Tran Xuan Xoan va Ngo Thi Nham

When starting this project, I thought it will be like Hanoi Survival, where we will have to run around to find all the places and it might be further down than our designated location, but I was wrong. A lot of the things we are expected to find are just around the street. We can easily found a lot of places located mainly on Tran Xuan Xoan. However, some places are easier to spot than others. For example, sinh to places are everywhere, you can find it basically down the street on every couple of houses. However, trying to find a a place to get knife sharpen or key made is a lot harder. We have to constantly asking the local around to see if they know any place that offer those services. In addition, those places are a lot farther than from the center of Tran Xuan Xoan va Ngo Thi Nham. Also, I was surprised of not being to find a court or space to play badminton. In a sense, the area have all the necessity shops that make it more convenient for the people living around there, but those "rare" services like sharpening knife, getting a key made, area to sit down, or to play sport were not easy to find. 

My favorite place in the area is the local supermarket because its very warmhearted walking around there. I felt a sense of community as the neighbor shop owners just hang around and talk to their neighbor store.  I also saw them eaten lunch together which I found very sweet! All the shops are in the open so everyone get to interact with each other more compared to the shops with building we found outside the supermarket and around the street. With building like those, everyone seems to be in their own little house that limited their chances of interact with their local neighbor. 

Even though mostly everything is around the area, but I'm not sure if I will live there. Without recreational spaces, i felt that something is missing. There were schools around but there was no spaces like the park or sport field for the local to use. It's very city-like for me and I want to live near a place that is more peaceful and quiet without much traffic. A place where there's a more community feel when everyone would know everyone near their area and interact more. I do appreciate all the convenient stores around that would make life a lot easier, but it is also important for me to live in a space where i can create a tight bond with the people living around me.