We live on a new build estate. As part of the development, the builders were supposed to have built a children's play area on a fenced off grassed area in the middle of the estate. It was on the plans and part of what we all signed up for when we moved in.
The estate is now complete but for some reason this hasn't been completed. A resident's association has been formed to take up some other issues regarding the estate, which include the play area.
Through the resident's association, a few households have expressed their concerns over the potential play area saying it would attract 'youths, drinking,drug taking and other anti social behaviour'. The Chair has now sent a voting form out to all households asking whether we want him to take issue with the developers and get the play area built or whether to tell the developers not to bother building it.
On one hand I share the other resident's (potential) concerns but on the other hand I would really like a play area for my 3 children to play. Is it really likely to attract the kind of behaviour stated above?
For what it's worth, we live in a small town with a relatively low crime rate. There are no other play grounds nearby that we could walk to.