A friend is considering buying a house nearby, but you have decided to leave the area due to a rise in crime. Write a letter to your friend advising them not to move into the neighbourhood. In your letter: – Recommend that your friend not go ahead with the purchase – Give the reasons behind your decision to leave – Suggest possible alternative areas that you know

Dear Zainub, I got your letter yesterday. It's always lovely to hear from you! takes me back to our old days, when we took rikshaws to catch our classes. Coming back to the present, I read that you plan to move into my current neighbourhood after moving back to Kathmandu. Sadly, I'd like to inform you, that I'm moving from

this

area and would recommend the same that you don't buy here. Recently, there have been a lot of dacoities in the neighbourhood,

along with

snatching at gunpoint.

This

leaves me with no choice other than to move away from

this

place. Some families have already shifted and the new settlers are

also

very unfriendly, which is making me more anxious day by day as I leave kids behind alone in day time. I've been on the lookout for good and secure gated societies. There are a few good possibilities which my real estate agent will be showing me by next week. Most probably I'll be going to Falcon Housing Complex on Millat Street. Some houses are still on the market. Why don't you

also

give it a thought for

this

neighbourhood? Let me know your decision. Love, Hudiba