Oct 31, 2018 -- 10:47PM, STUDYFORM wrote:
As a kid, we had a family caravan which was sited in St Osyth (about a mile up the beach from Jaywick).It was an escape from east London at weekends and school holidays. People used to holiday in Jaywick. The little chalets and bungalows were used like caravans and were kept beautifully.The area was not year round residential. You needed to go inland away from the beach or towards Clacton to find locals.I went back to St Osyth just under 2 years ago - in January - it was seriously shocking!Not only was it not closed down until March as it would have been a few years back, but the chalets on the Bel Air site and many of the caravans have satellite dishes on them and the bars and shops are open and busy at 11am. This is what's happened to all the holiday homes of Jaywick Sands. They are small, cheaply made and mostly wearing out. So they've been bought for next to nothing and rented out to poor people and chavs.We drove round Jaywick. I didn't want to get out of the car, It's horrible and depressing.But it didn't use to be like this. It's all gone a bit like the worst of America. Class 1. Rich people, nice areas, plenty money, big houses, space.Class 2. Poor people, nasty areas, no money, hovels and tenements or caravans, no spaceThe difference has grown exponentially over the last 40 years or so as the wage rises in percentages have meant a sort of compound interest.The use of drugs probably hasn't helped.Now there is an un underclass and a good bit of it lives in Jaywick.
I don't understand the relationship with rich/poor and nice /nasty areas .
So what is to stop a few folk in the richest areas from chucking mattresses/car parts/old fridges out in the garden ? maybe letting the garden overgrow and dogs shyte in the general area and on the street ,play loud music , ,filling the bin up to overflowing ,encouraging rats etc instead of maybe using the recycling bin as well.