true rob

Ive been asked if i want to do some door work in Hanley no thanks!!

problem is that theres now so many "disadvantaged poor hard dumb by criminals/CHAVs" in the stoke on trent area now that with the lack of council houses, it was only a matter of time before they spread to all areas of the city.

These "trouble famiies" quickly get banned from council and housing association places so they either end up in the YMCA or similar or private landlords who dont know what they are in for!!! which means with private landlords in all sections of the city means nice areas can be ruined overnight by a scum family moving in or coming from a nieghbouring place.

doesnt help that this is a city devoid of hope now!! there was little hope before the recession let alone now!! almost all the traditional industrys have dried up and died yet stoke council has done little to help new investment and has actively discouraged it with some stupid environmental policys over warehouses so called blotting the horizon quite how a warehouse can ruin the look of a slag heap or marl hole i dont know And lets not even get into council corruption and discouragement of business expansion where the council wont get a revenue. for example the shopping centre i work at has bought wasteland to extend the car park yet repeatedly had it refused for no good reason. The only reason they could give was environmental so yeah its environmentally friendly to have cars sat in ques all day saturday polluting while they wait for a space to park!! doesnt take a rocket science to work out that more spaces means less pollution due to better traffic management and less ques the real reason they wont let it be built is because this car park already directly competes with and undercuts the council owned ones and with extra spaces would leave them out of pocket!!!!

only 48% people here get 5 GCSEs which is the minimum standard. and even if you do well the colleges are crowded and theres very high unemployment, low wages, not many jobs and a lot of people with lots of skills/experience. So for the kids theres no point in thier eyes in bothering if theres no future!! very low aspirations here!!! for most kids, whats the point in a minimum wage job when you can get just as much money on the dole if you play the system as well as being better off if you do a bit of dealing or cash in hand work on the side!!

currently now only the 2nd highest teen pregnancy rate in UK but what is unique to stoke compared to ANY UK city is the main reason for teen pregnancy being that the girls WANTED to get pregnant!!! where as the rest of the big citys in UK the main reason listed is accident/got drunk etc. (this is from the surveys done during maternity screening etc).