the (sink estates) were indeed new and shiny at one time
but the problem is they were invariably an ill conceived attempt to clear slums by throwing together cheaply built and badly designed concrete boxes or tower blocks that destroyed communities by isolating residents and denying them access to communal green spaces

the brief was nearly always 'knock me up something cheap but shiny and 'modern' to rehouse the scum in', so the result was men who wore tweed, smoked pipes and lived in nice semi's in the suburbs created entirely unsuitable concrete jungles prone to damp that they themselves would never want to live in in a million years

the post war housing estates are almost universally regarded as public housing disasters, the only ones that work are those that have been massively overhauled to bring communities back together - one of the first things they do is sort out some green space for the people who live there

i moved from a tenement in glasgow aged 4 to a new housing estate, it had all the potential to slip into a sink estate but had one unique factor, it had more green space area per tenant than any other similar scheme in europe, its about 40 years old now and is still quite a pleasant place to live (naturally i don't still live there any more - its full of plebs, i live in a nice house in the country. im considering a pipe)
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 17:45, 1 reply)

i dunno
round us there are a number of estates with terraced housing all built in a square round green space. It's a proper shitehole full of people with more finger than teeth.

I know that when the flats were built, a lot of people were moved out of those post war damp places and slums. A teacher at school said his gran claimed beign moved in the 60's added 10 years to her life.

They were knocked down afew years ago because they were chockful of scrubbers thereafter.

Then you've got all the modern building going off. It's flats ahoy targeting the young professional type and all that but these places, often built in city centres so no more green spces, seem to have avoided becoming graffiti infested holes with people shooting up on the stairs.

That said, Scotland does have some unique differences going on with the tenement buildings still being fairly strong. Thing is though, some of those in edinburgh, even now, will set you back a fortune says someone who was forced to move to Falkirk due to not being able to afford anything pleb free in Edinburgh.
(fivetide, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 17:55, closed)

I'm so sorry
I had no idea you have been reduced to living Falkirk
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Mon 26 Sep 2011, 20:36, closed)