I don’t know if you are intending to be funny or not- but it was not a good thing no matter how you look at it.
My uncle and aunt were one of the last to move out and it was horrifying. They finally pretty much abandoned their place and left to go to a trailer park to get away from where they thought they would be killed if they stayed.
A friend long lamented how long it would be before moving into a new & nice home.
Suddenly, she did.
Asked (hesitatingly) why the abrupt change from “someday” to “right now”, she simply said “the triple homicide next door.”
“The prospect of death focuses the mind wonderfully.” - Douglas Adams