Companionship

Residents in blighted areas feel friendliness among themselves. Some of the respondents expressed that the well-developed properties have fence walls, secured gates with barbed wires, and dogs to deter strangers. Others have security guards and watchmen who would question you whenever you ge<sup>t</sup> close to their properties. A resident lamented, "*But what we see is they only think of themselves and fence their property leaving the others*". However, with the blighted areas, there are no such hindrances. They could visit friends without any impediments establishing attachments. An expert explained, "*So in terms of people in these settlements, there is some connection, some attachment and it is difficult to be broken*".

#### 4.5.2. Negative Effects
