My town in the news

Nowhere is entirely completely safe. One measure is the amount of poverty in, and around, the area. As poverty bites, so just about everything goes to hell.

When I moved to Houston, TX - I stopped by a Police Station and asked then to rule out areas not to buy in, which they were glad to do. I found a decent place, but gladly avoided some potential disasters.
 
VaughanJB said:
Nowhere is entirely completely safe. One measure is the amount of poverty in, and around, the area. As poverty bites, so just about everything goes to hell.

When I moved to Houston, TX - I stopped by a Police Station and asked then to rule out areas not to buy in, which they were glad to do. I found a decent place, but gladly avoided some potential disasters.
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LOL..did you do that in Sunny E...county when you got back to the UK...:sneaky::ROFLMAO:
 
hollydolly said:
LOL..did you do that in Sunny E...county when you got back to the UK...:sneaky::ROFLMAO:
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Well, that's damn mean. :D

There's nowhere to live here that is safe, but my motivations were different (and more flawed). I *hate* it here, and there's no getting around that. I am in a nice place, or as nice as I can expect. I mean, it's relatively safe, but real ugly. Since I've been here (18 months), I've only had to run off one set of thieves breaking into my neighbors car at 1:00am in the morning.

I have a will, as most people should, and I have specifically written that I want my ashes to be spread in the US. Says it all really. :D
 
VaughanJB said:
Well, that's damn mean. :D

There's nowhere to live here that is safe, but my motivations were different (and more flawed). I *hate* it here, and there's no getting around that. I am in a nice place, or as nice as I can expect. I mean, it's relatively safe, but real ugly. Since I've been here (18 months), I've only had to run off one set of thieves breaking into my neighbors car at 1:00am in the morning.

I have a will, as most people should, and I have specifically written that I want my ashes to be spread in the US. Says it all really. :D
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LOL..well I don't intend to be mean.. you know that.. but if I lived in your town, I;d want my ashes spread in the US as well.. and I've never been there... :LOL:
 
hollydolly said:
LOL..well I don't intend to be mean.. you know that.. but if I lived in your town, I;d want my ashes spread in the US as well.. and I've never been there... :LOL:
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Without hesitation I can say, your coming here would be a waste of time. Whatever your expectations, you'll be disappointed. :D
 
VaughanJB said:
Without hesitation I can say, your coming here would be a waste of time. Whatever your expectations, you'll be disappointed. :D
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No..I've been to your town several times, and passed quickly through it ..I know exactly what it;s like...I meant I've never been to the USA but even I would choose to be buried there than in your current town... ...:ROFLMAO:
 
hollydolly said:
No..I've been to your town several times, and passed quickly through it ..I know exactly what it;s like...I meant I've never been to the USA but even I would choose to be buried there than in your current town... ...:ROFLMAO:
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I left my heart in the US. I'm here, but you know.......... REASONS. But if I think of a quitened soul, a peaceful rest, it's there - not in my home country. I've never felt less British. My home town? I think the predictions of what it would become were accurate - we're an extension of the East End of London, separated by a handful of miles. The more time passes, the more the miles become meaningless. I have little connection to locals, which is just a self-defensive way of saying they have little connection to me. It's not that they're out of step, it's that *I* am.

The end result is the same. Guess what, if you replace fields and forests with concrete, things get worse. Who knew?
 
VaughanJB said:
I left my heart in the US. I'm here, but you know.......... REASONS. But if I think of a quitened soul, a peaceful rest, it's there - not in my home country. I've never felt less British. My home town? I think the predictions of what it would become were accurate - we're an extension of the East End of London, separated by a handful of miles. The more time passes, the more the miles become meaningless. I have little connection to locals, which is just a self-defensive way of saying they have little connection to me. It's not that they're out of step, it's that *I* am.

The end result is the same. Guess what, if you replace fields and forests with concrete, things get worse. Who knew?
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yes sadly that's a good way to describe your town... and perhaps your mistake was not returning to England after your time in the US, but to return to somewhere much more leafy and less ... my hated word..but how else to describe it..less Chavtastic
 
hollydolly said:
yes sadly that's a good way to describe your town... and perhaps your mistake was not returning to England after your time in the US, but to return to somewhere much more leafy and less ... my hated word..but how else to describe it..less Chavtastic
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No, I'm pretty sure the mistake was returning. However, I think I'll be here to my dying day, so I've come to terms with that. There are better places than here, of course.

Then again, I want a very different life now. My excitement for adventure and experimentation is mostly spent. The time I spent trying to reach the goals of others: profit margins, growth expectations, and market share, are spent. I had a lot of great skills, and spent much of them on making sure Disney.com worked, or that BT could gain share from Virgin in their business to business transactions. What could be more dull?

Now I want to be about myself, with my partner, joy, and love. Which is why my personal predicament hurts as much as it does. You can change your priorities, but you can't change the priorities of others. I'm lost at the moment, and feel as though I'm in this netherworld of indecision and doubt. I don't know how much of this is personal drama, and what is just...... aging. It's troubling when you thought you knew someone, and then found that not only did you not know them well enough, but you've been on different journeys the whole time. It sucks.

But I digress.
 
VaughanJB said:
No, I'm pretty sure the mistake was returning. However, I think I'll be here to my dying day, so I've come to terms with that. There are better places here, of course.

Then again, I want a very different life now. My excitement for adventure and experimentation is mostly spent. The time I spent trying to reach the goals of others: profit margins, growth expectations, and market share, are spent. I had a lot of great skills, and spent much of them on making sure Disney.com worked, or that BT could gain share from Virgin in their business to business transactions. What could be more dull?

Now I want to be about myself, my partner, joy, and love. Which is why my personal predicament hurts as much as it does. You can change your priorities, but you can't change the priorities of others. I'm lost at the moment, and feel as though I'm in this netherworld of indecision. I don't know how much of this is personal drama, and what is just...... aging. It's troubling when you thought you knew someone, and then found that not only did you not know them well enough, but you've been on different journeys the whole time. It sucks.

But I digress.
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well we know a little bit of your situation from what you've told us ..and I have to say I feel your pain, having lived in a semi simialr situation for over 20 years ... there's nothing more lonely or restricting than someone elses' problems who has no intention or motivation to change... of which there can seem to be no light at the end of the tunnel..
you'll figure it out one day.. I'm sure
 
hollydolly said:
well we know a little bit of your situation from what you've told us ..and I have to say I feel your pain, having lived in a semi simialr situation for over 20 years ... there's nothing more lonely or restricting than someone elses' problems who has no intention or motivation to change... of which there can seem to be no light at the end of the tunnel..
you'll figure it out one day.. I'm sure
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Will I be dead first?
 
There sure is a lot of killing of family members going on! It boggles the mind. Even exclusive, "safe" little towns are no longer exempt from the madness. I wonder if the stepfather was abusive. If chronic abuse was not the motivating factor, Stephen may spend the rest of his life in prison.
 

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