I was watching a US made documentary when I heard one of my neighbouring Australian suburbs described as an impoverished ghetto. But having travelled through some American ghettos in the late 1980s I would never have dreamed of describing our neighbourhood in such a way.

My husband and I made a conscious choice to downsize our family several years ago – from the flashier and more expensive suburbs to the cheaper housing options of Adelaide. We were both hungry to pursue our dreams of financial independence from running our own business.

We needed to cut our expenses and live more simply so we could find the extra money to pursue our dreams. These dreams have detoured and been altered along the way as we overcome the challenges and work around obstacles that life puts in our way (such as my disabilities). Whilst we have not yet reached our ultimate success pinnacle this hunger has not died.

Since moving we have had the benefit of reducing our living expenses and experiencing less neighbourhood crime. Our neighbours are friendlier with a stronger community spirit. I also think our street has larger and better maintained gardens.

Even the most obvious disadvantage of being further away from our state capital has not been the inconvenience we expected. There are so many convneient local community facilities that we recently gave up our second family car. We hadn’t used it for about 2 years anyway mostly because my trip to work my business only takes a 12 second commute to my home office.

Suzy Molloy

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Originally published January 5, 2011, at 9:46 PM UTC. on http://xclr8.qondio.com/

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