to think just because you live on a council estate does not mean you are automatically a druggie

[adrenalinejunkie]

i have been reading a few posts here about cheryl cole and how she is lucky to have got where she is depite living on a council estate and how she did not fall into a life of crime and drugs , my dad came from a council estate and so does most of my family , i spent half my life living on one and know for a fact if i took drugs or resorted to crime my family would be horrified, i dont think im being unreasonable in saying that a lot of celebrities are actually cokeheads/druggies pay for prostitiues and drink drive and they live in mansions on gated estates .

Rich people just hide it better. I know a few people who went to very 'good' schools and they were a hotbed of drugs, sex and eating disorders.

YANBU

I know plenty of people from council estates who are nice, responsible people.

I also know a few upper class nobs people who are little better than alkies or druggies

Not that that's a scientific study or anything

YANBU

I live in HA housing that was previously council and I know that there are drug users on this estate. However, I'm not, and never will be, one of them.

yanbu
I was born(yes actually born) on a cancel etstate and grew up there, people on the whole were just people some good some bad.

(I think CC/TWEEDY is judged thatw ay because of her brother)

YANBU.

YANBU - I was brought up on a council estate and still live on one. I don't just live on any council estate either but the notorious one locally . I am neither a druggie or a criminal and (shock, horror) have a job as do many of my neighbours. The other neighbours (all bar one) are SAHM's and all are lovely too.

There are shite people locally who cause a great deal of trouble for the rest of us, thankfully the police are getting on top of them now.

I suspect the druggy/crime comments relate to her brother who I believe is a druggy criminal (and the fact that...erm...yes she does indeed have a criminal record) thus providing a useful illustration of where her life could easily have gone.

I don't think it is particularly contentious to remark that most people who grow up on council estates have less advantages than most people who don't.

I grew up in a council estate. I was brought up with manners and decorum. I was taught what was right and wrong, how to behave appropriately and how to treat others and their belongs with respect. My parents are huge believers in education and supported us through school and university - all three of us went and we were the first int he family to do so. They would never have condoned drugs or ay form of criminal activity - or even vaguely grey areas.

My life has changed a lot since then, as has my parents and my silings.

But it still makes me cross to hear how people are judged because of their background.

There are statistically more people who get ino trouble on council estates I know. Amd I know that some estates have worse reputations than others. But even in the very worst estate there are good people living there too, and they don;t deserve the disrespect some people feel justified in doling out regardless.

I went to a Council Estate today
I'd love to say I had drugs, but I had a homemade cake. My friend is a great baker.
Next time I'll tell her first that I'd prefer a wee line
Surely she'll be able to get it no problem, living on a scheme as she does

I read on here yesterday that ex forces housing is considered a bit dodgy. I've lived in an ex MQ for 9 years and never knew!

I grew up on a council estate too, and I and all the people I am still in still contact with turned out to be perfectly repectable people. I lived in Heaton in Newcastle as a student in the 80s (which is where she grew up) and it wasn't THAT bad. Though in nearby Byker they had metal grills on all the shop windows....

I have to add though that I would find it very patronising and somewhat derogative to be described as a council estate girl done good.

I went to Nursery in Heaton in the late 70's/early 80's!

My Mum was a Social worker and knew everything dodgy about every dodgy area in the North East!

Great post Hula.

I too grew up on a council estate, My Mum and Gran still live on one so I visit regularly.

People are just people wherever they live. IT's what you do with your life that matters.

I live on a council estate and find it bloody insulting when people say things like..they worked their way up to a better life etc

is it possible that statisically crime rates are higher on council estates because they do not have the money/rich parents to bail them out of trouble?

i must say i lived in what was deemed the drugs capital of the north and was never once offered drugs, until i met my first bf and was offered drugs by his middle class uni friends (btw i am not saying all middle class people are druggies just in case people get the flamethrowers ready)

Oh ffs, these stupid generalisations about council estates drive me potty, fwiw we grew up in a 'good' area, the neighbours on one side used to beat hell out of each other and the other neighbour (nice guy and his wife) was a scientist, he also had a cocaine habit which led to him chasing his wife down the street with an axe

And yet we were the ones looked down upon because mother was a skint, single parent

Rich people can be tossers, poor people can be tossers. Twattishness knows no class divide, it's the ultimate leveller.

My sons mates who live in a better area smoke a lot of weed

Oh yes, I must say, the shenanigans that go on are priceless, but no different to any estate anywhere I guess.

I grew up in one of the 'posh' houses, with said SW Mum who knew all there was to know about drugs.
Totaly missed my drug taking/drinking/non eating phases as a teen.

It's stereotyped crap.

I grew up on a council estate and live on one now. Infact I live on the most notorious council estate in my town. If I had a £ for every time I have heard comments like 'will my car be up on bricks if I live it outside?' and other such hilariously funny comments then I would be rich.