梁先生在这个小区已经生活了20多年，他们应该算是这个小区最早的一批住户。
周边有越来越多的邻居卖房搬走。这些年小区变化很大，不再如以前那般宁静了，已令他不再留恋。外加他和太太年岁已大，子女也已不在身边，诺大的房子打理起来颇有困难。他打算把房子卖掉后，在离子女近的地方买一个公寓，安享晚年。
谈起小区这些年的变化，梁先生不胜感慨。

首先是
入室盗窃多
了起来。他那个已卖屋搬走的邻居，有一次外出度假，委托他代为照看，结果家被盗了。这让他很不自安。邻居也为此打定主意要搬走。前几天隔两条街的一户人家又被破门而入，听说是出去旅游，叫了出租车来回接送，被人家知道了底细。

梁先生说，以前没听说过有这么多小偷，出去散个步，门都可以不锁。后院门更是常年开着。晚上有时候忘了关车库门，第二天早上发现了，也不觉得紧张。但现在不行了，你晚上出去散个步，不仅自己紧张，左邻右舍也紧张，怎么这么晚了还有人在小区里晃啊?是不是坏人在踩点啊?现在每天睡觉前都要仔细检查一遍门窗，把门都反锁上，才能入睡。他说，心里不踏实了，这种感觉真不好。

环境嘈杂 日益变差了
小区的另一大变化，就是老住户渐渐都搬走了，搬进来的新住户，有些习惯让他不是很适应。比如斜对面一家，从买来主人就没怎么住过，都是一些零散住客。有一次一群半大孩子在里面搞Party ，晚上11点了还来敲门，问他家里有没有扑克牌。这些临时住客走之前，也不管是不是收垃圾日，就把垃圾扔到外面，日常垃圾2周才收一次，早早放在外面，被小动物咬破袋子，满车道都是臭垃圾，延续数天。
他还有一个邻居，男主人不常住在这里，家里只有一个女人带3个小孩子。这位女主人又请了一个女性老乡来陪住，这个女性朋友又有2个孩子。这下热闹了，一大堆孩子，从早到晚，屋里外面，都是孩子们打闹的声音，说的还都是他听不懂的方言。
梁先生说，岁数大了，真是怕闹。这些年小区里每换一个屋主，基本上都要搞装修，而且规模越来越大，不光里面装，外墙也要全部换成石头。前一阵子一家邻居装修，每天用电锯锯石头，噪音刺耳，粉尘飞扬，他家的草地每天都盖上一层灰白。而且由于天气太热，师傅们大都选择太阳下去以后才干屋外的活，那时候正是孩子放学的时间，弄得大人孩子捂着鼻子耳朵乱躲。
梁先生说，他从来没有正式投诉过谁，因为担心邻里关系处不好。他的一个邻居，冬天暖车，有时长达十来分钟，他有一次在车门上贴了个条子提醒，两人的关系从此就有些生硬。（信源:都市地产）

列治文西人牢骚满腹
在BC列治文市生活多年的西人kerry Starchuk，列市前市长的女儿，最近给汉加风平台转发了一封她写给Richmond News 的信，满腹牢骚：
We've read it over and over again. The City of Richmond’s Vision statement is “to be the most liveable, appealing and well-managed community in Canada,” and the Inter cultural Advisory Committee advocates Richmond “to be the most welcoming, inclusive and harmonious community in Canada.”
Well, as the saying goes, the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Is Richmond liveable? Wherever I go I regularly see garbage piled up on the street. And yet a $5 purchase for a voucher from the City of Richmond entitles a resident to dispose of large household items. With a bit of effort we can all dispose responsibly of our unwanted belongings. Furthermore, numerous charity organisations will relieve us of unwanted items, which they can re-sell.
Is Richmond appealing? Real estate signs and various advertisements litter the road medians and intersection corners every weekend. Since when did our public streets become venues for free advertising for private businesses?
Is Richmond well-managed? When an older house is sold, it is almost always demolished. Why are we destroying perfectly good houses, only to glut an overfull landfill? Many construction sites are a total disaster. Most of them are not cleaned up between the start and finish of the project. More and more we see port-o-potties on the street, even though there is room on the construction site. Where is the respect for neighbours?
Is Richmond welcoming, inclusive, harmonious? Many of our neighbourhoods are saddled with a growing number of houses that are vacant and unattended. Should the neighbours have to report the unsightly premises to the city? It would be the neighbourly thing to knock on the door, but what if the gate is locked and the owners live overseas or can't communicate in one of official languages? Are our houses now no longer homes, but just commodities?
It has been heartbreaking to see our beautiful city go down the drain. Where does the responsibility lie? Is it City Hall lacking the will to enforce by-laws already in place? Is it council members unwilling to acknowledge continuing challenges? Or is it the residents who just don’t care?
Richmond’s CAO George Duncan also has a Vision statement: “Ultimately, it’s about the legacy we will create. We are working today to create a better community – a community that will not only be better today, but also better for our kids and their children. We want people to look back 20 to 30 years from now at what we've done and have absolutely no doubt that we got it right." " Good is not good enough.”
Never in a million years would I have imagined living in such chaos. Perhaps I should have taken the advice of a top City Hall elected official when we were discussing the monstrous rise in the price and ‘value’ of real estate in Richmond in 2011. “Take the money and run,” he had said ‘facetiously.’ But I don’t know where to run since this is my home.
My grandma was born in Steveston in 1901 and died there in 1997. She never wanted to leave Richmond. For the last five years I have questioned the complex, difficult challenges every day, after living here for 50-plus years. I ask myself, is it going to get better, or will I have to move away, as so many other long time residents of Richmond have done?
文字的大意是：经常看到垃圾堆积在街道上；每到周末，各种房地产标志和垃圾广告充斥在街道和路口拐角。周边的房子不断被拆除，变成施工现场。列治文日益乱脏，不再有往昔的美丽。

多个社区反映：近年来住宅纠纷案件大增。以某市为例，市府每年平均要处理逾5万宗，包括噪音、围栏高度、车道边界、狗隻便溺、煮食气味等。数字由2006年的34,000宗，到2011年急增近一倍至61,000宗，近几年虽稍有回落，但每年也都在5万宗以上。当中约1/5由当局主动调查，其余皆来自投诉。

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