I have lived here for over 21 years,and have seen some changes in my neighbourhood for sure, for example there is now a housing subdivision with heaps of new homes across from me called Sherwood Park, very upmarket homes, which used to be all farm land.

I do miss seeing the sheep and donkeys and cows, although they did bring a certain odour with them and some flies, however the new houses are nice and have increased the value of my property so that is the positive.

I love that I am so close to town, schools, hospital,university, everything is within at least 5 to ten mins drive away.

I don't enjoy the increased traffic volume, alot of people cut through the new subdivision to town, and it has increased so much.

I enjoy the foot traffic, lots of people walk past my house, although sometimes I wish our section was more private.

I love all the new kitties that have arrived since the new housing went up, and I get to meet a lot of them when I help my daughter do her paper round.

I hate that most of the properties are rentals, except for where I am directly and the new houses, as there are far too many loud parties and the property's are not in general looked after, so the area looks messy.

I wish I lived nearer the sea, or at least had a view of the water.
I do love my city, built by the river, it has pretty river walks and lots of places you can go overlooking the river, like the casino etc, and the fact Hamilton is not too large, but has most of the conveniences I need, like some decent shops.

All in all I am pretty happy living here and not in a hurry to pack up and leave, not until I can afford something better.