On Nov 21, 3:14*am, Peter Clinch wrote:
KingOfTheApes wrote:
Are you watching too many American shows? That may account for an
excess in SUVs and gated communities.
They are here everywhere, so they must mean something.
It means they're a popular fashion accessory, not that you're living in
a jungle. *I used to date a US resident and visited many times so my
outlook on the country isn't entirely confined to TV.
Well, again, you may have visited only the beautiful areas.
"about the EU and gated communities. I have not seen one."
So you didn't bother with the fact that I live around the corner from one?
I'm not saying you are lying, but the UK is NOT continental Europe,
and there seems to be a lot of resistance to the EU.
Is my friend lying?
find... What I notice.. No trailer parks.. Trailer parks are often sub
income and in a state of squalor.. It's rare to find such an invention
thourghout the EU..
Instead you get much more in the way of traveller communities (aka
gypsies), effectively the same but the trailers remain mobile and move
from place to place. *AFAICT far more of that in the EU than in the US.
Why. For the most part, you go to the biggest
towns we have extensively walked about town centers and not felt
unsafe. Places such as Barcelona, you might find your pockets picked,
but you are safe. So why a need for gated communities."
The need is perception over reality. *Not entirely unlike the need for
bike paths, in that respect.
So Economic Apartheid is not a reality in America. Funny, there's even
a book on the subject...
Book Review: Economic Apartheid in America
A startling new book by co-founders of United for a Fair Economy
highlights the downfalls of an economic boom that has left millions of
Americans behind.
SocialFunds.com -- Concern about the South African practice of
apartheid, forced segregation and discrimination against the black
majority, sparked the growth of socially responsible investing in the
1970s and 1980s. A new book raises the specter of apartheid closer to
home in the U.S., only this time the inequality is not based on race,
but on income.
http://www.socialfunds.com/news/arti...fArticleId=342
Town centres is one think, sink areas in suburbs quite another. *I can
take you places in most towns in the UK where you won't feel safe. *I
wouldn't do that, simply because I wouldn't feel safe either.
Are the authorities so vigilant as they are toward terrorism? Perhaps
they don't care, huh?