[Wylug-discuss] Leeds

[Dave Fisher]

On Mon, Mar 07, 2005 at 11:29:27AM +0000, G Quested wrote:
> >1. Sorry about including the WHOLE Digest in the reply
> >
> >2. I meant Chapeltown - very sorry to Chapel Allerton
> I live in Chapeltown. What's wrong with it?

I lived in Chapeltown over two decades, and while it's certainly not the
hell-hole that the socially ignorant would have you believe, it's
certainly not without its problems.  Without denying those problems, I
can't help feeling that Chapeltown would have a much better image if its
population were less colourful and people actually looked at the
objective social statistics.

Frankly, I think it compares pretty well with the HydePark-Headingley
student ghetto.

Both have guns, crime, drugs, litter, music, clubs and fast food.

Chapeltown has at least one advantage over LS2/LS6: a sizeable
proportion of its population are grown-ups with long-term investments in
its community.

If you hate talking to neighbours, enjoy being burgled and love vacuous
student 'conversation', I couldn't reccommend Headingley more highly.

Dave