@spangle 390846 wrote:
bit annoying thought the ridgeway was gonna be safer soon as I didn’t think its been used much for a while now!
TVP were lenient for years, I lived in Reading from 1991-2006 😉
sorry but ravers brought it all on themselves. If you look on old posts on this site there are loads imploring people to clear up better and treat the area with more respect and to not take the piss by running parties so late in Sunday that everyone can’t be fucked to clear up afterwards. this was around 2004/5 or thereabouts…
also another factor was that there has been a epidemic of drugs-related physical and mental health problems amongst all the youth involved in raves stretching from London/Reading to Bristol and South Wales that the Ridgeway parties attracted. People years my junior have suffered life-changing medical conditions due to their excessive drug use, for which they will require lifetime medical care.
Add to that as well as rises in criminality amongst people involved in the scene. When recessions happen (there have been two since the 1990s) and people lose jobs they don’t stop partying, a fair few start dealing or even thieving. Some people commit stupid impulsive acts due to drugs or even comedowns, which can be irrational, criminal and even violent.
Not everyone of course but enough to make a bad impact on their local areas.
Even compared to 5-10 years ago the NHS, cops and govermment as a whole are a lot more joined up when it comes to following health/crime problems and their sources…
