kirstenk6

Recent new houses filled with empty and quick sale of the property indicate the lack of security in this area. Once the influx of new immigrants came the value of community has sunk abysmally & tree cover gone instead big multi-storey concrete monstrosities & lower than ideal type of characters moved in. Have been noticing huge police presence & house fires. Sadly welfare recipients & local youth are scurg have no respect for older citizens. My husband passed two years now & it’s turned scary & I can see why the other older folks moved to greener pastures than this suburb. We don’t have the same type of neighbours we once had. Seen this happen so fast that I’d be thinking if my girls were still small that I’d be moving to a better area like further up towards Beaumont or even Tusmore or St Peter’s where the kids could play safely in the park or a yard. The way these new dwellings have come in has ruined our lives. Can’t see how it’s possible to get to the beach or the country fresh air with the horrible traffic & constant noise & smell of exhaust now. The Arkaba has a huge noisy issue with late night drunken revelry and open shop where they have alcohol fuelled degenerates between their pokies room & welfare office in the Woolworths now. It’s just turning into a extension of the hurt street area near that shelter honestly. My walking in the morning rather early has become so scary I can not risk being knocked over again by a young reckless hoon like recently happened to my friend. Not a few nights ago I watched the local indigenous people attack a girl for no reason & the commotion! I’d think it’s just too much for us to expect to have any chance at being able to live quietly. Too much of this developing area has been taken over by criminal activity. Don’t risk it stay safe in the areas instead of taking the chance. Very much think best off in somewhere more green such as Tusmore or Burnside towards the upper hill side over portrush road such as Dulwich or even Beumont for good reason & more established families with nice yards & less chance of being on the news for these horrid events we saw on news like the poor puppy stolen from my dear neighbour! What a shame that we have to tolerate these sort of things now.