets and SWAT cars. Wish I could move but I own my house and I'm too old to sell and move.

---

I am lucky in that sense.

There haven't been any gunfire.

I do live on a main road, and hear vehicles racing up the street all the time.

[RetRN]

@SilleeMee, oh no, that sounds scary. I'm sorry you are unable to move. I hope you have some good neighbors nearby so that you can look our for one another. 

[alicedee]

Why not find an apartment in a nice complex?  No taxes, maintenance, or yard work.  

[Anonymous032819]

I just bought these from Amazon.

Vivii Solar Lights, Motion Sensor 30 LED Super Bright Security Lights Solar Outdoor Spotlight Flood Lighting for Backyard Garden Patio and Pathway, 4 PK

They were $21.99 and have 93% 5 star rating.

Since I rent, I can't permanently attach anything, as in hard wire, but these I can just affix with a .

Well, since it won't let me say the word, a picture is the next best thing.

[FancyPhillyshopper]

Safety and security measures are important no matter where you live.

One can never predict what could occur.

However, living in a big city there are many safeguards one can create.

I installed very bright motion activated Mr. Beams lights along my fence so no one will feel tempted to "hang out" late at night.  They are great!

I also have an alarm system and two dogs.

Perhaps you can hire someone to regularly trim and clean up along your property.  

Well-taken care of properties are less likely to attract vagrants. 

I try to plant nice (cheap) flowers along the property line to the street.

Since you are just renting, you have many more opportunities to make a change.

I like my home and do not wish to move.  As a member of my neighborhood and community, I am also responsible for promoting a nice environment!

[pdlinda]

---

@RetRN wrote:

Good luck coming up with the $ to buy a house in a nice neighborhood. You get what you pay for and if you've never owned a home before you will find that with taxes and maintenace you will need a good chunk of change. I think you might want to check out the neighborhood before purchasing so you don't have the same problems.

---

So very true!  The cost of housing in this Country today is astronomical. 

[Anonymous032819]

---

@alicedee wrote:

Why not find an apartment in a nice complex?  No taxes, maintenance, or yard work.  

---

It's hard to find a place when you have cats.

I have four.

Two are old.

Origionally I only had two, but where I used to live last year, my next door neighbor adopted a kitten, Buddy.

Buddy never "took" to him, but saw my two cats and wanted to live with them.

When my (former) landord was removing long time tennants (I had been there for over 20 years) for any and all reasons, I was caught up in the sweep.

My dad had his own cat, (which he wasn't supposed to have, but his cat was his life)

So, since my dad was declining, I feared that (A) he would be confused to see someone living in "my" apartment (we lived in the same complex. He had his apartment, and I had my own seperate apartment), plus (B) what if they kicked him out for having a cat? It would have killed him to be forced to give up his cat.

So, since Buddy never took to my neighbor, he said that I could have him.

That put me at three cats, because I just couldn't leave him behind, essentially "homeless".

So I found this place.

My dad, and our cats moved in.

As you know, my dad passed away in March of this year, so now I have his cat too.

That's how I ended up with four cats.

[goldensrbest]

I was thinking, does it bother you that the house that burned was your dads,and also that you and he shared the home you live in? Look into a alarm system,for now.