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    it might do - criminally underfunded and misunderstood youth programs are already working in the east end of glasgow, but they don't conform to the central policy drives necessarily so they don't get rolled out with enough resource to make enough of a difference.

    Gangs built glasgow though and the tribalism is massively ingrained, as is a culture of street war and violence first that will be enormously hard to break and which is much worse than other areas of the UK.

    The thing is though, kids out there can't even go to the other side of their street without being targetted as an outsider and attacked, any time the kids are given a program early enough in thier lives which humanises the "others" from the other territories they bond and make friends and a little of the problem goes away temporarily.

    I hope it does work, the only alternative is giving up on them and letting everyone else there suffer the consequences.

    / end thread derail.

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    • The ultimate piece of survival apparel in Glasgow is a Rangers Football shirt .....23kon
    • ... that turns inside-out into a Celtic Top :)23kon
    • So whichever fans chase you, you just switch to that team. Sorted!!23kon
    • haha, but really it goes so much deeper than football, if you think its a rangers celtic thing you know nothing at all about the city's problems.kelpie
    • ...city's problems. You here that from people outside all the time, its a convenient jibe but totally and utterly wrongkelpie
    • *hear, sorrykelpie
    • I stayed in glasgow a year or so before moving to edinburgh. Wasnt actually that much footie jipe23kon
    • aye, i know its the different areas n drug wars etc - same as any city though aint it. fighting for turf.23kon
    • if only there was a new continent we could send all the lil problem c*nts to.23kon
    • I'd rather change this one so that can have a meaningful lifekelpie
    • oh, hi! forgot to come back. thanks for answering, makes sense. boston are having problems keeping momentum.paraselene
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