Respectable small market/commuter towns attract all sorts!
I live in a flat (a small block of 6) and living next door so far I have had a pikeman (on the weekends) so it wasn't unusual to meet him carrying his spare pikes back into the flat.

Next up it got bought by a bloke to rent out and he let it to a seemingly nice Portugese couple who promptly set up a mini cannabis farm in the spare room, complete with metal bar across the window wired into the mains. Strange how I was always hungry once I got to my door.

Many visits from the police later they got raided properly and dissappeared...it remained empty for a while and then it was taken on by another landlord who got some Ghurkas in. They were great you hardly knew they were there except for the morning Tai Chi in the garden and the fact they were chefs so again I was hungry by the time I got to my door.

Next was a couple with 2 young daughters and no concept of discipline or bedtime so the kids ran riot all hours. Finally now there seems to be a normal happy couple in there and upstairs( I haven't mentioned the flats above as they would require another lengthy post e.g. couple intent on killing each other, another dealer and a bloke throwing himself out of the top window while the police looked on).

Current neighbours thought I was a little antisocial but given the history they realise why I may not have been round to welcome them to the neighbourhood
(cmouse is pondering about life in other jobs, Thu 1 Oct 2009, 13:49, Reply)