Safest areas to live in Casablanca for females

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myvillagehasmanytribes Member

Member since 25 June 2022

myvillagehasmanytribesMember08 August 2022 07:48:10

Hi,

My family is trying to buy an apartment in Casablanca and really struggling to decide on a location.

I am use to being very independent and don't want to end up buying a property in an area I don't feel safe walking around in alone or to have my daughter walking around in alone.

Every city has areas that are more crime and are more dangerous then others.聽 My husband is mainly getting advice from men, but the experiences of men and women are just not the same.聽 I need more feedback from a female point of view.

We were about to make a decision between a few places in Maarif and Roches-Noires.聽 My daughter was talking to a female freind living in Casablanca and she advised that it was a bad idea.聽 She said based on her personal experiences and her friends experiences living in both areas that we were not going to be comfortable living in these areas.聽 She said there was a high risk for getting robbed at knife point in Maarif and as someone who does not speak the language I was going to not feel comfortable living in Roches-Noires and be at high risk for being harassed.聽 In both places said being followed or sexually harassed as females was very high.聽 She basically said you won't feel comfortable or safe so there is no point living there.聽 She literally warned us against it and suggested trying to buy in Quartier Californi.

Does anyone have any feedback on this?

Thanks

Cheryl Moderator

Member since 15 October 2018

CherylModerator08 August 2022 10:59:40

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Hello ,

Welcome to 禁漫天堂

After reading your message, I suggest you check the Living in Morocco guide. We have dedicated a part of this guide to talk about Accommodation in Morocco.

I hope that the members of this forum can share their personal experiences.

Best of luck,

Cheryl

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notabarista New member

Member since 11 July 2022

notabaristaNew member08 August 2022 13:49:26

Try El Hank.

boussaaidisami New member

Member since 30 December 2021

boussaaidisamiNew member08 August 2022 14:52:44

@myvillagehasmanytribes hello ! I juste read your message and my tant husband is a professor in the uneversity, he wants to sell his second appartement after buying a villa and the appartement is really good and in a good place it鈥檚 name is ( inara) it鈥檚 inside a cooperative including gardens and places for children, anyway if you r interesting juste text me !! Good luck

Veronique Da Silva Team

Member since 02 February 2017

Veronique Da SilvaTeam08 August 2022 17:46:09

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Hi boussaaidisami,

Welcome to expat.com!

If you know someone interested in selling an appartment, then I recommend you (or they) drop an advert on the Housing in Morocco section.

Vero

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boussaaidisami New member

Member since 30 December 2021

boussaaidisamiNew member08 August 2022 20:04:10

Thanks for your welcoming ! And yes if someone wants to buy an appartement in Casablanca I know someone from my family he wants to sell !!

myvillagehasmanytribes Member

Member since 25 June 2022

myvillagehasmanytribesMember09 August 2022 06:00:16

@boussaaidisami

Hi,

Thanks for the suggestion.聽 My husband is getting a bit annoyed at my going back and forth about locations.聽 So if send him any more ads right now he is going to get mad 馃槵.聽 I will reach out if anything changes.聽

I at first told him I wanted to buy in the city centre so I so walk to things to do... then was told about these gangs walking around with large knives robbing people and then I tried to get him to buy in the Californi area but it seems super far from everything.

boussaaidisami New member

Member since 30 December 2021

boussaaidisamiNew member09 August 2022 12:51:24

@myvillagehasmanytribes hi ! I hope that u spending a good day ! I know how Casablanca is big, I spent 3 years there as a student, I鈥檓 not a estat agent, I juste saw your annonce there and because I liked this place and I was happy there people are great and nice and gentle, I never saw a gangs there no body talked to me a bad way even if I was not from the area !

I think you gonna like it, if u r interesting I can help u

myvillagehasmanytribes Member

Member since 25 June 2022

myvillagehasmanytribesMember12 August 2022 00:31:00

@boussaaidisami

Thank you for the feedback.聽 I have been a bunch of times.聽 I have never had any issues but did not go out too much without my daughter who speaks the language.聽 A few times there were some teenage boys following us trying to talk but just silly teenage boys that were bored who took off once they realized I was her mother and not her old sister.聽 I found it more comfortable then my previous times there.

I was looking in to what my daughter and her freind where trying to explain to me and I am still confused.聽 I see videos on YouTube and social media about these people / gangs with machetes or knives but I guess if you live in a decent area and also do not attract attention they don't target you.聽 My husband says Fes is worse for theft.

My daughter wants an apparentment in Californie now, but I think it looks too far from interesting things walking which will not work for me.聽 She is a teenager and wants to buy places near where she has freinds.聽

My husband got annoyed because we cannot agree on where to buy and is now buying farm land outside of the city 馃槕.

This might be for the best because we won't be able to use it often and don't want to deal with renting.

It was too difficult to do this without being there too see the area.

Best wishes

FarhanCasa Member

Member since 05 February 2019

FarhanCasaMember05 September 2022 22:54:44

#10

check out Bd. Anfa , Bd. Ziraoui and Gauthier.

I have lived in all the 3 places.

My guess is you will not regret it. I feel Gauthier has the maximum expats in Casablanca. I live there.

FarhanCasa Member

Member since 05 February 2019

FarhanCasaMember05 September 2022 22:59:39

#11

If you want outside the city, Bouzkoura is nice with more new buildings coming up and nature.

Also new construction going on in Casablanca Finance City. Also heard positive things about Racine. Also see Bd. Abdur Razzak near Nespresso(The posh part of Maarif).

CIL and Anfa Superior are also good places after Ain Diab and Anfa Place.

chinono3936 Active member

Member since 07 September 2021

chinono3936Active member05 September 2022 23:06:04

#12

@myvillagehasmanytribes That California is a good area,but mainly if you are from Morocco,but if you are not from Morocco,am seeing buying house here in Morocco as waste of money,cos if you want to go back to your country,they will not buy it,rather they will tell you to sell it to them 50percent discount of what you bought it.Just be careful while making a choice to buy an apartment here in morocco.i wish you all the best

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