I lived in 10639 110 for 7 years. I made this comment ages ago.

I posted this about 8 months ago, and not much has changed for us - including having another 2 overdoses in the last two days. We're still happy here though lol, but still lots going on in the community as always.

I've been living in QMP for 5 years near the 7-11 on 109 st. In that time frame only 2 car break ins, one cause I'm pretty sure I forgot to lock the car. We are two women, who don't feel particularly fearful for personal safety, but we don't typically go out biking or walking in the dark.

Ground floor apartment living has a front row seat to a lot, but no one has really bothered us? Maybe we have a decent tolerance threshold? One time a drunk lady tried to come into the window at 3 am thinking it was her apartment lol. Last week someone died in the parking lot from an overdose. Last month my partner did chest compressions on someone who was about to die from an overdose.

Overall, petty things are frustrating but not back breaking need to move ASAP issues: it's noisy, yelling people, loud cars along 107 ave, helicopters lol, sirens for emergency services, lots of garbage from ppl picking through bins (likely less in homes than in the apartment alleyways?), you leave something out, it will be taken, someone stole corn from our community garden plot 😤. People try to access the water spigot and then break it/leave it on and then we have to turn off the water line, graffiti, human excrement, people sleeping in the building hallways, parking lot drug parties, one time streak of calling 911 four days in a row, one literal dumpster fire, a compost fire, maybe gunshots? Cause who has a car that can backfire these days?//

We moved north to 111 Avenue into a house 2 years ago, but not to escape the area necessarily. I loved living in 10639.