Living in deprived/rough estate

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chloe9076 · 03/07/2023 23:08

Experiences? I've been offered a council property in a deprived/rough estate and have no option but to take it. Feeling quite nervous. 2 young DC. If anyone has been in a similar situation, would love to hear from you. Cheers, Chlo

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Zodfa · 04/07/2023 10:08

I think it depends on the area. I live in what is officially a pretty deprived area (bottom 20% in England) but I experience very little antisocial behaviour. To be honest I think it's one of the nicer areas to live in the city even if the rest of it is officially less deprived.

Im99912 · 04/07/2023 10:14

My sister & my niece and all my aunts and uncles live in one of the worse postcodes / estates in my city
think of Vicky Pollard and it’s notorious for a riot years ago
no one wants the postcode
houses are generally loads cheaper
but it’s actually fine it’s just a perceived bad reputation that’s years old and won’t go away
the council houses my niece and sister have are huge with front side and back gardens

there are some good schools and lots of investments at the moment
you get good and bad everywhere

Sundaefraise · 04/07/2023 15:47

FatAgainItsLettuceTime · 04/07/2023 09:45

We bought our house in a deprived area 13 years ago, it was cheap and big for the price. I love the area, yes there are a few people who are a bit rough and ready, can be noisy here and there but because it's a deprived area it's a focus for funding. We have lovely parks (occasional burnt out car but that happens at night and gets moved quickly) within a stones throw, the schools are all at least Good rated and run lots of free and low price programmes, for example breakfast club is free and they regularly run parent programmes in first aid and suchlike. We have 3 libraries within walking distance that run free children's activities and the big supermarkets run free buses twice a week so that residents can get to them.

People on the street help each other out, during Covid we had an active support network helping the older folks and people who couldn't get out and about, 1 lady bought round Easter eggs door to door for all the kids, everyone decks out the houses for Halloween and Xmas so the kids can have fun, there's a family round the corner that set up a bouncy castle on the front garden every weekend during the summer than any kid can use, my DD has several friends on the street and we all have open doors at the weekend so the kids run in and out of each others houses/gardens.

It's just a really nice, laid back community feeling.

Wow your area sounds amazing by any metric. I don’t think this is typical unfortunately.

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