Anonymous

I am an early resident of Waterloo. I have been living here for 20 years now. It’s been a long time.
In that time I have seen many changes, seen many things happen. It’s not pretty. It’s got worse and worse.

Ok, there are some good things about living in this location, such as, that it is very close to the city and that the transport system is very good. There are also some improvements such as a lot of green stuff around and increased security that we didn’t have before.

But I feel like living in Waterloo has got a lot worse over the past couple of years. Especially because there is the drug problem, a lot of drug problem. Before it was more the older people, but now with the young and old people together, we have a lot of problem with drugs. Sometimes you go to the rubbish room to take out the rubbish and the young people, they shoot up there. Such crazy stuff.

Apart from the drug problem I would not change anything about the area.

The presence of police is everywhere because it’s become very awful. I left here at 8 o’clock this morning and there’s police cars everywhere. Police come all the time. We see them on the porch, we see them on bicycles; they’re all around. But what can you do, you know? Too many problems. Otherwise, you know, in the area there’s always people around. Generally we’re okay.

It’s bad here but not too bad. It could be worse but no, no we’re used to this so you know. This is compared to my living here for 20 years. When we moved here, this building was one of the best in the area because of the people who lived here.
But a few people have died now and new and young people have moved in; most of them cause problems.

So, otherwise it’s okay here. Because for 20 years, this is home. I don’t want to move anywhere else because I know where the bus stops. It’s close to shops and the café.

It’s home and we’re used to it.