Finding peace in the chaos?

There's a terrace above the old co-op credit society building on the Kalina Church Road side that almost nobody uses. You climb two flights past the office and it opens onto this flat roof with a few plastic chairs, and around 4pm the light hits the water tanks in a way that makes the whole colony look calm from up there. It's not a garden, but it works if you want the noise below without being in it. Ask the watchman, he'll usually let you up if you say you're waiting for someone.

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the colony backs onto the Mithi river side and thats where it actually gets quiet, past the last row of buildings the road just dead ends into mangroves. hardly anyone goes there except kids playing cricket on sundays. monsoon changes everything tho, whole stretch floods and smells like wet earth for weeks

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if u walk past the church towards the pipeline road side there's a stretch along the mangroves where the colony just ends, no wall, nothing. locals use it as a shortcut to the station so its busy at 8am & 6pm but completely dead between like 11 and 4. crows, occasional heron, that's it. only catch is no benches or shade so bring something to sit on or just stand

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have u tried the chor bazaar route? not for selling to shops but the friday morning flea guys near mumbadevi, some of them buy vintage/retro pieces outright and pay better than the bale walas if ur stuff has any character. got 800 for a bunch of old levi's and band tees there. thing is u gotta go early like 6am and know how to hold ur ground, they smell desperation instantly

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one thing nobody mentioned, watch out for the weight vs piece thing. kabadiwalas and bale buyers pay by kilo so heavy stuff like denim and woolens actually earn more than fancy light stuff. i cleared a whole bag of old jeans to a guy in Malad for way better than what my branded shirts fetched. also wash everything before u show it, sounds obvious but dusty clothes get lowballed on sight.

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honestly the timing matters more than the platform. end of month is when people get salary and actually buy, so list ur stuff around the 1st or 2nd. also post pics in natural light near a window, not on ur bed with flash, makes a huge difference on OLX and insta thrift pages. i've flipped a lot of my old stuff this way and the same kurta that got ignored at 300 sold for 500 when i relisted it properly.

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