I need a new apartment ASAP or I will be homeless in two weeks. And it's suddenly so hard to find a place. Mindblowingly hard. Worse comes to worse I can throw my stuff in storage and stay with my mom for a month (everything seems available October), but my roomate for various reasons wants us to get our own place immediately.
This is all my fault for procrastinating, but that aside...
How wary should I be about sketchy neighbourhoods? I found a place, and I was willing to take it, although I know the area has a bad rep. Then my family's friend, also our insurance broker, said "NO WAY". He basically assured me I'd get broken into, unless I bought a rottweiler or something.
Man. I think he's wrong...I actually have a friend who lives in this block, and he's had no issues. It looks ok...I think it's at least three blocks away from ScaryTown Proper anyway.
But as we were leaving we did see several cops and a humane society truck blaring lights across the street...Actually, we also saw a cop pull someone over on our way there.
I'm so conflicted over this. I need to decide soon. How much of a risk am I running? At the end of the day, it IS Ottawa. Not, say, Gatineau, where all our citizens go to get shot, statistically speaking. Thoughts?



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