Just some more info for those thinking of investing in Darwin. Could be some more opportunities if they clean up the Narrows area and get rid of the old HC units. Haven't seen the expression salt and peppered use for a while and wonder how pc it is?
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=763693
The following is from the link above.
Locals from the The Narrows, on the fringes of Darwin's CBD, said their units were awash with drunken violence and people were forced to stash weapons next to their doors to protect themselves from intruders.
One single mother said she was under siege every night as drunk men tried to kick down the door.
"During the day it's all right," said the mother of four.
"But once the sun goes down everyone comes out, screaming, yelling and fighting...
"They come around looking for single women and I'm a single mother. I'm inside shaking.... (the children) cling to me, follow me to the bathroom."
Retired screenwriter Fred Burrows - who described the complex as "hell on earth" - said there was drinking and fighting every night.
NT Housing Minister Rob Knight said by knocking down the old stocks of public housing - and building new homes dispersed in small pockets through regular suburbs - crime would be reduced.
"By having less intensive public housing ... you don't get the types of trouble that you typically get," he said.
"In certain suburbs when you see a lot more public housing close together, you get a lot more trouble.
"We have other suburbs where it is salt and peppered through, it has been successful."
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=763693
The following is from the link above.
Locals from the The Narrows, on the fringes of Darwin's CBD, said their units were awash with drunken violence and people were forced to stash weapons next to their doors to protect themselves from intruders.
One single mother said she was under siege every night as drunk men tried to kick down the door.
"During the day it's all right," said the mother of four.
"But once the sun goes down everyone comes out, screaming, yelling and fighting...
"They come around looking for single women and I'm a single mother. I'm inside shaking.... (the children) cling to me, follow me to the bathroom."
Retired screenwriter Fred Burrows - who described the complex as "hell on earth" - said there was drinking and fighting every night.
NT Housing Minister Rob Knight said by knocking down the old stocks of public housing - and building new homes dispersed in small pockets through regular suburbs - crime would be reduced.
"By having less intensive public housing ... you don't get the types of trouble that you typically get," he said.
"In certain suburbs when you see a lot more public housing close together, you get a lot more trouble.
"We have other suburbs where it is salt and peppered through, it has been successful."