I can't get over the similarities

Canada
June 11, 2018 1:34am CST
For 4 years I had lived in the South End of Halifax. My building was near the train yards and my apartment faced the harbour. I was able to watch the cruise ships and other boats come and go. I also had a good view of the playground where the children from the daycare in the building would play at least twice a day. One of the drawbacks of the place was I had a visitor in the form of a mouse living with me. He would hide in/under the sofa, behind the refrigerator, the stove and under the sink. I only saw him at night. I recently relocated to a whole different part of the city (In February of this year), and I can't get over the similarities between my new place and the old one. I traded my harbour view and the cruise ships for a view of the lake with a Canoe/Kayak club. Instead of seeing cruise ships, I now see kayaks and canoes. My unit now has a balcony and it faces the elementary school. Instead of preschoolers on the playground, I get to listen to/watch the Primary to grade Six elementary students playing during their recess and lunch hour. At my old place I wasn't allowed to have a pet. (Although that never stopped the mice from getting into my apartment) Now, instead of a mouse, I have a cat who acts like a mouse. She is always getting into my lower cupboards, under the sink, on top of the fridge, on top of the stove/counters, on top of the dining room table, and now she has found her way under my sofa. My sofa sits close to the floor but the underlining is ripped. She gets behind the sofa and crawls into the rip in the underlining and uses that as a bed. Even though my neighborhood and the scenery has changed and that my new apartment is a different layout than my old apartment, it feels like I never left at all!
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8 responses
@shivamani10 (11038)
• Hyderabad, India
11 Jun 18
How is this new place now?
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• Canada
11 Jun 18
I'm lovin' it!
@JohnRoberts (109865)
• Los Angeles, California
11 Jun 18
Then the change feels very comfortable to you.
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@caopaopao (12398)
• China
11 Jun 18
There are really similarities between the two places. May you enjoy this new place.
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
12 Jun 18
That is extraordinary! Wherever you live, enjoy it! I would love the view, too.
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@sw8sincere (5206)
• Philippines
11 Jun 18
Hello my friend, I'm glad that the new place you are in right now doesn't have much of a difference from your place before.
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@mlgen1037 (29901)
• Manila, Philippines
11 Jun 18
Hi Lucinda. It looks like there is no place like home. Hehehe
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@jstory07 (133754)
• Roseburg, Oregon
11 Jun 18
At least having a cat in much better than having a mouse for a pet.
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@saritflor (3916)
• Hungary
12 Jun 18
It's nice to feel not very far from "home" :)
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