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xmas74

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13. I live in an older neighborhood.

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #12)

Mon Dec 12, 2011, 12:41 PM

Dec 2011

What was once an older, quiet, working class neighborhood has changed dramatically. The older neighbors have gone to live in homes or have passed away. Their children have sold the homes (huge two and three story homes) to people looking for a good deal. They in turn have converted them into apartments or kept them whole and are now renting them out to large groups of college students. The students are loud, they party all weekend, they race up and down the street (going so far as to racing their mopeds and scooters on the sidewalk, even if there are children playing), and they decorate with fast food wrappers and cases of beer.

I'm ready to move out to the country.

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What is the purpose of this group? [View all] xmas74 Dec 2011 OP

It is self-defined. murielm99 Dec 2011 #1

I understand about the healing time. xmas74 Dec 2011 #7

Your choice catchnrelease Dec 2011 #2

I don't know if I'm actually a loner. xmas74 Dec 2011 #8

We are in similar circumstances The empressof all Dec 2011 #17

All of the above. LWolf Dec 2011 #3

I don't really have a version of "loner". xmas74 Dec 2011 #4

I think most loners would concur, LWolf Dec 2011 #5

I'm not a big fan of neighbors xmas74 Dec 2011 #6

Neighbors get kinda forced on one by default. One can't really go around a building RKP5637 Dec 2011 #12

I live in an older neighborhood. xmas74 Dec 2011 #13

IMO it's become a very strange country, particularly over the past decade or so. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2011 #14

It really has. xmas74 Dec 2011 #15

I sort of had that house... marginlized Dec 2011 #16

that would be heaven to me n/t shanti Dec 2011 #21

Me, too. freshwest Dec 2011 #27

For me, it's serious introversion - being drained by crowds and restored by quiet time. iris27 Dec 2011 #9

I understand about being taken advantage of. xmas74 Dec 2011 #10

A chance to talk with people who share how you feel about certain things. bemildred Dec 2011 #11

I live alone by choice. marginlized Dec 2011 #18

runs in the family shanti Dec 2011 #22

For me being a loner is a choice because I have the option of not being one. Speck Tater Dec 2011 #19

I like those endless activities. marginlized Dec 2011 #24

definitely self defined shanti Dec 2011 #20

I have few around me. xmas74 Dec 2011 #23

Can one be an extroverted loner? nadine_mn Dec 2011 #25

Yes. That's me. DevonRex Dec 2011 #26

Wow, public speaking ... I'm a Dale Carnegie dropout. marginlized Dec 2011 #28

I love speaking in public - crowds of 1 to 100+ nadine_mn Dec 2011 #29

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