Honestly, do you judge people who live in council estates?

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So, I live in my own home on a council estate. I’m well educated, and have always worked in a job which requires a degree + a post graduate qualification, but is poorly paid.
I’m grateful I own my own home. I’m divorced, never remarried so moving hasn’t been an option.
After my divorce, I bought my ex husband out, but qualified for a mortgage by the skin of my teeth. I believe I’m really lucky- many people can’t afford to buy their own home, and in many places in the world, people live in awful conditions.
However, I recently changed jobs and I’m now in a place which has more ‘middle class’ people. I hate those sorts of designations but there we are.
I’ve heard so many people make off handed comments about council estates and the people who live there. Although I do feel grateful to have my own home, I’m heartbroken/ furious that my children may be judged for where they come from.
So- do you judge? Or have you had those experiences?

They will not!

Lots of people live in an ex council house, many of them MC

If you live on a ‘rough’ estate then you might find people will make assumptions about your kids IF they only saw their address and hadn’t met them, but I can’t think of many occasions when that would happen.

People judge those in council estates just as they judge those still living in mummy and daddy's mansion. We are hard wired to judge, we just have things that we might judge more or less than others!

I live on a council estate, own my home and have been judged for where I live before even though I've worked hard to own my own home.
I'm also lucky that I live in a cul-de-sac where most of the homes are owned.
Our estate goes through phases of being "rough" have had a few troubled families, out of control children but it seems to go in cycles, the DC grow up and move on, the problem families get evicted.
There are 400+ houses on our estate but only 110 are now owned by the council, it's no wonder there's a shortage of social housing.
I live in York, estates like mine are appealing to people trying to get on the housing ladder who want to live in York but need affordable houses, think between 220k-250k

I'm probably quite antisocial in my habits (keep myself to myself) but that doesn't mean I don't make effort within my community.

I judge the right to buy scheme, not you.

I think.people do. I was brought up on a council estate. I now have a modest house by myself- not on a council estate. As a teacher I have heard people say disparaging things and talk about 'escaping'. Each time I have called people out. Thankfully this was 20.plus tears ago when they teachers were from.less diverse economic backgrounds

I also bought an ex council house ( by choice, we could borrow a lot more). People who judge based on that kind of thing are shallow and not worthy of my time.

Not all council estates are the same.

The people who publicly air negative views about council estates are horrible. Whatever reservations I might have I would keep to myself. One of my old friends (ex friend, his views grew increasingly priggish) used to say the council estates were a blight and should be bombed - and yet he'd only lived in a small, but neat, plain terraced house all of his life.

I know of people who live in sought after areas (thinking London) as council tenants.

It does happen though. I have an acquaintance who owns a higher end recruitment consultancy and won't consider people from the council estates postcode area, no matter their qualifications or experience. Dreadful of them.

No, because I'm not a colossal dick.

Our first house was ex council in an area pretty mixed with council and ex-council homes.

Ime they tend to have large bedrooms and gardens which is a huge plus. Much bigger than in new 2 or 3 bed homes.

We knew plenty of decent people on the estate. But we also knew and encountered some absolute scumbags.

The scumbags tipped it for me. We moved. I wouldn't buy an ex-council house again unless we had no other option.

I am jealous of people in council housing because they have a secure tenancy.
Private renting doesn't have that.

sol are you out there litter picking, reporting the drug dealers, bringing the bins in off footpaths because the binmen block the way every week, reporting the flytipping, dodgy builders, flooded drains etc. Everyone in my estate turns a blind eye to it except me. It's a miserable uphill battle.

No I don't judge people who live on a council estate. Why would I? I grew up on one.

The only person who ever judged me for living in an ex council house (although in the middle of a very affluent area) was an American woman.
In casual conversation she compared me to someone "who lived on the wrong side of the tracks as well". Her husband, who had way more tact, glared at her and swiftly changed the conversation. That was about 15 years ago but I still think about it occasionally.

People do judge unfortunately. I say that as someone who bought an ex council house, albeit in a good area with outstanding schools.

When my friend's mother who lived in the area I grew up (average area but private house) found where I'd moved to she screwed up her nose, said "ewww" and never spoke to me again! No great loss though.

I don't know why as most council houses have far more space inside and plenty of green space outside than most private estates especially shoebox newbuilds. It's also a lot quieter here.

I genuinely wouldn't judge or give it a second thought.

I lived in a council house for 14 months many years ago with my DC, it was a lovely new estate on the south coast, I’ve never known such a sense of community, we were made to feel so welcome, the other kids soon befriended mine and they spent a summer pretty much feral, playing in the park attached to the estate and in and out of other kids houses. There was always another mum happy to babysit if I wanted to go out and I did the same in return. I now live in a very MC part of the same town and I barely know my neighbours names. I would never judge anyone who lived in council property.

No, because I grew up in a town that was about 90% social housing, in a country (Scotland) that at the time (the 80s), was 50% social housing.

Using social housing shouldn’t be any odder than using roads, schools, parks and hospitals owned and paid for by the people. Affordable housing is a massive social good and fundamental to social well-being. Why be proud of having an enormous mortgage and having to work all the hours god sends just to feel superior to someone down the street.

No, I don't. Most of the time, I don't even know which areas are the council estates in any case. I couldn't care less where people live as long as they are decent people.

No. I grew up on one. My parents were council tenants. I judge people based on their behaviour, not their postcode.

We've been unbelievably lucky-my in laws bought us our house

Ex council house (just within the budget) and it's the best place I've ever lived (our street is a mix of bought and rented)

I grew up with my grandad-3 bed council house-no snobbery at all-every house was council

My parents bought a 4 bed ex council house (on a street just like the one i now live in) and I was bullied because my classmates parents all lived in council houses with no chance to buy (adults are jealous and talk,kids listen)

If anyone wants to judge me for living/growing up in council houses (granted,two have been bought) then quite frankly they can shove it up their arses

I work with all types of people-from 'we are bloody lucky to have a council house',people who claim uc and have (part of) their rent paid to the privately educated and own a posh house-and unless they tell you,nobody knows and if they do,nobody cares

Nope;grew up in a council house in the middle of an estate;I live a very different life too the one I grew up in;my children don't know how privileged they are as options like university etc were a very foreign concept among my peers from the estate.