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Does anyone else live in a rough area?

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harman · 07/08/2007 22:57

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handlemecarefully · 07/08/2007 23:26

Blimey harman - don't know what to say. Feel a bit humble really

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harman · 07/08/2007 23:27

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handlemecarefully · 07/08/2007 23:28

Well it's a crap situation to be in, and I want to say something that will help...but have drawn a blank

Biglips · 07/08/2007 23:28

blimey....nothing like that happens around here. Only just a few smackheads and last year we had a few cars burnt out but it had stopped

mumto2nuttybells · 07/08/2007 23:28

maidstone?

Biglips · 07/08/2007 23:30

mum - well i dont think that Harman wants to tell yer or anyone..

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harman · 07/08/2007 23:32

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Biglips · 07/08/2007 23:33

aahhhh so thats what bothering you then?....about your ex being smug about where you live?

mumto2nuttybells · 07/08/2007 23:36

Im afraid theres lots of other people out there with the same prob im one of them its called life but one day you will be away from it.

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harman · 07/08/2007 23:40

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Biglips · 07/08/2007 23:41

how long have you been waiting on the exchange list?

charliecat · 07/08/2007 23:42

Well youve left my house today, and someone got stabbed in the woods up the road not long back.
It maybe should, but doesnt stop me walking through there with my MP3 player on on my own.
You cant live like that harman

expatinscotland · 07/08/2007 23:42

I did, and it depressed me so badly I almost lost hope entirely.

I know where you're coming from.

I've lived in shitholes all over the world and that was the worst.

It scarred me for life and if I had the choice between that or going back to live with my parents I'd do the latter in a flash.

oops · 07/08/2007 23:43

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Biglips · 07/08/2007 23:44

yea i know.

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harman · 07/08/2007 23:50

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Theresad · 07/08/2007 23:59

We lived in a flat in an inner city on a corner of two cul de sac's, limited access to a through road. Every day I was grateful that we lived upstairs. We used to have the local druggies kicking in the front (shared) door and sitting on the concrete stairwell. I had to phone the police a few times because they had passed out and were stopping us from getting out,but they would not come out the day I needed to go to hospital for a scan on so had to, while heavily ppregnant climb over their bodies to get to the street.

forsale · 08/08/2007 00:04

harman - do you work? is there anything actually keeping you to the specific area? can you afford to rent elsewhere?

Theresad · 08/08/2007 00:09

Oh and the time one of the neighbours was waving a gun around outside and shouting a lot, so I called the police, as you do, and carried on watching from the bedroom window.
The police turned up and got out of the car to deal with him and from where I was standing four floors up and across the road I could hear the police radio giving my address and that I had reported it. Scared was I that night.

Mercy · 08/08/2007 00:14

Harman, I also live in/near what some people would call a rough area.

We have had problems with needles, prostitutes, and masses of 'petty' crime which is almost worse because it is relentless.

I find it goes in waves - but I feel for you and everyone else. It's horrible having to shield your children from what's really going on (I can atm because mine are very young)

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harman · 08/08/2007 00:20

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Mercy · 08/08/2007 00:39

Hey harman, don't feel bad about it. You made the best decision you could at the time. You'll find a way even if takes a while.

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harman · 08/08/2007 10:32

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charliecat · 08/08/2007 10:39

You can get your housing benefit paid straight to you. And then you pay it to the landlord?

charliecat · 08/08/2007 10:40

However, I did read soemthing about insurance and Housing Benefit on MN a while back, no idea what that was...someone will come along in a minute and tell you.
But then you culd get turfed out every six months.

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