In the past,I have lived with neighbours who have been calm,kind and even toxic.
Presently,i stay with my mum in a rented apartment where we have 3 other neighbours in the same house. But then we don't have any serious or close relationship with any of them.
Although, we share the same staircase with one and our doors are just opposite each other but then they exhibit behaviours that doesn't just sit well with us, especially my mum.
She is a single mum just like my mum and she has two kids (a boy and a girl). One of the things that annoys my mum is the fact that they are dirty. As I said,we share the same staircase but then they have never for once thought of keeping it clean or even try to tidy up the place. They just pass there everyday and feign ignorance. My mum is someone who likes her environment to be very clean and tidy , so at times she normally asks me and my siblings to keep it clean.
Also,at some point in time, her son who happens to be her first child doesn't respect my mum. At times,he would see my mum and not even greet her or show some sign of respect. One thing about me is that as long as you don't respect my mum then I can't respect yours or even you as well. So due to that,I also stopped greeting his mum and we were just seeing each other and going our separate ways without greeting or even saying Hi to each other. But his mum was still greeting and showing that respect to my mother so I just felt that has to change.
Overtime,things have been going on well between us and we relate more with each other more than before when we first relocated to the house. Although, the issue of them not tidying up the place is still there but we have had to live with that, tolerate them, and just do it by ourselves whenever we have the time for it.
Now,when it comes to my neighbourhood,there are alot of things I like and dislike.
The first thing I love about the place, is that we most times have electricity. Unlike where we were living before we always have power and that has made me enjoy staying there more because I particularly don't like staying a place were I would have to go for days or even weeks without having access to electricity.
Another thing,I love is the fact that there is peace. If you visit my neighbourhood you would discover that there is so much peace and everyone just stays in their own lane without disturbing others and that's something I cherish and love when it comes to choosing a place to live in.
One major thing I dislike, is the fact that in the night or even midnight there is always so much noise due to police siren or even the vigilantes that were asked to secure the lives and properties of the people . At times, they normally make unnecessary noise and that affects or disrupts the sleep of the people in the neighbourhood.
In the end, i love the area I am staying currenlty, but then I hope we leave there soon and move to our own house in another place where we would become landlords.
Thanks for reading.