What Is There To Do?

Young people get bored easily. Thats a simple fact. So why does it seem like there is nothing for us "youngsters" to keep us busy? In the news we hear about how young people are getting into trouble and just hanging round streets. I'm one of the people that walks streets with my friends at night. We might be a little noisey but we are never causing trouble or drinking. But the reason why we are on the streets is because there is just nothing to do in my local area.



Now the council have thrown up some parks which are built for small children and not teenagers. The people broughts us THREE shopping centres! Great! A place were us teens can go and realise we have no money to spend! And even then when we hang around the centre, completely out of the way, we are told to move on!!


And thats it. Thats all we have to do. There is nothing else to do that is free. It's no wonder why some young people have turned to drink. Although I don't support teens drinking maybe if there was more things for young people to do or even just for us to go there would be less teens drinking in the street?


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Where Is The Money Going?

I recently had some work experience at the West Lothian Council, my local council, and discovered that they have a budget of £380 million! Now this would be fine if the money was used wisely but I had to think that surely even £10 million would have been fine?

Now this may seem to be a random thing to complain about. My council has a £380 million to spend improving my area? What's this kid moaning about! But really £380 million whilst people in developing countries are starving and homeless? I have to say at my part of the council, Livingston South, seems to have nothing getting improved. We seem to get pointless roadworks and new shopping centres built when we already have two perfectly good ones!!

I can't believe that we are willing to let people use this money when people are dying because they have none! The pointless things that we spend money on could be spent on fixing the "world poverty" issue?

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