“Everyone who lives there are black, ghetto, poor, dumb, lazy, dirty or a single teen mom. You can hear the neighbors talking through the walls. The rooms are small, and dirty. Every man that lives there doesn't have a job or is a drug dealer. The police are always up there. Someone is always fighting or shooting.” That is how Spring Hill Apartments are defined. However, not everyone who lives there falls into these categories.
That is also how I defined Spring Hill, until I moved in, and was defined in that way also. I thought that used to be the truth because I had friends that had visited spring hill. Those friends carried rumors back about it that were untrue. I listened to those rumors and spread them whenever I could. It was wrong for …show more content…
A normal day living in Spring Hill starts in the quiet morning. With a janitor cleaning the halls, and picking up trash outside, therefore it's not always messy. Parents walking their kids to school, who are eager to learn. After school, children playing, adults laughing and having a wonderful time, chatting with their neighbors. Once in awhile an adult has a disagreement, but where does this not happen at? People do argue and fight occasionally, though of course it's not an everyday situation. I've never felt unsafe at my own home. There is no way to hear the neighbors speaking through the walls. The inside wasn't filthy when my family moved in and still is not. There aren’t any rats or roaches running around in the houses. It was actually a welcoming, clean, three bedroom apartment, with air conditioning and heat. Although it's a great deal of people living there, and many rumors surrounding it, it's still a very friendly community where most of the families that live there get along and help each other out. Police may be up there every day, in fact that is because they work there, they have assigned police officers patrolling all day and night. That is because there are a lot of people living in Spring Hill and they don't want anything to get out of hand. Not everyone who lives there is an African American. There are countless different races that live there. These are some of the many views that people speak about, that are
That is also how I defined Spring Hill, until I moved in, and was defined in that way also. I thought that used to be the truth because I had friends that had visited spring hill. Those friends carried rumors back about it that were untrue. I listened to those rumors and spread them whenever I could. It was wrong for …show more content…
A normal day living in Spring Hill starts in the quiet morning. With a janitor cleaning the halls, and picking up trash outside, therefore it's not always messy. Parents walking their kids to school, who are eager to learn. After school, children playing, adults laughing and having a wonderful time, chatting with their neighbors. Once in awhile an adult has a disagreement, but where does this not happen at? People do argue and fight occasionally, though of course it's not an everyday situation. I've never felt unsafe at my own home. There is no way to hear the neighbors speaking through the walls. The inside wasn't filthy when my family moved in and still is not. There aren’t any rats or roaches running around in the houses. It was actually a welcoming, clean, three bedroom apartment, with air conditioning and heat. Although it's a great deal of people living there, and many rumors surrounding it, it's still a very friendly community where most of the families that live there get along and help each other out. Police may be up there every day, in fact that is because they work there, they have assigned police officers patrolling all day and night. That is because there are a lot of people living in Spring Hill and they don't want anything to get out of hand. Not everyone who lives there is an African American. There are countless different races that live there. These are some of the many views that people speak about, that are