Leading international city planner finds Australian cities a nightmare for pedestrians, Sydney being the worst

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Probably - perhaps the Aussies need to take back their country from "damn furriners" who are "stealin' all he jobs".

What jobs? There's a reason BY is here and not back home. Back home he was on the dole. Here, we let him be our greeter at the local Wal Mart.

[Heracles 417]

Best city, as long as you're not on foot.

Some city. Freakin' pathetic.

You got rolled. Google that.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Best city, as long as you're not on foot.

Some city. Freakin' pathetic.

You got rolled. Google that.

loser

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Seriously. If people aren't leaving their kids at McDonalds while they get wasted, honest passersby are being harrassed by hobos and their "violent antics"

[Heracles 417]

New Jersey

New Jersey drivers:

Beauuuuuuutiful

Sydney

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

But you can't play chess there without being yelled at by some smelly guy.

[Heracles 417]

Look at these awesome roads in NEW Jesery:

:rofl:

Sydney's Transportation.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

But you still can't play chess in public

[one...two...tree 2,762]

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[Caladan 19]

VJ Troll, Number 6, this is truly masterly trolled.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

The Slum Survivor resource kit has everything you need to run Slum Survivor, including real life stories and images from slums, information about TEAR Australia partners working with communities in poor urban neighbourhoods, and practical ways to respond to the needs of the urban poor.

http://www.slumsurvivor.org/

Damn! That place is nicer than where I live. I wonder what the rent runs to on something like that...

A couple of those, done up properly like the one in the picture and a man could find himself a millionaire. On paper.

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www.fightpoverty.mmbrico.com/facts/australia.html

It should be good news for Australia. According to UNICEF, the number of Australian children living in poverty has fallen in the past decade significantly. However, the report has also highlighted there is still one in seven Australian children who has not escaped poverty - the impact of which some say has long-term consequences across society.

The United Nations Children's Emergency Fund's latest study into poverty in rich countries compares conditions in 26 OECD nations. It defines poverty as having an income below 50 per cent of the national median - which in Australia translates to about $26,000 a year.

It says the findings suggest that between 40 and 50 million children may be growing up in poverty in some of the wealthiest countries.

Norway came in lowest, with child poverty rates, at just 3 per cent. At the other end of the spectrum was the United States, with a rate of child poverty estimated at more than 20 per cent.

Australia has 14.7 per cent children living in poverty, which has fallen 1.7 per cent in the past decade according to the report. Along with the US, Britain and Norway, only these four countries reported a drop.

Barnardos Australia works with families who are having difficulties rearing their children and children who are at risk of abuse, or who have been abused and neglected. It sees about 8,000 children and year and also has a foster care program which deals with around 1,000 children a year.

Chief executive and director of welfare Louise Voigt agrees the 1.7 per cent drop is significant and says that evidence suggests that child poverty is not increasing in Australia. However she believes the figure of 14.7 per cent is too high.

"As a major charity working with the effects of poverty on children we think it's far too high...because almost all our clients are children living in poverty," she said.

"I think it should be an embarrassment for Australia and I think for some people it is...but most people would try not to think about it" she said.

Homelessness

Ms Voigt says the main area of concern is homelessness amongst families. She says far too many clients Bardardos works with are unable to find affordable accommodation and the cost of this to children is significant.

"If you spend far too long sleeping on friends' floors then it is likely your relationship with your spouse will be poor and you will often be angry and distressed. You may well not be supervising your children well enough or caring for them because your capacity to do so is lowered by options you've got available to you." she said.

Ms Voigt believes its these sorts of factors that then contribute to a bleak future for children because their physical, mental and educational development is restricted.