Comments by "May L" (@MeiinUK) on "The £5,000 Houses And Boarded Up Streets Of Doncaster" video.

  1. It can be possible, if you project manage it yourself... and if you have the skills and the knowhows etc. There are "self build" groups on Facebook as well. I am in one of those. What do I think ? I think that the local Doncaster schools or college, should buy up this house.. and use it as their own construction lessons and build some apprenticeships around this. Invite those unruly kids... cos they smashed it in, then they need to sort it out. Turn them into a builder first.. and be hands on. And when they are done, then at least.. they can run their own side business if anything, or even to then consider doing other contract work, while holding down other jobs etc. Lots of people have a normal average pay 9 to 5 jobs, and then they have hobbies on the side on the weekends or the day off. That is so in Sheffield. Lots of people help each other out as well... where needed etc.
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  2. Consider Yorkshire as a State... like the US.. it is very big... but what he is showing you, is just more or less like, one street or maybe two. So around maybe like 8 houses or under 20 houses. The whole area isn't always like this. The village which he is talking of, only has around 8000 people. Which is NOT a like, but it is a very CLIQUELY place... I live in a city of around 500k. I do have families living in the same city, but there is breathing spaces... and you do feel like you don't always be on top of each other in disagreements sometime. For such a small community to survive, they need to commute to nearby areas to work, and to play. Otherwise, they will drive each other crazy. This is why, sometimes, it is good to be in an actual union... So the whole parliament thing, and the whole... "you must speak out and to find out what else is going on" is important.. whether you're from a big city, or small town. Democracy is far more important.. and it is workable and doable. Decisions do get made.
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  3.  @THEREALDANNYD  : Oh... ecommerce has been embraced in a big way in the UK... and MNC shops are also a thing as well... So Doncaster has turned into an actual warehouse city. This is why, the local population can't work in those stores any more. And nobody visits the local high streets.. And they aren't being first choice when it comes to employment either. This is also another thing in the UK... when I was growing up.. the local businesses WOULD employ local people, a lot more. Cos it focuses the taxes back into the same areas. But these days, as companies expand.. and people are trying to find that gap in earning. They would employ more out of town people, or foreign candidates. So this kind of sets back people livelihood a lot more too.
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  4. Really ? Just what is going on here? For a small house like this, how come people don't do this up. Wrap it up.. and then rent it to some student or youngsters, someone that could commute from Doncaster to Sheffield or something. And yeh.. it is a nice small place to start off with... and then run a car for work as well. People need to consider being socially mobile you know. Even the train tickets from Doncaster to Sheffield is not that much. It doesn't cost that much either. Lots of people commute out of their city for work. I am a bit shocked at what people don't do or don't consider at all ?? I've lived out in the Black Country areas, and my colleagues used to be like from miles away. Around 60 mile journey as well ! One guy travelled from the East side. And yeh.. a lot of commerce IS indeed happening.. like this one, for example. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0pI7BjBha8 Or this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZit06IOROA
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  5. Did people know that this is happening in Yorkshire ??? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0pI7BjBha8
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  6. And about 8-12k to run and to keep running...
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  7. Before Meadowhall was build.. people used to go to Doncaster. Cos they had their shopping centre first, if I recall...
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  8. Even if a Londoner, say on 30-60k in London.... drives an EV car... that goes down there to work daily... and then live up North. He could save a lot of money. And then... his house or cleaning and gardening could provide a small little business, for their neighbours etc. While he does work. This was how Doncaster to London used to commute... and Doncaster is also on the M1 as well? Many of my old uni friends did things this way, and we didn't see a problem back then. Same with so many chinese groceries.. people used to drive on a weekly basis.. into London, to drive those stocks back up to sell in Yorkshire, or in Manchester. How come people could do things like that for like 20-40 years !!!! And yet, this generation cannot ??? That sounds very rubbish, doesn't it ? In fact... the Doncaster MP actually invited a Billings' Gate fishmonger to work up North to equalises things out. I say, good for them !! I personally want to see more and more of the so called dud chinese goods and boycott those, and to bring back more decent items as well.. like we used to have.
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  9. Exactly... and people are NOT doing that though. This is the problem !
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  10. It often shocks me... as to... the fact that, there are actual derelict houses like this in the UK... Which is SO crazy !!!!..... Scotland used to have these "houses on the streets for 1000 pounds".. I had NO idea that even Doncaster.. have this as well ? I am shocked. Really shocked ?.... :( And I live in Sheffield. This is so crazy.... !!!
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  11. They can.. just that nobody bothers, or those who wants to, doesn't know how to ? And they don't know how to finance it? British politics are different to American ones... It is very complicated in all honesty. The other thing is also that, most of the times, you may get the funding, and then the money is spent.. on whatever fancy project.. and then nobody stays there. And again, it goes back down into a derelict state. So things do not continue ? It is like, there is no continuities.. whatsoever. I just realised how socially mobile, most people are in the UK. And most people tend to congregate in denser places. Yeh.. UK is very competitive in terms of businesses... Rather than merge companies and split off etc. It is a lot harder... and people won't give ways etc.
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  12. Because when people don't get their say or their votes correct, normally people ran off. So in effect, this is why devolution happened.. cos now, nobody is voting. Basically. And this is how it is. Cos you can no longer "see" who is voting and who is not etc any more either. Cos once you're in a devolution area... you can no longer see info related to voting either. You're locked in your own areas' details and info etc.... Yep. Welcome to the internet bubble. Great, isn't it ? And also, because estate agents uses things like analytics... and some of those decisions are often abused too... so then it means that you are living under their marketing bubbles as well.. This would indeed actually affects your voting, and your life as well... And so many stores now have a marketing database of you, all over them. So you can't get anything for a good price, and nor would they follow trading standards' laws.. or anything of the sorts either !!!!
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  13. So basically, the cameraman said.. or rather, what he said is not true then. i.e. Those who are from there, would find it okay. But those who isn't.. wouldn't ???.... As in.."somebody from outside the village" kind of thing goes on ??.... Very cliquely then.
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  14.  @johnbrereton5229 : This is not true. It is free university for anybody that lives in Scotland. If you're English, you need to have lived in Scotland for a minimum number of years first before you could claim. That was my understanding, and it was so before. Unless they have actually changed since we brexited. And in the UK.. some of the old six form schools have been converted into colleges now. The kind that could actually issue a degree status. Some of the universities, or old blue brick ones, are taking in more foreign students. But the local college-turned uni... mostly have a lot of small apprenticeships tied with them as well. So it is worth checking out on these ones. And yes, construction or management, inside British companies, should have been what you look for instead. I was watching a video... about HK. Under the past 20 years... it turned from an import/export, into an actual city where it doubled its high rises. From 3000 into 9000 high rises... So.. you have to ask, what work, can exist in the UK. It is going to be mostly healthcare. But that can also mean all the infrastructure work, the buildings, the administration, the pensions, the catering... everything. Or you could consider working for your local council as well. And really get into the nitty gritty of it. SIT in the seats !!! There used to be actual councils that could meet and greet other councillors as well on shared fundings etc.
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