Ok, I live in a bad area. I’m the first to admit it. As a friend said, “no no, that’s cool, I’m sure your crack heads talk to our crack heads”. But I didn’t realise this when I moved in a few months ago. So now you can learn from my experience, some indicators to tell if you live in a bad area. This is all crap that’s happened to me.
1. There are two locks on the front door, and five on the back.
2. You have to be reminded to take your washing off the line before sunset, because someone will steal your clothes.
3. You have to be reminded to take the clothes pegs off the washing line before sunset, because someone will steal them.
4. You wake up in the morning to find the lock on the front door has been half pried off.
5. Someone likes to walk up and down the back of the units making clucking noises at night, and no one knows why.
6. There is a semi-perminent party happening in unit 18.
7. You walk past a guy trying to break into a car with a coat hanger while another guy keeps look out.
8. You have to keep all your windows locked and the blinds drawn at all times.
9. There’s four couches on the front lawn of the place next door.
10. Someone steals your plants.