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Author	KittySlavesUnite
Comment	I used to live in a very similar type of high rise in a very similar type of area in Newcastle many moons ago. I was also young and a bit vulnerable looking back (left home at 15 and was homeless for a while, was depressed with bad anxiety etc) so can appreciate some of your concerns and needs too. I agree with the idea of avoiding answering the door / chatting on too much with neighbours etc in these types of dwelling. It's best to keep yourself to yourself overall. For me (got to be honest) despite being polite and keeping my head down, I sadly still had to put up with nightmare drug dealers two floors above me playing music so loud my downstairs neighbour presumed it was me (barely slept for around 2 months - no idea how those rotten sods appeared to be awake 24 hours a day!!), shotgun-toting psycho drug dealer neighbours, witnessed regular fights / suicides / domestic violence, had scary randoms braying at my front door at rubbish o'clock etc. It was not particularly pleasant. While the block had some really lovely people living there too, sadly they did not outnumber the disruptive, scary folk who also lived there and made all the nice, normal people's lives a bit miserable. Check the place out but if you're at all worried that living there could affect your mental health and wellbeing or feelings of relative security and safety in your own home (my experiences sure did impact on mine) it is perfectly reasonable to turn it down and try to get somewhere less lively (not sure what Glasgow local authority / council housing office is like but I remember in Newcastle if you turned down 3 places you were back off the housing list so check what the rules are as well before weighing up your decision). On a bright note, I've also lived in areas that were supposedly dodgy but found it to be absolutely fine and with good enough neighbours too. Sometimes a place's reputation precedes itself and isn't really what the place is actually like most the time. Take care and I really hope you find somewhere that is alright x
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Created	Tue 3rd Aug 2021 5:32pm
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I used to live in a very similar type of high rise in a very similar type of area in Newcastle many moons ago. I was also young and a bit vulnerable looking back (left home at 15 and was homeless for a while, was depressed with bad anxiety etc) so can appreciate some of your concerns and needs too.

I agree with the idea of avoiding answering the door / chatting on too much with neighbours etc in these types of dwelling. It's best to keep yourself to yourself overall.

For me (got to be honest) despite being polite and keeping my head down, I sadly still had to put up with nightmare drug dealers two floors above me playing music so loud my downstairs neighbour presumed it was me (barely slept for around 2 months - no idea how those rotten sods appeared to be awake 24 hours a day!!), shotgun-toting psycho drug dealer neighbours, witnessed regular fights / suicides / domestic violence, had scary randoms braying at my front door at rubbish o'clock etc. It was not particularly pleasant. While the block had some really lovely people living there too, sadly they did not outnumber the disruptive, scary folk who also lived there and made all the nice, normal people's lives a bit miserable.

Check the place out but if you're at all worried that living there could affect your mental health and wellbeing or feelings of relative security and safety in your own home (my experiences sure did impact on mine) it is perfectly reasonable to turn it down and try to get somewhere less lively (not sure what Glasgow local authority / council housing office is like but I remember in Newcastle if you turned down 3 places you were back off the housing list so check what the rules are as well before weighing up your decision).

On a bright note, I've also lived in areas that were supposedly dodgy but found it to be absolutely fine and with good enough neighbours too. Sometimes a place's reputation precedes itself and isn't really what the place is actually like most the time.

Take care and I really hope you find somewhere that is alright x