This shit here is WORSE than FEMA!

Finally.. a solution for Detroit, L.A., Miami, Chicago, New Orleans, Atlanta, Washington D.C., and 99.9% of NYC.

"The only good New Yorker is the self-hating one."

I8NY'ers of the World unite!

I think they were talking about people who live in govt housing. If you work and buy your own house they aren't after you...yet

Really, if they are given housing and tear up shit that doesn't belong to them they should be kicked out. ungrateful losers shouldn't keep getting freebies if they don't appreciate them

That's what I was thinking as I read it too. They aren't doing this to homeowners, it's freeloaders that tear up free housing and ruin neighborhoods

First of all, i love people and i value life...

But at the same time i have to mention, that "nuisance neighbours and anti-social tenants" etc., as this article calls them, absolutely cannot expect to be treated like kings and queens so to speak, at least as long as they do not contribute positive things to society.

These anti-social people should finally grow up, stop complaining and instead should finally start to make something very positive with their precious lives, period.

Such obnoxious people can ruin whole neighborhoods and even whole countries etc. and therefore it is perfectly alright to implement countermeasures in order to prevent utter decay etc.;

Very "tough love" and "zero tolerance" etc. is maybe indeed, what such anti-social people (temporarily) need in order to finally make positive progress.

I am against creating ghettos, but at the same time it seems, as if these anti-social people have brought this special situation and treatment (temporarily) upon themselves due to their absolutely unacceptable behaviour etc.; I wish all of them the very best. It will be very interesting to see, how all of this will develop.

You honestly have no id how open and friendly dutch people are. It's to the point of silliness really. The pc'ness has strangled its host.

You call that shit housing projects, don't you, you bunch of hypocrites ... Gated communities, that's fucking worse tahn Fema right thurrr.

Excelent ideill visit both camps though

Yes, history is surely rhyming.

Another dumb American. We couldn't do that in America because only blacks would get shut away. Give the dark omens something else to cry about.

According to the Dutch article, this procedure was also done in the 19th century with "troublemakers" being relocated to Drenthe and Overijssel. Apparently, that's not a heavily discussed subject on the net because it's hard to find out why the Dutch article had a poor view of them but I did find this:

In the nineteenth century, the Dutch government decided to use Drenthe as a place to put 'unwanted elements' of society. Beggars and vagabonds, but also orphans that could not be placed, were transported to Drenthe to live in colonies. They were to till the land. This way, people all over the Netherlands ended up in Drenthe.
[link to www.dutchgenealogy.nl]

In the early 19th century, the Dutch government changed it into a resocialisation institution and labour camp for beggars, prostitutes and alcoholics from Amsterdam and other western cities. They were supposed to learn farming and morals by experience so they could reintegrate into society. In reality the beggars were used for semi-forced and all-but-unpaid labour to reclaim the wetlands surrounding Ommerschans, eventually reclaiming an area of 4 by 2½ kilometres. Politician and novelist Jacob van Lennep visited Ommerschans during his walking tour with Dirk van Hogendorp across the newly independent United Kingdom of the Netherlands in the summer of 1823, and documented his appal at the conditions at the labour camp: "These hours are certainly among the saddest I have lived through."
[link to en.wikipedia.org]


So back then the undersirables were the poor, vagabonds and orphan children that nobody wanted and it turned into labour camps. How charming indeed. I have been to the Netherlands, btw, so I do agree that the Dutch are very friendly for the most part. Yet, even the nicest people can do something that is inappropriate and questionable at times.

Thank you for the info, I will check it out. The sad thing is landlords give good references just to get someone out of their house faster.

Don't do the crime if you won't pay the fine

Don't do the crime if you won't pay the fine

California, Ha Ha we truly have some low lifes here.

Me too. If you have ever lived close to an obnoxious neighbor, this will make sense.

How about a neighbor who has barking dogs at all hours of the day and night that don't bother to care if anyone else is bothered?

The list is long for inconsiderate neighbors.