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Is it snobby to not want to live beside council flats?

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  • 13-05-2020 6:48pm
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    Cobalt17
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 135 ✭✭


    A friend of mine lives next to the railway street council flats in a private complex, which by all measures is quite nice. However, he hates the locals for a few reasons: generational unemployment, open drug-dealing/taking, and to top it off, the local children are fond of sneaking into the complex and setting off fire alarms in the middle of the night. A mutual friend has referred to him as a snob, but does he have a point? Or is he just being toffee nosed?


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    WAW
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    It's not snobby. It's common sense man��.


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    SEPT 23 1989
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    Its their area no amount of shiny new buildings changes that


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    Charlie19
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    Great location though.


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    One eyed Jack
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    He’s a toffee-nosed snob with a point.


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    Podge201
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    It's social housing not countil flats. Stereotypical.


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    whisky_galore
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    Social housing attracts anti social behaviour.
    Who knew?


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    Flavour Diaper
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    What a novel thread idea. Perfect for Current Affairs. Flavour Diaper has spoken.


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    Charlie19
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    https://maps.app.goo.gl/c695qnJzAFF8T8R29


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    frag420
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    Cobalt17 wrote: »
    A friend of mine lives next to the railway street council flats in a private complex, which by all measures is quite nice. However, he hates the locals for a few reasons: generational unemployment, open drug-dealing/taking, and to top it off, the local children are fond of sneaking into the complex and setting off fire alarms in the middle of the night. A mutual friend has referred to him as a snob, but does he have a point? Or is he just being toffee nosed?

    Why did he move there then?


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    One eyed Jack
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    Podge201 wrote: »
    It's social housing not countil flats. Stereotypical.


    I don’t think it’s whether it’s social housing or council flats is the issue, I think it’s the behaviour of the neighbours what with the open drug taking and dealing, and the neighbours children setting off fire alarms during the night is the issue. I think anyone who’s not on board with that kind of behaviour would begin to hate their neighbours.


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    ThunbergsAreGo
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    Not at all

    He doesn't hate the locals because they are locals or living in social housing. He hates them because some of them act like scumbags


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    landofthetree
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    Charlie19 wrote: »
    Great location though.

    It is.

    Pretty annoying for people with long commutes that unemployed people get to live in such a great location.


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    Deebles McBeebles
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    Charlie19 wrote: »
    https://maps.app.goo.gl/c695qnJzAFF8T8R29


    Yeah, I wouldn't live there either. Must be great craic during the lockdown.


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    Cobalt17
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    Deebles McBeebles wrote: »
    Yeah, I wouldn't live there either. Must be great craic during the lockdown.

    I think they’ve knocked some of those flats and are currently building state of the art apartments for Jacintha and her wee angles. I can see his point when he’s paying through the nose for something people are getting for free.

    I was around at his place a few times and I was actually shocked at how filthy the streets were.


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