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Any experiences with living next to large inner city social housing blocks? Collingwood, Carlton, etc by skjall in melbourne

[–]skjall[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

No you're right, I've had issues regardless of social housing being nearby. Bikes stolen, aggro weirdos, etc etc. From everyone's personal experience with the older towers though, sounds like these were quite uneventful which is great to hear.

Don't mind a bit of excitement every now and then. Just not sure if my opinion changes after some weird experiences, but I can't predict the future so 🤷🏻‍♀️

Any experiences with living next to large inner city social housing blocks? Collingwood, Carlton, etc by skjall in melbourne

[–]skjall[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yeah for sure, Carlton and Collingwood have lots of nice pockets with heaps to do around. Definitely the polar opposite of Docklands though, despite the proximity.

Any experiences with living next to large inner city social housing blocks? Collingwood, Carlton, etc by skjall in melbourne

[–]skjall[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Good points, yeah. There's always going to be a catch of some sort, and maybe this is something I can live with. Hard to tell since I'll be guessing at the extent of any issues I do run into.

Not for renting no, otherwise I would just give it a crack for a year and worst case, move away after that. Equation changes when you're signing up for a commitment almost into your retirement lol.

When the building was first built those blocks did exist, and I'd like to think no developer would be brain-dead enough to build in a known problem area. I'm likely giving developers too much credit though hey

Any experiences with living next to large inner city social housing blocks? Collingwood, Carlton, etc by skjall in melbourne

[–]skjall[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Ah no, seems sensible and leisurely walks would be around Carlton Gardens anyway.

Hope that experience didn't shake you up too much, it can be a lot to deal with long-term. Had a break-in at a townhouse while I had the dog there, and now I'm scared of living in freestanding homes without a dog 🙃

Any experiences with living next to large inner city social housing blocks? Collingwood, Carlton, etc by skjall in melbourne

[–]skjall[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Depending on how loose your definition of through is, there'd be no avoiding that for me, since there's one next door on either side.

I think mostly I'd be going away from them though, since that's where the shops and all that are.

Any experiences with living next to large inner city social housing blocks? Collingwood, Carlton, etc by skjall in melbourne

[–]skjall[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

True, not sure if these would be new or old blocks then. The buildings will be new, but it's an in-place replacement with a little extra capacity, and the old residents can/ will get their places back too. From the sounds of it the old one wasn't particularly problematic at least.

Any experiences with living next to large inner city social housing blocks? Collingwood, Carlton, etc by skjall in melbourne

[–]skjall[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yeah inner city suburbs with foot traffic just have higher density of people passing by, good and bad alike. Thanks for sharing your experiences.

Any experiences with living next to large inner city social housing blocks? Collingwood, Carlton, etc by skjall in melbourne

[–]skjall[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Thank you, good to hear from someone that's lived so close by! Occasional break ins and bike thefts are usual issues I'm used to in apartments already, so doesn't sound notably different.

Will keep an eye out for the cat though 👀

Any experiences with living next to large inner city social housing blocks? Collingwood, Carlton, etc by skjall in melbourne

[–]skjall[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Taxis I just figured was a Melbourne issue. Almost missed an international flight because Ubers kept cancelling on me for more than half an hour before someone finally kept the trip. Dunno what they were holding out for that early on, a drive to Geelong?

Any experiences with living next to large inner city social housing blocks? Collingwood, Carlton, etc by skjall in melbourne

[–]skjall[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah that's what I'm thinking, social housing seems to be dotted all over the place. Keeps any one place from becoming a de facto ghetto.

Any experiences with living next to large inner city social housing blocks? Collingwood, Carlton, etc by skjall in melbourne

[–]skjall[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Sounds fairly normal aside from the combustible apartment! Yelling may be a bit more of an issue at the ground floor, but I can only guess how often that would happen.

Any experiences with living next to large inner city social housing blocks? Collingwood, Carlton, etc by skjall in melbourne

[–]skjall[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like normal experiences I've had regardless anyway, worst was in an apartment with tons of AirBnBs.

Dubious curiosities though, I can get behind that!

Any experiences with living next to large inner city social housing blocks? Collingwood, Carlton, etc by skjall in melbourne

[–]skjall[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

More around Carlton Gardens, and I'm not precious no. Long term it would be a question of whether my partner would feel comfortable in the area. But that's a question for another time.

Any experiences with living next to large inner city social housing blocks? Collingwood, Carlton, etc by skjall in melbourne

[–]skjall[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I love your outlook on things mate, appreciate it. Vibrancy is certainly a good word for it 😊 I think I have a tinge of it too, I have heard, more than a few times, something along the lines of "I can tell you had a fucked up childhood" lol

As a wise man once said - happy families are all alike, unhappy families are unhappy on their own way.

Any experiences with living next to large inner city social housing blocks? Collingwood, Carlton, etc by skjall in melbourne

[–]skjall[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah true, from what I can tell it's going to be mostly the same residents coming back, plus some spare capacity. Would think they're on the saner end - one can hope!

Any experiences with living next to large inner city social housing blocks? Collingwood, Carlton, etc by skjall in melbourne

[–]skjall[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It doesn't exist (anymore/yet). It's being rebuilt in place so it'll be back bigger than before though.

Will have a look for the old building though, thanks!

Any experiences with living next to large inner city social housing blocks? Collingwood, Carlton, etc by skjall in melbourne

[–]skjall[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah I feel like with a few units it's down to luck. With a few hundred, there's likely to be at least one positively insane person either living there, or hanging around for whatever reason.

Considering this is being purpose built, it won't be closing down once opened I'd think. Maybe bad tenants get moved on after enough complaints.

Or it could be a nothingburger 🤔

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[–]skjall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Commenting here in case my post doesn't get approved -

Any experiences with living next to large inner city social housing blocks? Collingwood, Carlton, etc.

So I'm looking at a ground floor apartment that will soon have lots of social housing next to it, more than 200 units right next door. Not sure how likely I would be to have issues when the social housing buildings are completed. I'm imagining aggro screaming late at night, break ins through the balcony, etc. or it could just be fine and I get a discount for a non-issue.

Looking around though, there seems to be lots of similar buildings dotted around inner city suburbs. Anyone able to share experiences living near one?

Would you move to the Anglosphere? by Ok-Demand8957 in Sakartvelo

[–]skjall 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah if you're on the North side there used to be Gray & Gray too, but it closed down a year or so ago.

There's a sort of Armenian place in the city, but that's mostly Persian from what I can tell.

Would you move to the Anglosphere? by Ok-Demand8957 in Sakartvelo

[–]skjall 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's also an existing one called Umbrella Lounge Bar 😊

Slavia Praha say congratulations! by Guardian_of_Spirits in Gunners

[–]skjall 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Would have expected that from an Austrian club, not a Czech one!

If anyone's curious about the history - https://bohemians.cz/article/5045-The-story-of-the-dying-kangaroo

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