DOWN ON THE FARM

摘要

For many, north London's notorious Broadwater Farm housing estate remains synonymous with the savage riots that took place there in 1985. This perception has not been helped by the close proximity of the estate to the Tottenham epicentre of the London riots of summer 2011. But as is often the case, perception is rather different from the truth. In actual fact, Broadwater Farm today couldn t be further from the caustic cauldron of urban menace it once was. Astonishingly, the £33m regeneration programme implemented in the early 1990s has helped foster a socially inclusive urban enclave which now enjoys one of Britain s lowest crime rates and among the highest levels of perceived resident safety in London.