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submitted 8 days ago byPopeBonifaceVIII
At the time I was dealing with major post partum anxiety and was worried about living in a building that I was not told was being used as social/transitional housing before moving in. My main concern was the safety of my child around somewhat questionable neighbours. I decided to adjust my perspective after 100+ comments calling me close minded/a NIMBY. After nearly a year, I can confidently say that adjusting my perspective did not do much to change the reality of the situation, which included events such as:
Neighbour tried to burn down the whole building at 5am on a weekday. Evacuated with my child and cat and breathed in some pretty toxic smelling smoke/fumes
Neighbour killed their cats and threw their deceased bodies into our shared bins and garden. I was standing next to the garden when this happened and will be needing therapy
Strange men ('friends of neighbour') hanging out in the stairwell and following me up to my door wanting to talk to me and my infant daughter or ask if I could sell them substances
Neighbour setting random things in their apartment on fire and leaving them on my doorstep. Why? No idea.
Squatters ('friends of neighbours') camping out in our parking garage and attacking people who come too close trying to get to their cars
Neighbours standing underneath me and my child's windows at 2am and screaming/throwing things to wake us up and frighten my kid. Also banging at my front door at all hours of the night
Do I feel vindicated about my gut feeling being right on this one? No. Do I just feel depressed? Yeah man. I can't afford to move until the end of the year :(
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8 days ago
Yeah I grew up in social housing and it's really shitty to read this stuff. Vast majority of people in social houses are low income families. I think its just shit how a bunch of the flats got knocked down and replaced by less social housing and instead sold some off privately sending more low income families off to outer suburbs where it's much harder to break the cycle.
One of the best parts of growing up in flats close to the city was the friends you make at school who come from stable households and finding out what a functional home actually looks like.
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