I've been wanting to move out of the home I'm currently in for over a year now & it reached a boiling point the other week when some d-bag decided it would be a good idea to let out 5 shots from his pistol about 100yrds from my back door.
This wouldn't be a problem for me normally except, I live in a FLAT, clear cut, cookie cutter home neighborhood that has no back stop or trees to keep that bullet from entering my home. Further more, after having 3 drug dealers in 3 separate houses that are within 5 houses of my own (one was next door for a while) I'm tired of calling the non-emergency line to report the activity that happens in broad daylight.
The odds of it just being a casual sighting in or even a "desk pop" are not as likely as it being a drug deal gone wrong.
The neighborhood, before the criminals moved in, was very nice. Run by an HOA & had high home values. Now, the homes are selling for under half of their original costs leaving people like me up the creek without a paddle when it comes to getting the home sold for a decent price.
I am a country girl at heart. Raised in a small Bama town & very much missing the open space. Not to mention the ability to not see your neighbors on a daily basis if you don't want to.
I don't have a good credit score because of stupid mistakes made years ago. Since that time I've matured & have had steady, well paying jobs (2 in the past 8 years) but still trying to build enough credit back for a serious loan.
Working at the airport, I want to be somewhere that I can get to work (on a day with no traffic) in about 45m.
My question, does anyone have any advice on how I can get into a home that is more open, in a place that's safer?
I would love to have enough room to shoot a gun on my own property & even better, would love to be able to hunt on my own land too but for now, I'd settle for just getting away from the crap hole that is my neighborhood.
Thanks
This wouldn't be a problem for me normally except, I live in a FLAT, clear cut, cookie cutter home neighborhood that has no back stop or trees to keep that bullet from entering my home. Further more, after having 3 drug dealers in 3 separate houses that are within 5 houses of my own (one was next door for a while) I'm tired of calling the non-emergency line to report the activity that happens in broad daylight.
The odds of it just being a casual sighting in or even a "desk pop" are not as likely as it being a drug deal gone wrong.
The neighborhood, before the criminals moved in, was very nice. Run by an HOA & had high home values. Now, the homes are selling for under half of their original costs leaving people like me up the creek without a paddle when it comes to getting the home sold for a decent price.
I am a country girl at heart. Raised in a small Bama town & very much missing the open space. Not to mention the ability to not see your neighbors on a daily basis if you don't want to.
I don't have a good credit score because of stupid mistakes made years ago. Since that time I've matured & have had steady, well paying jobs (2 in the past 8 years) but still trying to build enough credit back for a serious loan.
Working at the airport, I want to be somewhere that I can get to work (on a day with no traffic) in about 45m.
My question, does anyone have any advice on how I can get into a home that is more open, in a place that's safer?
I would love to have enough room to shoot a gun on my own property & even better, would love to be able to hunt on my own land too but for now, I'd settle for just getting away from the crap hole that is my neighborhood.
Thanks
