Following up from sorry_to_disappoint's question about why we don't have trailer parks in the UK:
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aj0GdgDBcBZ7rc7SrddPZ0iKBgx.?qid=20060819142212AAJ6NaN
In the UK poorer families live in Council Estates which are estates of houses and flats built by the local council or a housing association, with cheaper rents than you'd have to pay if you rented from a private landlord. People who live on Council Estates tend to be stereotypically the "Chavs" - basically poor "White Trash", of the type that lives in Trailers in America
I've seen some American films where they feature "Housing Projects" - are these similar to Council Estates? They seem to be mainly black families in these projects, is this true or do you get all races living in them?
2006-08-19 11:20:25 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
incongru - yeah I know what you mean, you get "ordinary" folk on council estates too (my mum for one!) but peopel do tend to generalise and stereotype that its all "Chavs" on council estates. And to some extent its right, my mum has real trouble with some of her neighbours who are typical "Chavs".
2006-08-19 11:30:35 · update #1
Wren - Chavs basically a British slang term for the sort of person who you would probably called "White Trash" in the USA, basically poor working class types who live in social housing, claim welfare benefits and (stereotypically) engage in lots of crime and other dodgy stuff. Its a derogratory term and a lot of people hate it because they think its snobby and demeaning to label poor working class people like that. Some people think it comes from the town of Chatham where the word "Chavvy" means "Mate" etc some say it stands for "Council House And Violent."
2006-08-19 11:38:58 · update #2
Housing Projects are similar to Council Estates, and depending on the city they are in you'll have a larger number of one race or another living in them. It's not just black families. I live in a smaller town and our P.J.s have an approximately equal number of blacks, white, and hispanics. Don't believe everything you see in the movies. Those are stereotypes.
BTW what exactly does "chav" stand for? I'm not familiar with that term.
2006-08-19 11:31:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was Little Chav meant a thief or to nick something "I Chaved it" people used to say, This was about 15 years ago somehow the word itself has been nicked by the "White Trash"
2006-08-19 13:29:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep thats right. They are "housing schemes" and yes you get "a rainbow of ethnicity" living in them.
And just like in the UK there are a lot of very nice, ordinary people living in them so don't generalise. America's a tough place for the underpriviledged.
2006-08-19 11:27:27 · answer #3 · answered by Not Ecky Boy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-02 07:22:46 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Future slums!
2006-08-19 11:59:26 · answer #5 · answered by cognito44 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all races live in the projects
2006-08-19 11:27:44 · answer #6 · answered by Gabrielle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to build more houses
2006-08-20 19:28:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all black baby,no whites allowed.
2006-08-19 11:29:14 · answer #8 · answered by pops 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋