[nonightowl]

Originally Posted by will19

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And now I just found out that a small apartment place across the street from where I live will be torn down and a larger apartment place will be built up. I guess the people living at the apartments have been evicted. So that will mean a lot of noise for the next few months or so and then there will be not enough parking for everyone in the new units. So parking is going to be a problem even more. I feel like I made a big mistake and I can't get out of it.

And I've been feeling depressed and alone a lot more so recently. It's a wonder to me that I keep my sanity.

Same here, the development is out of control. And I heard on the news how some fires started at homeless camps spread to nearby buildings, both commercial and residential. The homeless broke into the power supply for the street lights, to power their tents and a fire breaks out from the heat build up. I actually bear them no ill will per se, my anger is directed at our system and culture, about individual choices and victim blaming.

There's a lot of roadwork going on around here, both on my street and the next. I don't know where all those cars go, as people can't park weekdays 9am - 4pm. The noise is unbearable and I can't open my windows while it's going on. I feel the city is in the toilet and they will bury me in this crap apartment. I mean where can I go? Just thinking about how vulnerable I am and how a homeless camp fire could burn down MY building. The shuttered gas station I mentioned below is collecting a few tents now. It's been at least 4 years since they proposed to develop that corner, and nothing there except an idle Caterpillar tractor plus a pile of dirt.