Nice People Thread Number 10 -the official residence of Nice People

lemonjelly

Currently watching derren brown the great art robbery. Hilarious!

fc123

silvercar wrote: »

We can stray very easily into a high crime area. Amazing how these criminals know to stay in their own territory.

As michaels said, how worried we should be depends on the crimes committed.

It should say which crime as I guess crime against a person (mugging type crime) could be higher on an estate type area but burglary should be far higher in nice areas.....as what's the point in going through all the hassle to break into a house that has nothing worth nicking in it?

GDB2222 wrote: »

I've had to deal with one burglary. It's an utter PITA, but you get over it. Generally, burglars only come in when you are out, and the fewer valuables you have the less likely they are to do that. You live such an austere existence, PN, that you're unlikely to be of interest to burglars.

My sister was burgled recently and according to her sergeant neighbour friend, most people who have been burgled had trades in during the previous 3 months....apols...I may have posted that before, I can't remember.




The thingy is flawed as I just put Margate in it and oh dear...it came in @ 1 (yes ...just one) and 407.7 crime.


Or maybe I have different definitions on quality of life, or worse, maybe my benchmark is so low that anything 1 or above is absolutely fine.


Lir...good point about your crime rate being related just to you 2 plus the quality of life score would just be you too.

Nikkster wrote: »

So, a minor breakthrough chez Nikkster. Last night I finally cleared out the under stairs cupboard. This evening I cleaned it (first using vacuum cleaner, then hot soapy water, then steam mop). I've now put the broom, toolbox and sewing stuff that had been taking pride of place between the fireplace and TV into said cupboard. The vacuum also now has a home. And I have 6p more than I was previously aware

Wow ...have you started decorating yet?

fc123

PasturesNew wrote: »

Wage map - hover over and you can see some figures.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/news/article-2523165/Interactive-UK-pay-map-Londoners-wage-fall-losers--Welsh-luck.html

Where I live, full-time women get £408/week, men get £550/week, apparently. £408/week would be £21,000. I'd be happy with that! The £28,600 blokes get'd be better, of course

Why is Copeland so high? Worse, I have never heard of it either *blush*

Nikkster

Can't quote, its difficult on phone. Decorating?! Nowhere close. I still haven't managed to get internet yet! I've put 2 pictures up on the walls if that counts

neverdespairgirl

£786 a week for full-time men, £637 for full-time women in Islington. In the City, £1,065 and £750 a week. We're on the boundary between them. I wonder if that's gross or net?

Yorkie1

lostinrates wrote: »

We're going to get the timetable for the swimming pool and try taking the dogs to places we haven't been yet (I stick to the same two places when we go out m which is boring for them, but they are relatively level which is easy for me alone)

Can I suggest that you don't accidentally merge the two highlighted bits. I'm sure the dogs would love the pool but the pool might not like the dogs ...

lostinrates wrote: »

Is it that blue dress you had on in bath? I loved that! Simple and lovely and fresh, very nice and suited your colouring so nicely.

Tired eyes skim reading. Thought you asked if it was the blue dress she had on in THE bath. I was wondering how you might have witnessed that before my brain caught up!!

Nikkster wrote: »

Can't quote, its difficult on phone. Decorating?! Nowhere close. I still haven't managed to get internet yet! I've put 2 pictures up on the walls if that counts

I've been here nearly 4 years and the front bedroom still isn't anywhere near being done. Need to get my neighbour to do some plastering work first, and can't be bothered to get myself organised to organise that ...

hjd

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Yes, Wycombe Abbey School for Gels.

When were you there?

1970-75.
Considerably before you, I imagine!

hjd

GDB2222 wrote: »

You reckon you've served your time, repaid your debt to society, etc?

That's one way of putting it!
Nobody I know has sent their children there either. Mind you, there are very few people from the school with whom I keep in touch.

zagubov

lostinrates wrote: »

Obviously , I don't know your road, but I know lots of roads where this is clearly the case. Dh's family home in London, for example was in a very smart street.....with a small la block just off it where it was highly apparent expectations of quality of life of some residents were vastly different from the rest of the road.

I once lived on two sides of a road in Central London. One side was an estate of deck flats that had one block entertainingly raided by police one morning with helicopters and endless vans.

The other side of the road was terraced 4-story houses/flats and for such a short road it had 4 MPs and several diplomats. By moving from flat on one side to the other it was like living in two different worlds.

Where we are now

Standard of living 71

Crime Rate 90.8

Funny area, this. Very villagey. Full of retirement homes, sheltered housing. Also a few streets away in every direction lots of families wanting their kids to get in the good state schools/grammar schools.

A heck of a lot of builders live around here (they fill the local pubs in that ghost hour between 4 and 5 when builders stop working and before they go home).

The local church has endless weddings and then local shops are a mix of estate agents and shops for furnishing your new home. Plus also places to buy ordinary things and get food etc.

PasturesNew

fc123 wrote: »

Why is Copeland so high? Worse, I have never heard of it either *blush*

I found a lot of odd names there.... one said "Vale of White Horse"