Don't think we've been introduced...

So this week gone has been an eventful one, amongst other things, last Friday there was an attempted burglary into my accommodation, while I was in it!
So there I was sitting by my computer with headphones on, chatting with a couple of friends online. Lights were on in the room and the TV was running with the volume on in the background.
I'd left the window open with a little crack on it to let in some of the fresh night air.
There I am minding my own business when suddenly I notice something out of the corner of my eye, when I looked over I notice a hand coming though the curtains moving them around. Evidently someone was reaching through the window from the outside checking out the room before going in.
As soon as I noticed this I shouted out, threw of the headphones and ran towards the window.
The immediate response was the scurrying of feet down the steel staircase outside my window into the dark. When I reached the window and pried it open, whoever had been there were or was gone.

Then the following Sunday I heard 5 gunshots from what must not have been more then two streets away.

It's events like this that make you reflect on if you're really living in the best of places, then again this is what one can expect when living in a city rather then more rural areas.
So it’s something everyone needs to weight with themselves, the hustle and bustle with higher crime rates vs. quiet and calm in what is generally a safer environment.