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What's it like to live in South Africa? Samantha shows us the day-to-day experiences of a 12-year-old girl living in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Samantha

House Hunting

For the past two months we have been looking at houses, apartments, and townhouses to move into. Unfortunately we haven't found anything yet, but we saw a couple of super awesome houses, but they got rented the next day.

Actually at the moment I have two houses because my mom and my dad don't live together. I live mostly with my mom, but get to stay over at my dad's every other weekend and one week day a week.

Anyway, looking for somewhere to live in Johannesburg means looking for something super-safe and secure because crime is a big problem over here. So we look for things like 24-hour security and electric fencing. Just to be on the safe side.

 

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