‘Small character home, needs work’
Much as I love town and much as I find the suburbs boring and closed-minded, I am getting to the time of my life when having a decent space is becoming more important than living in a cool area.
I have been longing for something of a garden for a while, communal flats gardens are never the same, and my cats really need a nice space outside so they can enjoy the sun and eat grass and stuff like that. I am also starting to seriously need a study, especially now that I work from home most of the time.
Don’t get me wrong, I love my neighbourhood – from the pigs and donkeys roaming the street from the farm at the top of the road, to the bergies in the dodgy part at the bottom, including Sophie who lives in a box. Even the chop shops and craziness of lower Carisbrook has its own warped appeal. The view from Bo Kaap is amazing, I can see the entire city bowl and on some days I can even see the harbour. It’s close to everything, and the hills make it great running grounds. I have been happy here… and I wish to hell that I could find a little cottage in town, but generally houses and cottages cost much much more this side, and I could much more easily get a decent little place in Harfield Village for a much better rate.
Harfield has its perks too – it’s close to my mom, one of my best mates lives in the area, as do a lot of my old crew. Oblivion can be a lot of fun if you’re drunk enough, even if it’s not as fun as Long Street. It’s quiet that side, which is good for work and focus. I would be able to have a nice little garden and a free garden service aka my mom. The cats would be happy, and overall I’m sure I would be happy…
But there would be no madness, no Rafiki’s on an arb Saturday afternoon, no nice side of the mountain, no fat pig and assorted farm animals, no ghetto and no city. Which makes it bitter-sweet.
Who knows what will happen from now until the end of the year though, maybe I’ll find a perfect place in the Bo Kaap as I’ve been hoping to, or maybe I’ll stop freelancing and have to go back to office prison. Maybe I’ll even meet a ravishing millionaire who’ll set me up in a snazzy pad in Devils Peak. You just never know what life’s going to through at you.
All the same though, it’s a very tough decision to choose between the place I came from and the place I belong to. Very tough indeed.
i just couldn’t do it. not even for all of those reasons.
on both a mental and a spiritual level suburbia would just do me in.
and it’s not a question of whether a partake in the affairs of the city, but rather that it’s the backdrop to my life.
I see myself one day having a small place outside of the city where i can occassionally retreat to at any given moment but for now i couldn’t.
i must though admit, that, i’m very lucky, i’ve got a brilliant spot and i’m sure many people would trade places in an instance. still there’s something that draws me close.
http://youniverse.com/statement/module/PersonalityModule/New_Personality_module
http://friends.imagini.net/@227445-9cbd
go and try that – i quite liked it, i’ve attached my outcome which verifies some of my personal persuasions.
Would you really move just to be close to me
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@302, thanks for that link – I did my own profile thingy, more about that soon.
@Linds, I would move to have a cottage with a garden and an office, and being close to you would be a bonus, hehehe.
In all honestly, I really have no idea where I’ll end up. I am hoping I can get the best of both worlds and find a suitable place this side, but shall have to see.