I grew up in an estate. I didn’t get to pick that because I was born in that community. My entire family stayed there and it just made sense that baby me would also stay there. Fast forward, we moved to a different community where we had a new house to settle there. This place wasn’t that urban per se, but it was located in the capital city of Ghana. I wouldn’t lie, I didn’t like it at all. Because all my life was spent in a community that had everything and now, I was stuck in community that didn’t even have good roads. Then, I was wondering why my dad would pick such a place.
But hey, I wasn’t looking into the future. This community is currently one of the most sought out place in the city due to its roads and other infrastructure. I was a child then, and I didn’t understand all these stuff, but I was really hard them for us because because the community was still developing and the change from a fully grown community to such a place was huge for us all.
Now, I’m much older but i still can’t afford a house of my own. What I can afford for now is renting my one space away from home. I’m currently renting my own space because I’m away from home and honestly, this isn’t my type of community. I’m living in a peri- urban community. It’s not so bad but it’s not the kind of setting I’m used to. I wouldn’t be here forever and that’s a fact. So, looking into the future, I’d say I prefer to stay in an urban area, specifically an estate or a well developed community which isn’t too noisy.
I’ve been used to the peace and quiet in every place I stay to the extent that I don’t believe I can thrive in a noisy community. I have equally had my fare share of living in the village and I know deep in my soul that going out to fetch water from a borehole isn’t my thing. It’s just not the life in built for. I love soft life , and this means I want to live in a community with all the infrastructure that would make life easy for me. In addition to this, I’m big on finding opportunities to better my life and so a community with such opportunities would be a plus for me. It doesn’t have to be a place with so many offices or what have you. Just a few right people as my neighbours and we are good to go. Currently, I’m alternating between places of residence but when I finally do settle and have to not move around no more, the only thing that would stop me from having a home in such a space would be money, which I know God will give me.
Life is about being strategic. I say this because if my da hadn’t been strategic in securing a house in my community some ten years back, I wouldn’t be here talking about how much the community has developed to become of the hottest spaces in the capital city. Your home js your comfort zone and so make sure to make the best choices of homes for you and your family.
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