SoJo, NoJo, GheTTo
Collingwood is so hip it had to been subdivided. I live in a little corner called Ghetto Collingwood. It's near the flats, the Tote and more empty shops than you can poke a stick at.
It is not without its charms. We have the Keith Haring mural, and the awesome Collingwood Technical school. If I were rich I would buy 'D Block':
The flats are surrounded by big gum trees, so we have plenty of birds and wildlife. Our friend Keith, who has his home and studio across the alley from us, has a theory that Ghetto Collingwood is quite safe from theft because thieves don't shop in their own neighbourhoods. So far this has proved correct. I once left the key to our car sticking out of the boot lock, with the car parked in the street, for nearly 48 hours. Whoops. But no one took it.
But it's also quite ghetto. A few weeks ago someone pooed all over the fence near our carport, and left a pile of dirty toilet paper. The junkies shoot up on the park bench across from our house. And Jason is convinced that our milk bar is actually dealing mainly in drugs. I was skeptical on this point. But there are always little groups of people waiting just around the corner from the milkbar, or behind the trees, arguing, "No, you go in this time!"
Home sweet home!
It is not without its charms. We have the Keith Haring mural, and the awesome Collingwood Technical school. If I were rich I would buy 'D Block':
The flats are surrounded by big gum trees, so we have plenty of birds and wildlife. Our friend Keith, who has his home and studio across the alley from us, has a theory that Ghetto Collingwood is quite safe from theft because thieves don't shop in their own neighbourhoods. So far this has proved correct. I once left the key to our car sticking out of the boot lock, with the car parked in the street, for nearly 48 hours. Whoops. But no one took it.
But it's also quite ghetto. A few weeks ago someone pooed all over the fence near our carport, and left a pile of dirty toilet paper. The junkies shoot up on the park bench across from our house. And Jason is convinced that our milk bar is actually dealing mainly in drugs. I was skeptical on this point. But there are always little groups of people waiting just around the corner from the milkbar, or behind the trees, arguing, "No, you go in this time!"
Home sweet home!
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