My
story begins some time in early 2013. I was outside in the community
when suddenly a loud noise, like an explosion occurred not far from
me. Immediately I went to track down this noise and to my surprise,
on one of the drive ways within the community lay the shattered
remnants of what used to be part of one of the townhouse's clay tile-roofs. Wow, I thought to myself, what could have caused an entire
section of a roof to just fall, it's a good thing that no one was under there at that time. Little did I realize that over the next 2-3
years, this incident on that day would mark the beginning of the end
of my appreciation for what I used to call luxurious living amongst the rich.
Fast
forward to a couple of days ago on January 27, 2015 when I came home
at the beginning of winter break and noticed some security tape tied to
two orange cones and a chair in the middle of my entrance way. They're physically blocking my movement into and out of my home; there must be a law against this, I thought, and of course
there is, but to this I will leave to later in my-story.
Why would
someone come in the middle of the night and block my entrance way in
such a mean way? To put it simply, there is a feud going on between
the community and me, and although the wrath seems mainly to have been directed at my partner (the one who continues to insist on living here),
behind the scenes I would say it's mostly just about me.Although I consider myself to be a nice enough neighbor, there
are a some who might disagree. I used to have parties at my house,
the reason being I thought, why waste such a nice place, why not have
some barbecues and share?
Returning to the memories of 2013:
Very quickly as I recall, a few members
of the community began to investigate why someone's roof tiles would just fall. Their conclusion (as far as I see/saw) was that the design and
construction was flawed, and therefore the building
company ought to replace the roofs of all 42. I agreed that
the building company ought to fix without charge, the roofs of any house whose tiles
had fallen; however, I disagreed that they should be held
responsible for replacing all of the roofs; after all, I had not a single
problem with mine.
To
be continued!
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