stories of state houses;
i'm trying to understand what it would be like to live in a state house, the conditions, the noise, the smell, the crime. the feeling of being unsafe. how can any of us possibly relate to someone who has lived in these conditions without living through them ourselves?
"It is not until you live there that other features become not only apparent but also cause for irritation. The reggae in one unit competes with the crying baby in the next and the tied-up wailing dog over the back. The pork bone boil-up assails the air but does not obliterate entirely the sweet smell of marijuana, or rotting bags of rubbish that waft out further down, and so on".
These poor poor people, state houses were an attempt to help working class people, to try give them a better life, to give them a home - something they never had, and all that state houses become were a place for crime and gangs. Look at state houses in todays society, what do we see? Rundown flats that all look the same. Before state houses were being built, society was told they were being designed so they all looked different, the interior of them would all be different, so people didn't feel that they were living in the same layout as their next door neighbour. This never happened, the only thing unique about state houses is the people and their things they put into them. Woman with young children were living in gang-ridden areas where they genuinely didn't feel safe. I couldn't even imagine what it would be like to come home to somewhere you didn't feel safe. Home is meant to be a comfort spot, not just for your kids, but for your family, somewhere where you can be a hundred percent yourself, and feel secure and at ease. Why didn't the government not think ahead? Did they not consider what state houses would become?! I red an article about a woman who was concerned about her connections with the black power, and how this could affect her children's safety, she contacted the housing managers, and they moved her into a room next door with the mongrel mob and kindly responded "well i'm not in your position am i?". Who could possibly do this? What sort of cold hearted soul could do this to a woman who is rightfully looking out for her kids. Really gets you thinking about the selfish and ignorant people out their in the world.
Shall continue this later' Jodie xx
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