hi. i was wondering where are the poorest and most deprived parts of sheffield? whats it like in those areas and living there??

i work up an mannor top and i know it had a pretty bad rep but people have said there are worse places...

has anypone lived in these really deprived spots?

IMO the Manor isn't as bad as some people on here make it out to be, sure the likes of t020 can quote all the crime stats they want, but the morons are only in the minority up there, there's plenty of decent Manor natives who wouldn't so much as say boo to a Goose much less rob your house or half inch your car..

Look in the Living in/Moving to Sheffield section or do a search. Lots of debates on this one.

Thanks I'll have a search.

Originally posted by joa02ds
Thanks I'll have a search.

Although bear in mind that people can use statistics to prove pretty much whatever their agenda is.

I did teaching and community work in some of the poorest parts of Sheffield, including Manor, Wybourn, Arbourthorne and Park, between 1995 and 2004.

Manor in particular has an unjust reputation: there are a lot of decent and hardworking people there who resent the 'image' the estate has because of a minority of idiots.

Arbourthorne always seemed more 'deprived' to me (anecdotally) and it has not been anything like as well served as Manor for European funding and the like. When the new IT centre on Arbourthorne got a big funding boost a couple of years back, I believe it was the first decent money the area had seen in quite some time. And then some idiots firebombed the place. :(

Whether any of these areas are OK to live in is entirely up to you. The're all very different. Manor, for example, doesn't do badly for supermarkets (it has a Lidl and a Netto, I think) but Wybourn is pretty bleak in that respect.

These so-called 'bad' areas have a lot going for them in terms of community spirit and so on, if you've grown up there. Moving in from outside is probably harder.

But the wealthy parts of Sheffield will stay wealthy - and the poor parts will remain the poorest. I don't take seriously any initiatives to 'close the gap' because there are influential people who just don't want the gap closing. It's easier to put bits of the city in a little box and label them 'bad' than it is to meet the problems head-on and discuss how the inequalities might be ironed out - because that might mean spreading some of the misery, poverty and under-resourcing around a bit. And certain people don't want that, thanks very much.