Let's go to the park,ehh... golf course

"I am getting fed up with Jo'burg, maybe we will go to England", a girlfriend tells me over the phone. Although statistically the Western Cape is the most dangerous province in SA, people in Jo'burg seem to be more concerned about there safety. "We never even walk to the stores, although they are around the corner. I just don't feel safe", she continues. Since she heavily pregnant with their first baby I ask her if she will ever take the baby out for a stroll around the neighbourhood. "No! If you wanna walk you have to go to a golf course. I am really sick of it". Last X-mas I was over in Jo'burg and rather enjoyed it. Because houses are cheaper there than in Cape Town people have a nice place with a spacious lush garden, often a pool. Very relaxing. "That's it. Your house is like a safe haven with gates around it, but you can hardly leave it. You are so lucky that you're in Cape Town". The suggestion of moving here is cast aside. There is no money to be made in Cape Town. If they do decide to pack up and go to London, they would be the 2nd couple I know which has done that in the last six months. Another couple left for the safer pastures of England after they were high jacked in Jo'burg with their 3 kids in the back of the car. The only reason they still have their wedding rings is because they hid them in the nappy of the baby.