Social segregation diminishes city life. Community groups must take the lead
There’s no good way of looking at this. Sometimes, when waves of outrage break, a contrarian voice might ask if it’s as bad as all that, if there isn’t another side to the story. In the case of the Baylis Old School development in south London, where children from affordable housing have been excluded from a playground used by the children of private owner-occupiers, there is no excuse.
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