I am old and afraid. I never thought that I would not want to live in a city. It never occurred that I would be so old and scared of youth. Last year I had several events occur around my house, in quick succession
-I was robbed
-I heard some gunshots while sitting in my living room and found out that a guy was shot and killed just outside my place
-there was a shootout between gun toting mugger (who was in mid-mug) and cops across the street from my place
-a woman was randomly stabbed at a bus stop by my house that I frequent
-my friend came over and asked me why there are cops outside my place with machine guns. I shrugged my shoulders and said I didn't know they were there and I don't want to know what is going on

Recently I was looking at Fredericton, NB paper and front page was about the police shutting down a neighbourhood searching for a fellow who had just robbed a convenience store. It made me think about the time I came home to find my street shut down and there were swat police everywhere (was a few years before the incident above) and behind them a row of ambulances. I talked to an ambulance driver for awhile and she explained to me that a fellow was holding some teenage girls hostage at gunpoint in a house a few doors up from mine. One of the most disturbing things about this is that it never made the papers. Car accidents that result in no injuries make it into the paper in Fredericton, hostages held at gunpoint is apparently no big deal.

It is too bad I really, really hate Fredericton or I would move there. I think it is time for me to find a nice beach and squat on Vancouver Island. I will live off the land (and welfare cheques) just like the generation before me.

So, is it just me or are all you oldsters starting to get to be like this?

Posted by argonian I think it is time for me to find a nice beach and squat on Vancouver Island. I will live off the land (and welfare cheques) just like the generation before me. So, is it just me or are all you oldsters starting to get to be like this?

Nope it is not just you. I see how well the folks live off the welfare checks and I am getting more than jealous. I am awake half the night wondering how I will pay my bills.

Hey I know a really hot guy in Vancouver. We can be beach bunnies and go stalk him for fun .

I am no fan of Vancouver. I was raised in that fair city and feel no need to return. I am more of a Vancouver Island (for the record, I lived there too) kind of gal. Vancouver Island is overflowing with good looking, grubby men. I like my men to look like Steve McBean, who is residing in Vancouver, I believe

Well what are ya waiting for? Go get him

Oh elle

This one doesn't even reside in Canada, but remains the sexiest man alive...





It also doesn't hurt that he is The Snuggler, he snuggles people.

OY VAY

I'm sure Anthony Burgess would have a thing or two to say about your situation, soomka.

Someone sent me a message saying that they too believe Zach to be tres sexy. To her I sent this http://www.youtube...atch?v=2mVofYhqMc0

Dama, show me your merzky groody!

Posted by argonian Dama, show me your merzky groody!

Pony up the goods first, woman.

I'm glad I moved to where I am now. Peace and quiet. I can't stand Toronto (or other busy cities) anymore. Getting too crowded and noisy for me. I can't even breathe normally there anymore.

I fucking love Toronto. Detroit is hella fun too. Makes Toronto look like child's play though lol.

What part of Toronto do you live in? That shit is fucked up. I never got any of those problems during the 13 years I lived in Toronto. Every one of those things happened to me within 2 years of living in Hamilton though.

Posted by Tracy. I fucking love Toronto. Detroit is hella fun too. Makes Toronto look like child's play though lol.

You are young. That is my point.

Post by StewieWhat part of Toronto do you live in? That shit is fucked up. I never got any of those problems during the 13 years I lived in Toronto. Every one of those things happened to me within 2 years of living in Hamilton though.

I live in Riverdale and it is relatively safe. I have been here for 7 years and didn't have any problems until last year. Before that I lived at Ossington and Dundas and before that College and Spadina.

I think one of the issues is I am also sick of living as though I am young and poor. If I made my same wage in Hamilton I would be living like a rock star, but no, I don't. I had nicer apartments when I first moved out on my own in Victoria and then I only had a part-time job. It is sad to think my lifestyle peeked as a teenager.

There is also the noise. When I am at home, inside, I actually have to ask people to hold on because a loud truck is going by, or a helicopter, or whatever and I can't hear them. Then, of course, is the issue with moving because I don't want to end up with a bad landlord, like my previous ones, or cockroaches and so on.

I tell ya, I am old and crotchety and just want to live in a cottage by the lake. Then I can just yell at teh birds every morning to keep it down.

I'm older then you, much less crotchety and way less fearful. There is a shooting a night or more here in Rochacha. It really doesn't phase me much.

Yeah, but you have a cute house in a quiet area. Nice try, sweetie pie. My back yard is cement. You wouldn't last a week in my apartment. I could never afford to live high on the hog like you.

Bah! High on the hog, my ass. My house is the size of a mobile home

My apartment is smaller than your first floor. I have to climb over my toilet to get in the tub and when I sit on my toilet my knees hit the wall. I had a large male friend who could not pee in my toilet, there wasn't enough room for him to stand between the toilet and the wall.

I have two cabinets in my kitchen, if you can call it a kitchen. It is so small that the small fridge I have doesn't fit in it and is in my bedroom.

You can verify this with manitou since he has been in both of our places. You win, hands down.

This is what I can afford making 30/hr.

It is not so much that I am afraid of Toronto. I go for bike rides at 3am by myself without fear, it is more that I am sick of the lifestyle. I love Toronto, but I am sick of how I live. I want a nice place, where I can spread out, where I can have some grass, but I am trapped here because I don't want to give up my job and I refuse to commute.