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Author	scotswizard
Comment	I never thought about the buying part of it before but my excuse for that is I don't have kids so in my mind if you don't have kids....you're only here for so long anyway, it's not worth it. Why buy a property unless you have a family or want to start one? There's no one to leave it to. But that's just my reasoning. One of the things I remember when I was younger was a sense of community, in the closes there was a sense of community with the families and everyone knew each other. That doesn't happen these days and I do think, I can't prove it though that any families living in these buildings don't leave. They're not mixing with each other, everyone leaves for work and school and when they're home they're home, everyone locks the doors and no one leaves. I'm surprised I never said that earlier, the empty streets, long empty streets, very few people in sight, I don't know if that's a good thing or not. I can't really complain because where I am just now everyone keeps to themselves too, the neighbours don't really speak to each other and that's ok because the street I'm on is all adults, there's no young families but pretty near me that's not the case at all, that's when you kind of see these new builds being put to use, people do sit in the garden, the kids do play outside, people have fancy things or what would have been considered fancy things 30 years ago like BBQs and garden tables and there is a way of life that is different. One thing I always wanted was a shed, I haven't got one yet but could get one, it's things like that which I think of where it gives me more options. I wish everyone had that, that should be a standard in council housing and any housing association housing. I will say the rooms are smaller, the ceilings are not as high but you can decorate them nice. My kitchen now is bigger than any I've had. They're easy to decorate and keep clean. They're cheap to heat and keep the lights on and it is just a personal opinion of mine and how my mind works but the older I'm getting the more I'm realising what's important to me in life. I'm single right now but it wouldn't matter, I can't take any of this with me when I go. They don't let you buy the houses anymore anyway.
Reddit Link	https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/fden1e/tenement_life_what_is_the_attraction/fjh19ef/
Created	Wed 4th Mar 2020 4:29pm
Status	normal ()

I never thought about the buying part of it before but my excuse for that is I don't have kids so in my mind if you don't have kids....you're only here for so long anyway, it's not worth it. Why buy a property unless you have a family or want to start one? There's no one to leave it to. But that's just my reasoning.

One of the things I remember when I was younger was a sense of community, in the closes there was a sense of community with the families and everyone knew each other. That doesn't happen these days and I do think, I can't prove it though that any families living in these buildings don't leave. They're not mixing with each other, everyone leaves for work and school and when they're home they're home, everyone locks the doors and no one leaves. I'm surprised I never said that earlier, the empty streets, long empty streets, very few people in sight, I don't know if that's a good thing or not. I can't really complain because where I am just now everyone keeps to themselves too, the neighbours don't really speak to each other and that's ok because the street I'm on is all adults, there's no young families but pretty near me that's not the case at all, that's when you kind of see these new builds being put to use, people do sit in the garden, the kids do play outside, people have fancy things or what would have been considered fancy things 30 years ago like BBQs and garden tables and there is a way of life that is different. One thing I always wanted was a shed, I haven't got one yet but could get one, it's things like that which I think of where it gives me more options. I wish everyone had that, that should be a standard in council housing and any housing association housing.

I will say the rooms are smaller, the ceilings are not as high but you can decorate them nice. My kitchen now is bigger than any I've had. They're easy to decorate and keep clean. They're cheap to heat and keep the lights on and it is just a personal opinion of mine and how my mind works but the older I'm getting the more I'm realising what's important to me in life. I'm single right now but it wouldn't matter, I can't take any of this with me when I go. They don't let you buy the houses anymore anyway.