u/TheNewNumber1

Wife and I plus our 3 year old are ready to move closer back home in Oakland county where we are from. I grew up in Troy and would like to suck it up and move there for the schools, my wife really likes ferndale and I do too especially for the cost of a home, but I am concerned about the school district. I was a 2012 grad and I remember visiting ferndale for sports all through high school and it felt pretty ghetto to me, the city looks like it’s changed a lot , but how are the schools really? Please people with kids in schools reply only

My cat (3F toirtishelle) loves to go outside and when she was a kitten she had a bunch of neighborhood cat friends (my neighborhood has a lot of indoor outdoor cats, also I assume they’re spayed and homed cause for the last few years only 1 new one showed up and he looks like a pampered prince so I know he has a home too). Anyway, that new furry prince started appearing in the backyard and I’ve never seen my cat so defensive, she’s gotten in scraps with him a twice and recently this thing is back again staring in my window.

The other night my cat sat perched up staring at him on my deck for 3 hours refusing to come in and finally they both fought again before the furry prince ran off. Sometimes my cat is hard to get in at night and I’ve had my fair share of skunks and cat fights already with her. Is this new cat going to be an ongoing issue or will he eventually get the hint that my homegirl doesn’t want him around?

I do always try my hardest to get her in before bed time, but I’m just curious if cats ever have longstanding feuds that don’t settle out.

Also, in case it helps answer, my cat isn’t a massive roamer, if I’d put an estimate on it I’d say she stays within 1000ft radius of my house and usually will come if you scream her name from the backyard