
Originally Posted by
Libertarian
North Liverpool is in a mess. Years ago parts of the north end like Anfield and Walton were desirable places to live. However, neglect has been the main problem. Once you get a street with houses boarded up in it snowballs and more properties are left unused. The best thing the council did was to make people who own empty properties pay full council tax on them.
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I am not having a go at the people in the north either because I am one of them. The north end has lovely friendly communities, but it has got to be accepted that there are problems and in my view it needs serious government intervention and cash to solve these problems.
My grandmother told me how Anfield was once a desirable area.
You only have to look at what is left of the lovely big houses - some I have mentioned in other threads. ie; the villas around Breckside park, Anfield rd, and there was, and still is a lot of green space.
These houses were once the dwellings of the professional classes.
Our house still had maid's bells on the wall - I believe solicitors lived in our house in days gone by, and other neighbours were dentists and business people.
How sad to see the area turn so neglected and scruffy.
There are few 'decent' residents remaining, and all the problems from other areas have been dumped here - you name it and we got it.
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