Jaimatadi, before you were born, Kathmandu that you see today was nowhere as populated. In fact, the place that I grew up at wasonly accessible by motorbikes and bicycles (five-ft road). There were very few houses and the location of our house used to be called 'faant'. Dhaan baris were found in abundance and as were thugs/chors. When I was growing up, my house was broken into 5 times during that time. Since my dad was in the armed forces, I always wondered why he didn't keep a gun and/or shot 'em off! 

Funny how things change in 15-20 years. We bought the total piece of land for under 50k (total) back then and built a house. The price of same piece of land has inflated to 50 lakh/ana.