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A Growing ‘Wealth-Poverty Gap’: The Way Prosperity and Hardship Are Found Cheek by Jowl in England.
In Nunsthorpe, residents occupy homes only several yards from their wealthier neighbours in the adjacent Scartho village. A 1.8-metre-high wall physically divides the two areas in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, sealing off roads and walkways that previously linked them.
“It’s the posh-poor divide,” said a resident, 37. “It’s been like this since I’ve known. I don’t think they’ll take it down because I don’t think they’ll want to associate with us.”
An Increasingly Common National Picture
Data from government figures reveals the extent of disparity can run, at times across little more than a short distance of tarmac, a line of hedges or a barrier. Decades of budget cuts and lack of funding have led to a situation where almost two-thirds of local authorities now have a locality classified as one of the most deprived in the nation.
This geographical widening of deprivation has led to a sharp rise in the number of places where deprived and affluent people end up living side by side. Just a few years ago, only 65 of the most deprived neighbourhoods adjoined one of the wealthiest. That figure rose to 119 in the latest data.
A Barrier Which Divides More Than Land
In Grimsby, the divide is the biggest in the country and painfully obvious. The wall transcends being just a metaphorical division; it creates very real difficulties for daily routines.
- The school commute that ought to take 15-20 minutes turn into an sixty-minute journey.
- Access to key amenities like supermarkets, educational facilities and care homes is made more difficult.
- The area often sees antisocial behaviour, with reports of rubbish being dumped over the wall and other issues.
“You try to have a nice house and nice garden, and then you live opposite that,” said one local, motioning at the corroded metal wall.
Local Bonds Against a Backdrop of Hardship
At a local community centre, staff emphasise that need transcends addresses. “Where you live doesn’t necessarily indicate your personal struggles,” said chief executive a community leader.
Despite ranking in the lowest 10% for income, employment, education, health and crime, the estate retains a strong sense and feeling of community among its inhabitants. By contrast, the neighbouring area is classified among the least deprived 10% overall.
A Similar Story: An Estate in Kent
This phenomenon is repeated nationally. The Stanhope estate in Kent, a 1960s housing development, is in the most disadvantaged tenth of neighbourhoods in the country. It is closely bordered by large detached homes built in the early 2000s that are in the top 10% for job prospects and quality of surroundings.
“They might have bigger houses, but here there’s more community,” said a long-term resident, aged 63. “It’s likely many people in the new builds never even talk to each other.”
The financial gap is evident: an typical family home sells for about £275,000 on the Stanhope estate, while across the divide comparable homes go for about £410,000.
Locals describe a palpable sense of neglect. “This part of the community gets ignored,” said holistic health worker Susan Riley-Nevers. “In this area our amenities have gradually disappeared, and most of the issues we face here are related to poverty.”
The increase in these ‘inequality borders’ paints a portrait of an increasingly divided England, where prosperity and deprivation are often awkwardly in close proximity.
Richard Taylor
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