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The stigma of council housing doesn't come from snobbery, it's something that quite commonly arises during high school bitchiness as a way of making someone feel humiliated, and it isn't necessarily coming from people who are in that much of a better position either.

Council houses are commonly though not always in rough areas where crime rates are high, as is unemployment and there is a general poor standard of living. There are nice areas with council houses of course, and a lot of that comes down to the council in that area and what schemes are available to keep young people busy with legal, community friendly things to do and adults occupied with activities a bit more creative than being drunk, high etc.

I live in a council house now in a nice area but I used to live up Fern Gore and that was a completely different environment really. I didn't mind either but I know which I would choose now if I had to.