Leaving the ghetto after 5 years - My experience, and advice ... | |
Turtle Flower
(OP) User ID: 72384117 United States 06/30/2017 03:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I will also admit living in the ghetto helped us pay off our bills and save money toward our dream. "In order to arrive at what you are not, You must go through the way in which you are not." -TS Eliot [link to www.turtlesvoice.com] Momma Said Write A Book About It - New novel [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] [link to www.facebook.com (secure)] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 75014868 United States 06/30/2017 03:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My go to is to out crazy the crazies. Shot gun blasts in the back yard at random times for no reason or sometimes for good reasons. Lots of foul language & I mean a fuckin ass load of cus words that'll make a drunkin sailor blush. To no one in particular or not. & to be twitchy as all get out. People tend to leave u the fuck alone with only some of that. |
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1guynAz
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Reader User ID: 74829768 United States 06/30/2017 03:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Wow, what a story. What city are you in, OP? Or state? Your narrative is a great reminder of why I RENT instead of OWN. If the neighborhood goes to shit I can just up and move when the lease is up. I wouldn't have that freedom as a homeowner. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 74910446 United States 06/30/2017 03:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I also lived in the ghetto too for several years because I was young and bought a house very cheap, much cheaper than renting. From experience, the best and quietest time in the ghetto is weekdays between about 5am and 11am because all of the worst elements are sleeping. I tried to keep my front yard nice, but every time I cut the grass I would also have to pick up soda cans, broken wine bottle, chip bags and dozens of those little plastic bottles that the convenience stores sell kid's juice in. Also, from time to time dirty diapers that had been thrown over low fence, cigarette packs and whatever else passers by of my home determined they no longer wanted to be burdened with carrying. The apartment across the street was basically a drug super center, with dealers, junkies, crackheads and whores climbing in and out of the lower windows at all hours of the day and night. When I bought a new pickup, the spare tire underneath it was stolen the first night it was parked. |
Turtle Flower
(OP) User ID: 72384117 United States 06/30/2017 03:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My go to is to out crazy the crazies. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75014868 Shot gun blasts in the back yard at random times for no reason or sometimes for good reasons. Lots of foul language & I mean a fuckin ass load of cus words that'll make a drunkin sailor blush. To no one in particular or not. & to be twitchy as all get out. People tend to leave u the fuck alone with only some of that. Right!! Crazy card is the ticket. Evidently no one wants to deal with the white, redneck, crazy woman, "In order to arrive at what you are not, You must go through the way in which you are not." -TS Eliot [link to www.turtlesvoice.com] Momma Said Write A Book About It - New novel [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] [link to www.facebook.com (secure)] |
Turtle Flower
(OP) User ID: 72384117 United States 06/30/2017 03:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thank you It's been a long 5 years. "In order to arrive at what you are not, You must go through the way in which you are not." -TS Eliot [link to www.turtlesvoice.com] Momma Said Write A Book About It - New novel [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] [link to www.facebook.com (secure)] |
darkwolf007
User ID: 69195067 United States 06/30/2017 03:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I will also admit living in the ghetto helped us pay off our bills and save money toward our dream. Quoting: Turtle Flower Excellent, OP! Live the life you've been wanting while you still can. Living in the country is truly a dream come true. Been living in the country since summer of 1999, and I wouldn't really trade it for anything. If I had a low latency broadband Internet connection at my house I'd literally have no use to ever move to the city. Conspiracy Theorist is nothing more than a derogatory title used to dismiss a critical thinker. A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, 'You are mad; you are not like us." -- St. Anthony The Great Social Credit Loser here. |
Turtle Flower
(OP) User ID: 72384117 United States 06/30/2017 03:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Wow, what a story. Quoting: Reader 74829768 What city are you in, OP? Or state? Your narrative is a great reminder of why I RENT instead of OWN. If the neighborhood goes to shit I can just up and move when the lease is up. I wouldn't have that freedom as a homeowner. Augusta, Ga. 'Bout to cross over the river into SC. "In order to arrive at what you are not, You must go through the way in which you are not." -TS Eliot [link to www.turtlesvoice.com] Momma Said Write A Book About It - New novel [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] [link to www.facebook.com (secure)] |
Turtle Flower
(OP) User ID: 72384117 United States 06/30/2017 03:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I also lived in the ghetto too for several years because I was young and bought a house very cheap, much cheaper than renting. From experience, the best and quietest time in the ghetto is weekdays between about 5am and 11am because all of the worst elements are sleeping. I tried to keep my front yard nice, but every time I cut the grass I would also have to pick up soda cans, broken wine bottle, chip bags and dozens of those little plastic bottles that the convenience stores sell kid's juice in. Also, from time to time dirty diapers that had been thrown over low fence, cigarette packs and whatever else passers by of my home determined they no longer wanted to be burdened with carrying. The apartment across the street was basically a drug super center, with dealers, junkies, crackheads and whores climbing in and out of the lower windows at all hours of the day and night. When I bought a new pickup, the spare tire underneath it was stolen the first night it was parked. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 74910446 I forgot the damned chip bags, candy bars, and snack refuse, all over the front yard, until the wind takes them to the next yard. Yep, folks have no idea about not littering. Eat and drop it is how they function "In order to arrive at what you are not, You must go through the way in which you are not." -TS Eliot [link to www.turtlesvoice.com] Momma Said Write A Book About It - New novel [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] [link to www.facebook.com (secure)] |
Archaic Smile
User ID: 74558399 United States 06/30/2017 03:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I think this story shows that in 5 years living in a low income environment One can save money to upgrade so to speak themselves. Think of all the people living in a Ghetto. Many feel they are trapped and stuck. I wonder what the difference is? And at another time, when they raised a question about fortifications, he said that a city is not unfortified whose crowning glory is men and not bricks and stones. -Plutarch, Moralia |
Hotmess
User ID: 73144403 United States 06/30/2017 04:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I think this story shows that in 5 years living in a low income environment One can save money to upgrade so to speak themselves. Quoting: Archaic Smile Think of all the people living in a Ghetto. Many feel they are trapped and stuck. I wonder what the difference is? Fantastic observation!! Good for you OP! I really like your writing style and wish you the best |
Turtle Flower
(OP) User ID: 72384117 United States 06/30/2017 04:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Didn't read it all....but the end came through clearly. God blessed him...what a lucky man is he. Quoting: 1guynAz Well, middle-aged married couple, but yes, hard work and luck "In order to arrive at what you are not, You must go through the way in which you are not." -TS Eliot [link to www.turtlesvoice.com] Momma Said Write A Book About It - New novel [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] [link to www.facebook.com (secure)] |
Turtle Flower
(OP) User ID: 72384117 United States 06/30/2017 04:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I think this story shows that in 5 years living in a low income environment One can save money to upgrade so to speak themselves. Quoting: Archaic Smile Think of all the people living in a Ghetto. Many feel they are trapped and stuck. I wonder what the difference is? A strong desire, and no smart phones, or new cars, and a wavering but steady focus on the dream. Shopping for shoes and clothes at the salvation army, eating out maybe 6 times a year, growing food in the yard, and having plenty protein from the chickens. And more ... And yes, 5 years paid off all of our bills and fixed the credit so we could get out of the ghetto. Thanks AS, karma going to you for recognizing the hard work we have done "In order to arrive at what you are not, You must go through the way in which you are not." -TS Eliot [link to www.turtlesvoice.com] Momma Said Write A Book About It - New novel [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] [link to www.facebook.com (secure)] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 6027763 Canada 06/30/2017 04:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Wow, what a story. Quoting: Reader 74829768 What city are you in, OP? Or state? Your narrative is a great reminder of why I RENT instead of OWN. If the neighborhood goes to shit I can just up and move when the lease is up. I wouldn't have that freedom as a homeowner. Augusta, Ga. 'Bout to cross over the river into SC. Wow just Wow ! I understand. Destroyers come and Destroy they will never Stop ! They can't! They don't have the MENTALLY ,SADDD ,but TRUE. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 6027763 Canada 06/30/2017 04:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Wow, what a story. Quoting: Reader 74829768 What city are you in, OP? Or state? Your narrative is a great reminder of why I RENT instead of OWN. If the neighborhood goes to shit I can just up and move when the lease is up. I wouldn't have that freedom as a homeowner. Augusta, Ga. 'Bout to cross over the river into SC. Wow just Wow ! I understand. Destroyers come and Destroy they will never Stop ! They can't! They don't have the MENTALLY ,SADDD ,but TRUE. Sor, Mentality. |
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Turtle Flower
(OP) User ID: 72384117 United States 06/30/2017 04:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thank you, and is why I write books, lol. The next one is gonna be awesome, and as usual GLP gets it first and free "In order to arrive at what you are not, You must go through the way in which you are not." -TS Eliot [link to www.turtlesvoice.com] Momma Said Write A Book About It - New novel [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] [link to www.facebook.com (secure)] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 75160144 United States 06/30/2017 04:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I moved away from blacks once and they eventually followed me. I've learned that it's just as important to move away from liberals as it is blacks. Thanks to liberals, we went from hardly ever seeing a black to having a black mayor in a little over 10 years. Your neighbor who rented to Section 8 tenants is an asshole and an idiot. You certainly don't want to grow older in a neighborhood like that. Good luck in the country, watch out for some of the "country people" too. |
Turtle Flower
(OP) User ID: 72384117 United States 06/30/2017 04:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | We live in an area called Harrisburg, in Georgia. One day my husband came home and asked me about my day ... the song he wrote is basically recreating my day (I love when he does that, lol), and the video below gives an actual view of our neighborhood. "Not Even Pennsylvania" is the title, cuz we've traveled through Pennsylvania, slept there half-a-dozen times, on our way to New England from Georgia, and it's a pretty weird state, comparatively. BTW - he's a far better drummer than I ever was "In order to arrive at what you are not, You must go through the way in which you are not." -TS Eliot [link to www.turtlesvoice.com] Momma Said Write A Book About It - New novel [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] [link to www.facebook.com (secure)] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 50345049 United States 06/30/2017 04:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | White people are afraid of ghettos since they get thier asses beat when they lie. The good thing about the internet is that white folks can coward behimd a contract when they lie since they can't produce an honest means of revenue for themselves. What's sad is that house niqqurs are spreading, and helping jewish people place colored folks back in shackles. Just look at the Air Force's modernised plantation commercials. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 2017536 Canada 06/30/2017 04:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I feel for you - it's terrible that not being wealthy means that you have to live among dangerous, dysfunctional criminals and chavs. I was talking to a guy who earns very little recently and he was telling me about all the various problems with druggies he has had while sharing apartments with others out of financial necessity. |
Deadpool Loves You
User ID: 65456342 United States 06/30/2017 04:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The universe is basically an animal. It grazes on the ordinary. It creates infinite idiots just to eat them. The Rickest Rick Sanchez comments are meant for entertainment purposes only and should not be construed to reflect the feelings and opinions, implied or expressed, of the author. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 61276289 United Kingdom 06/30/2017 05:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | That was a really interesting read, you wrote it so well I felt I was living there with you! I've lived in predominantly black areas (in England) - it's OK for a while, but then you think 'Enough'. It's always the good people who move. I marvel at how just two families can send a whole street down the tubes. You'd think it'd take 3 or 4 tenants, wouldn't you? Nope - just one or two can make the difference between a place being tolerable or 'let's get out of here'; it's the daily weariness of fending things off that gets you down. I wish you the best in your new place! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 74832192 Puerto Rico 06/30/2017 05:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thanks for the post OP and good luck I don't feel so alone now. I have been on the end of this behavior from all races equally. It is scarey how shameless full grown, generally healthy adults are now a days. I am not talking about the types you mentioned that may not be as neat as a pin, but they are generally self reliant. If they ask for help for something it is only when they are truly in a bind. And they will only ask for that type of help once. I am talking about people who are devolving to the point where they need someone else to turn their door handles for them, but at the same time they have "evolved" into experts on incredibly complex shit that did not even exist 10 years ago like smart phones, deep plot television shows/movies, games, social media, etc. Oh and they are also healthy enough to party, socialize, have hobbies, toys, pets, spouses/lovers, kids, etc. They have enough money and mobility enough for events, vacations, gatherings, but they can't drive to the local store to buy a $3 cheapo screw driver. They know you have one. They know you know how to use it for them. They don't see the point in doing any of it themselves. They get enraged if you dare ask them what is preventing them from doing whatever minor task it is for themselves. Scared for where our civilization is at right now. Rich or Poor. all races. |
Turtle Flower
(OP) User ID: 72384117 United States 06/30/2017 05:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thumbs up guy, always in the middle of the road in a wheelchair - he stops cars asking for money. He gets a check, according to the other street people, and he has a prosthetic on one leg. He can walk, but finds the wheelchair better for his particular business. Corner dude, on the damned corner all the time, gossipy 70 something man who has a appetite for young, and transitioning boys. It is interesting around here, but also horrendously sad. "In order to arrive at what you are not, You must go through the way in which you are not." -TS Eliot [link to www.turtlesvoice.com] Momma Said Write A Book About It - New novel [link to www.amazon.com (secure)] [link to www.facebook.com (secure)] |