make01

I have lived in Glossodia for nearly 10 years and have never had any problems at all. It is a quiet and clean area with a great community spirit. Its like living in a rural town but being relative close to most amenities. The neighbours i have are mostly older, retired people and young families with kids under 5. Everyone keeps to themselves but are always keen for a wave and a chat over the garbage bins on bin night. Some examples of the community are we were out the front of our place trying to push a ride on onto a trailor, a man drove past and saw us and stopped and came and helped. I didnt know him but he helped us get the ride on onto the trailor. Another one is when i stopped to grab something out of the boot one night, put my hazards on and two cars stopped to help, thinking i had broken down.
The shops have a great butcher, video shop, pizza shop, small grocery shop, pharmacy, takeaway and bottleshop. I have never had any problems with the shop owners and the butcher is especially nice. The childcare is great, small and personalised. The school looks good but my kids are too small so i dont know much about it. There has been some graffiti in the carpark at the shops but i havent seen large groups of kids hanging around. I have been at night to the poorly lit carpark and never had any problems.
Social life is pretty much non existant at night. there is no where to go and nothing to do. During the day, there are some great kids parks in the area, mums groups at the community centre, zumba classes and other classes at the community centre. I walk alot but havent had any problems with dogs or groups of kids even around the shops. Loads of hills so great for exercise but it is a pain to push prams up those hills!!! No paths on most roads either so you have to use the side of the road. The houses are a mix of normal blocks, small acreage and large acreage. Strange mix of people live here. Yes there are some renters and some people who dont look after there houses but i think you get that everywhere. Its no where near on par with Mt Druitt, not even close!!!!! ( I have done some work in Mt Druitt so i definately know!!!) - no housing commission houses here. The other type of people are the pretty wealthy ones with the large acreage lots
I love living in Glossodia, i feel safe, the kids feel safe. I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to live out here.