Hi Nick,

>I saw the scum village article and I think its a good idea(though badly named in the headline)
> I sometimes see in the press here reports of problem families being evicted from social housing an always think that some poor person is going to have them moving in next door to them soon.
> The idea of a special area where these failing families can be housed and controlled and maybe improved while not being a blight on ordinary neighbours has to be a reasonable one..

I'm still blank on this one. Apparently in the far past this has been tried before without much success. You move problems from one area to another.

OTOH, we've got areas in cities where you'd better not be, because of anti social behavior and crime. Taking out a few the rotten apples could improve the neighborhood. But putting all rotten apples together does not give any hope for those to better their lives.

Perhaps putting those rotten apples through the liverpool death pathways isn't such a bad idea after all :)