Why do estate/project residents not act like hippies, no mugging instead community sustainable living doing up

Question

Lets see the excuse of the muggers, gangs, jukies, chavs, yobs, joyriders and associated scum is that on estates they are all poor, have no jobs, bored etc.

Im sorry so are hippy types living in squats and communies etc.


But unlike the estate scum these poor folk dont fight each other to see who gets to be top dog of respect and rob each other.


They work togehter as a team doing up their squats, operating sustainable living.

Pulling matterials out of skips to fix up the homes, they have community parties with no guns, they look out for each other, share skills, build community centres.

Have raves where they run generators on home made alcohol and cars or methane. Decorate the place on the cheap.

Say have a party where with one UV strip light and flourescent paper and UV string they can produce great effects putting scraps of flourectent material, sting and sticks they mach glow chandelerers.

Trading skills etc.

So why not on estates. They have time & people

Taking it in turn to run the creche so people can go out or to work.

Pooling together skills from what was taught in school.


Say if you cant afford petrol/diesel creating a bio diesel cracker or still to make alcohol not to get wasted on but as fuel.

Swapping skills to say do up the estate and decorate it in pretty colours whilst others sort food.

You jhave lots of bored unemplyed people often with skills.

Including mothers at home who could be doing this at home. and trading skills and abilities.

Scavenging what they can.


And instead of expensive nightclubs. Putting on raves. Working out how to sound proof the place.


All you have to do is convert ot eleiminate (dont matter how)the preditory scum who are the only reason the estate is poor.

As if the place is doen up nice and peaceful and safe people want to bring business and jobs in

And te big hard guys can make themselves useful lugging heavey stuff (good to impress ladies with muscells) or keeping out the dealers(ie crack and smack nasty ones not somones home made muschrooms and 70s strenght dope), muggers and other scum like a police support group

Answer 1

True hippies have always stood for love, understanding, co-operation, and self-reliance as a community.

Answer 2

Hi, I live on an estate, I am not reliant on state handouts, I take pride in my home and my surroundings, as do my neighbours, we do not have muggings, we look out for each other, especially the kids and the elderly, we have five good schools, three community centres and three churches, friendly shopkeepers and good public transport. I'm sorry if this upsets your view of life on a council estate, but I think you are only reading reports of the extreme degeneration and neglect that occur in a MINORITY of cases. If you live on an estate, and it is like the one you describe, if you are so unhappy, MOVE!! Take care and Bright Blessings.

Answer 3

I'd say because hippies/squatters have taken a hold of their own destiny, and like anyone who 'down shifts' (whether that's to a bender or a squat, or just to a smaller place, less stress, more self reliant) it's amazing how little you can get by with when you're in charge of your life. On estates, people are victims. Just waiting to be given stuff for nothing, told where to go and what to do. Either slaves to dull jobs which benefit only other, more powerful people, or to social security. Anyway that's just my take on it.

Answer 4

and excellent point is made here, seems that the hippies accept thier place in life, maintain positive self image through making the most of thier circumstances. while the project crowd , feels that some stolen clothes or jewelry or beating up someone makes them a little bit more than the waste of skin they say when they looked in the mirror in the morning. filled with low self esteem , and pain they tend to want to make others uphappy . feeling powerless in the world they beat thier childrens mother and feel big

Answer 5

good question and very good point- but the people you are referring too WANT to make a community - they WANT to get along and help themselves - it's a shame they get such bad press------ alas there are those out there who think it's their right to take from the state when they've put nothing in - it would no more occur to them to help their neighbour than work for a living or raise there children to have respect for others and their environment - I'm not a hippie myself but maybe we need more of them--- peace man

Answer 6

Way too long.
Couldn't really follow.
Seemed like you were just giving your own answer.
What was the question?