I Left The North Again - I Travelled South Again

N - can you provide a Guardian link?

where is the riddings estate exactly, is that on the way to brighouse (if so, does not seem a threatening place exactly)

stevo/kodanshi to thread...

I think it's terrible. Another example of local particularism turning to unacceptable violence.

I'm not sure I entirely trust this report.

This is the first I've heard of the relocation initiative. I have to confess to mixed feelings about the scheme itself on first reading -- do these estates all have names like Riddings? -- but this family's experiences do seem awful.

I'm trying to imagine how this situation might play out here (in Canada). I wouldn't be surprised by local antagonism, particularily in a relatively impoverished community (I'm making assumptions about Huddersfield now; correct me if I'm wrong) where the attitude would likely be "things are stretched thin enough here as it is", etc. And a similar initiative here would likely involve a move within one province, as income assistance isn't federal. The mixed feelings I mentioned are largely informed by my reservations regarding our own system, which for instance will provide funds for a move out of the province for a menial job in another. One questions whether the emphasis is on employment or, well, Riddings.

So I'm curious: what are your feelings on the relocation program itself? Apologies if the subject has already been exhausted among Britons, but this seems more open to debate than the horrible quandry of the family mentioned in the Guardian piece.

The Actual Mr Jones Kiss Of Thread-Death! Mmmwah!

Damn you, time zone! I always miss the activity on the Anglo-centric threads (except for mark s who apparently doesn't sleep -- get to bed, you!). Anyway, I should warn you that by tomorrow I intend to be feeling too deliriously upbeat to discuss the plight of ghetto-ized foreigners, so please ignore my question.

Oh, but alternate thread title: Hard Life In Country.