The second route to campus is quite different, especially in terms of the built environment.
It goes through Islington, which is the second poorest borough of London. Towards the end of the route, the city starts to look more like a gentrified Williamsburg or Lower East Side, with hipster-like humans abound.
What do you think about the difference between these two routes?
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Toynbee Hall, where the architects of the welfare state came to study and find solutions to poverty in London.
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A more residential area. Will see children going to and from school, or just hanging out on the streets.
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The outside of a public housing "estate". The stigma associated with living in "council estates" is much less in the UK than in the United States. My tutor for my Management of Welfare class asked the students; "who here lives in a council estate or government subsidized housing?" Almost 3/4 of the class raised their hands. Imagine if that happened in the US; "How many of you live in the projects"? Who would raise their hand? The culture around welfare in the US is much more "shameful".
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City Road is home to many charitable (non-profit) organizations, perhaps due to the lower price of the properties.
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even the second to poorest borough has beautiful and well-kept green spaces. note the resting pigeon.
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locals eat breakfast and read the newspaper at the Sherpardess cafe, looking out onto passersby as they sip their morning cuppa