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Jim who has emigrated
The gangs are just copying an old formula of developing an ego based on aspiring to be something, which implies power. To hear young children who are born to the privelidge of freedom of choice, free education, free medical care and the opportunity, throw it away, is just an example of stupidity. The parents, the community and the children themselves should simple take the labels projected as fact and if it upsets them, do something to change things. The efforts made to create gang speak to sound cool, is embarrasingly not cool. If the homegrown is so disfunctional, foreign immigrants who will value and exploit the education system are perhaps Englands only realistic future.

Anonomous
I lived in H-town for 15 years, worked in 3 local Schools and now work in a local Aston Sch. We all have our own veiws on these areas from our OWN experiences. It's the person you are, not the area you live in!! a big shout out to all, in which eva area ur in. love & peace

Joseph Dakie
I have worked in Aston, Handsworth and Lozells for he past few years- I found everyone friendly apart from the Muslim communitys in these places-I am black but can speak Urdu and the things I hear men and women saying about other races is disgusting...also the Bangla wholesalers on villa road feeds the whole of Birminghams brown trade.

unknown
well personally i think that aston is not that safe in the night you can get robbed but i never been robbed thier alwayz fights like the aston riots and all these different crews wel i used to live in l.o.z but alum rock is the safest place in birmingham you get the odd row but its safe

steev
Add your comment hereI have visited Aston many times and have never found it threatening, the people are friendly and proud of themselves. AS a white middle aged man people have asked if I am lost! The authorities - council, Aston pride should think positively about Aston and facilities to help peole achieve their full potential. What should they provide?What facilities could be provided to make a it the go to place people want it to be?

Jermaine
Well personally ,b21 gangs and b6 gangs are doing the exact same thing what americans do ,the gang signs ,the red/blue bandana's ,i mean its kool to "rep da endz" but birmingham,london,manchester are taking it abit far with gang culture ,and alot of these kids which are in year 8,9-11 are making up crews in there schools ,for example ,one side of the school is orange and the other school is green ,its ridiculous!!!!

SNIPER
BIG UP MY PEEPS A1 JUNIA DARKY RS BOUNCER SMOKEY SHOUT OUT TO MY MANZ IN BALSALL HEATH MANZ

Stranger
Reading nearly everyones comments i come to a conclusion that everyone that live in birmingham will definitly "big it up" and not a place a negotive comment about their location. I personaly am 17 years and Birmingham is like my next hometown. I know alot of people from birmingham and comparing them to people were I live in staffordshire, they totally different. I do admit they are brought up more in ghetto style and have a different way of socalising with others because they be in groups, but that isn't an good enough excuse to say group ghetto's are bad. Crimes happen everywere and everyone are in groups, and there nothing wrong with that. I have friends that are black, mixed, and all brought but from ghetto ends and i personally brought up in such a way as well, but I have converted my self for the best at early stage. But one other thing is black just have their tradition just like white people have their own. just because their lifestyle have a little involvment of voilence it doesn't still convience me that ghetto's areas are bad.

******
I have lived all over birmingham from quinton to small heath and i have found that i feel safest in aston, i think that we as black people need to unite like we have done in the past cause we do have the power to over come what ever we challenge..... the key is education.... know your roots

minoritywhite
is it as bad as the media make out, no its worse and will only get worse. Would a white journalist live in the area? Be happy to let their children out? Run the gauntlet walking around at night? Use a bus late at night? No because they know how bad it really is and wouldn't run the risk.

Lethal B31
Yeah to be honest it is jus racial discrimination. Nuff white people carry shanks round too, but if there is one place I wouldn't want to be in the dark that's B6 LOZ. Nuff scary mans in that ends

SNIPER
BIG UP ALL MY MANZ UP LO$$ELZ hand$worth balsall heath and acocks green hold it down no go zone area media is fake taking rubbish its live in handsworth

THE GAME
YO TELL 50CENT HE IS DEAD WEN I CATCH HIM!!!!!!

K O 13 R 4 (LOZ)
LOZ RUN TINGZ SO DER IZ NUFFVIN 2 FIGHT OVA!!!!! BLATH BLATH!!! BENGALEEZ 4 LIFE

K O 13 R 4 (LOZ)
LOZ RUN TINGZ SO DER IZ NUFFVIN 2 FIGHT OVA!!!!! BLATH BLATH!!! BENGALEEZ 4 LIFE

K O 13 R 4 (LOZ)
LOZ RUN TINGZ SO DER IZ NUFFVIN 2 FIGHT OVA!!!!! BLATH BLATH!!! BENGALEEZ 4 LIFE

K O 13 R 4 (LOZ)
LOZ RUN TINGZ SO DER IZ NUFFVIN 2 FIGHT OVA!!!!! BLATH BLATH!!! BENGALEEZ 4 LIFE

K O 13 R 4 (LOZ)
LOZ RUN TINGZ SO DER IZ NUFFVIN 2 FIGHT OVA!!!!! BLATH BLATH!!! BENGALEEZ 4 LIFE

S.L.A.S.H
Ppl need fa stop beggin dat der frm endz nd ting on dis ca we all kno dat crip sidez nar par wid nar blood sidez so stop makin us man luk lyk say we likin sum bumbararse H Town bottom ! Kiss Me Bludclart Teet !! 6 - 19 7 - 23 --->44 Stay Loyal And Stay Humble Stay Hangin And Stay Bangin S.L.A...All day !

SNIPER B12
I LIVE IN BALSALL HEATH BUT GOT RELATIVES AND FRIENDS UP HANDSWORTH IT IS ROUGH UP THERE BUT THE MEDIA IS FAKE AND WE SHOULD NOT HAVE A NO GO ZONE AREA CAUSE AS A COMMUNITY WE CAN WORK HARD AND GET GUN CRIME OFF THE ROAD. REPPIN MY MANZ IN BALSALL HEATH CROME TRIGER DARKY SMOKEY LIVE LIFE LARGE REPPIN B12 B21 B19 AND AG BIG UP BIRMINGHAM TOWN KEEP IT TUNED

ikhy
i believe that alum rock is one of the most baddest places to live and i play football in handsworth so it cant be that bad

sniper b12
i dont think there should have a red go zone area because its not bad up there people who live there are fine so whats the beef big up s.o.d AG b12 b21 b19

BILLA OV ASTON
ASTON IS A HEAVY PLACE I DONT CARE WHAT U PEEPZ SAY BRAPPPPP B6 4 LIFE

important listen people
i live in handsworth, this does not mean i am a ganster. people this days are pregudice they think you must be a gangster if you live in handsworth. however, other black brothers are not helping the way the media and other people think of us. young people this day want to be recognise as gangsters because they think it is cool. this is not cool and you parent should teach this to your kids. lots of parents do not bring up their children right, because look what happen, children join gangs. i will not hide the fact there is violence in handworth, however, it is blown out of proportion. we should teach our kids how to respect people and themself and not join all these stupid gangs. can you tell me why you join gang, you join it to commit violence and do other illegal stufff wake up man, black on black violence is stupid, have you ever thought why you killing a brother. why do you want t kill your own race.

Wolf Town Businessman
Firstly id like 2 thnk all tha brummie gyal that hav given me a gudtime. As for me i live in wolftown but tha tings i hear that go dwn in birms sound GHETZ! i aint gloryfyin the gun-crime n etc (but thers no news like bad news) its jus me i supose im wierd like that. Thers always some1 out ther thinkin ther bigger n bader than the ova this is y tings wil never get beter unless we hav the rite up-bringing. I love ma mother n respect ma father... nuff respec 2 all of ma man dem WV stand up tall!

KIERAN
Add your comment here I THINK IT IS ANICE AREA BUT THE CRIME NEED TO STOP

shazia
alum rock is jus da place to be and aston guys r no bad boys they jus thick in da head!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NO TO VIOLENCE WE NEED PEACE!!!!!!!!!!!!

B100000000000
wat donz live in moseley? jus rich skaters

SNIPER HANDSWORTH THUGZ
MEDIA YOU ARE TOTALLY WRONG FOR PUTTING HANDSWORTH NO GO ZONE MEDIA IS FAKE 100% I AM SAYING HANDSWORTH AND LOZZELS IS SICK BUT GUN CRIME IS WRONG KILLING SOMEONE FOR NO REASON I I'V BEEN LIVING IN HANDSWORTH AND LOZZELS FOR 16 YRS TO ROUGH SO WATCH OUT YOU LOT PEOPLE SOMETIMES JUST STABB YOU FOR NO REASON OR SHOT YOU KEEP IT LOCKED MY MANZ TRIGER RAMZ KROME SMOKEY AD DARKY MUDER PEACE B12 B21 AND B19

Stitch
I was born in Victoria road, Aston, in the fifties and I have taught in a school in Aston recently. Although the area has changed beyond recognition the people are still caring and worry about the tentions. I agree that the separate communities are wrong and I feel that the young Muslim lads want to be classed as 'gangsters' whereas the girls are really nice people. Think about it guys and pull together, get some harmony into the area cuz regardless of my colour or creed I am one of you and i worry.......

Reuben
I don't expect the media to create positive black male images. Who is Aston and Handsworth a No Go Zone for? non-black and asians, those are the people that populate those areas. Ive Been living in Handsworth all 20yrs of my Life and its not a Bad place at all, ive had no trouble there. You can only know a place by staying/living there. I went Kingstanding 2 or 3yrs back and had a brick threw at me and was Racially Abused being called a N***a. Kingstanding is now my No Go Zone, along with Walsall, where i was hit intentionally by a car while crossing a Zebra crossing.

Vanity
Ok all i gtta say is dat dis postcode war is pathetic. Im frm B6 an yes i will still walk da streets of Handsworth or anywhere else cauz no1 can tell me where 2 go or not go. Ppl ask me wat im doin in Handsworth, but do i hav 2 b frm dere 2 go dere.....NOOOOO. Dis is all stupid an can say i dn think da gun crime will end bcaus ppl are just ignorant an foolish an like 2 fight there own people for wat? Couple a years dey will move outta endz, will u still b reppin? All of dis is dumb if u ask me an sum of u need 2 seriously fix up and think about the important tings in life odawise u will get nowhere an die bcaus of foolishness

B6 slashem
to class an area as a no go zone is harsh because its the media that is portraying this hostility and they are forcing people to think that these areas are as bad as they make them sound. witht the media they dont really kno whats happening because they have never witnessed anything firsthand and the like to dwell on the negativity of situations without fully understanding why they was caused or how they was caused. People who live in places like ASTON or NEWTOWN arent bad people and there area wouldnt be that bad but the media is putting it inot their head that they live in a bad area and they have no other way than to accept it and therefore see everything in a negative manner causing your so called GUNCRIME.... HOLDIT xXx1xXx Stay Loyal And Spray H-town *brappz* b6 2 19 23

da donz
Add your comment here sparkhil iz da best all da way b11

IZZY
i lived in aston lozells n newtown ive experience gun crime but tha media tek it 2 far makin no go zones dat all bull we 1 community if u livin in loz/newtown all tha local lads got love 4 ya ders no h8 its media n police dat mek evryfin worse newtown loz n aston dey ent bad areas

Big D
whats wiv all dis stupid tlk?? we aint american, we aint living in Compton.....stop whinging about no jobs, police etc. you are in charge of your destiny, i grew in in "da hood" (Alum Rock) and have made a success of my life through hard work and determination...there is a better life out there for everyone if you look hard enough

READ***************************
I THINK THE PROBLEMS WITH THE BLACK COMMUNITIES AND BLACK YOUTHS TODAY IS THAT THERE IS TOO MUCH GLORIFICATION ON THE GANGS OF AMERICA AND THE KIDS EVEN GROWN MEN ARE BEING INFLUENCED BY THEM. CRIPS AND BLOODS ARE THE BIGGEST BLACK GANGS IN THE WORLD AND THE BLACK YOUTH OF ENGLAND ARE LOOKING AT THEM AS IF THERE IN THE SAME SITUATION AND TRY TO LIVE LIKE THEM. THE BLACK ROUGH AREAS OF BIRMINGHAM LIKE HANDSWORTH,NECHELLS, WINSON GREEN, LOZELLS, NEWTOWN ETC. ARE LIKE DISNEY LAND COMPARED TO WHAT BLACK PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING THROUGH IN THERE GHETTOS. THERE'S SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE IN THIS COUNTRY AND PEOPLE NEED TO WISE UP AND AND START LIVING YOUR LIFE TO ITS TRUE POTENTIAL.

neva u mind
these areas are ghetto but i wouldnt say no go areas.i lived in aston most my life spent some time in lozells too.im not to sure about lozells but i know aston is ok its a lot better now.

soljur of l-o-z
wat the m3dia think to me is ************ all i know that is that us mens r living standardly so why do u think my area is rubbish wat so good about london its all the same crime is world united all the world fights

B18/B21
Ye i love the hood u get me winson green is probably the calmest hood de slash zones are probably de grimest b21's grime 2 but its kinda lost it a little bit but still up dere an b16 ladywood is jus on it aswell ye but i love b18 lived dere all my life

B19/B21 GYAL
..i grew up in LOZ b19 areas and recently movd to h ends but my roots r always bck at LOZ...i dont c it as a 'bad boy.. no go area'..what u hear frm peeps n wat u c on da news aint always evryfing!! yes, these areas hav lil gangstas runnnin around actin lyk big tym thugs but dat dnt make da area some big tym violence asociated place..n wats all dis crap abt b21 havin beef wiv b6 peeps>> dat malarky needs 2 end now n all da 'LOZ shud b a no go area'...YES, there is at tyms guncrime ; but like i say 'at times'...LOZ da safest area around, dont judge fings by da book..i wanna big up all my holte bedwins: notorious, candy gyal, jazzy_B, GMC, nuji MC, lil_b umo, marijuana and Baby_thug ?>>B3NG1 MAF1A!! b19, b20, b6 and b21 all da way!!

shery
personlaii have to say that in every single area/city/place there is some sort of crime taking place but the media doesnt reveal all. for instance, alum rock has its own share of crime n stuff but we are unaware

Lil Peacemaker
At the end of the day people should not judge you by where you come from because it only comes down to the person who you are, people should not class everyone the same. aston and handsorth and also perry barr is a nice place to live as long as you keep yourself out of mixup and you pick your friends carefully ALWAYZ PROMOTING PEACE

b23 man
i grew up in perry barr and moved to erdington 6 years ago, ive never really lived in any of these so called 'no go areas' but i went 2 skool in handsworth, and pass throught aston, nechells and lozells all the tym. People go on lyk these places are sooooo dangerous! i personally dont think so! ive never seen or experienced gun crime first hand. i aint sayin it don't happen but things arent as bad as the media is making it out to be. The media also seem to lyk puttin all the blame on sum of us afro carribeans, constantly putting out stratistics about how we are failin in schools and so on. This gets on my nerves cuz i kno bare afro carribeans that are succeeding. However we kno that the majority arent, fair enuff. Wats bein done about it? not a thing. Y? cuz the government lyks to see us black youths fail. Im at uni in london now and i rep birmz and afro carribeans to the fullest! make sure they kno! As for this B21 vs B6 beef, its soo dumb! y we gotta b beefin? we all brummies! laow a beef!!! fair enuff rep ur endz yes! but laow the beef! cha! makin us all look bad! we need to apply ourselves to sumthing whether it b academic, sports, spittin bars, watever, we gotta apply ourselves to sumthing and stop beefin and shottin! PEACE! 1

mc jb
i reckon to solve all ure crime problems give the pps sumting to do init? like have a battle of the mcs thts wot my endz dun and got all the terrors off the streets for it

george
im 13 i recon all this finghting is stupid especially with knifes dosent anyone care about anyone else ,just there selves there sick

G87
Im a uni student living in Perry Barr so I have to walk through Aston and Handsworth all the time. I've been attempted to be mugged twice but they cudnt do anything cuz i had the right attitude to deal with it. A lotta the stuff has to do with racial segregation in my oppinion, like I get called a whiteboy and get told to f*** off cuz i "apparently" dont belong there this is nearly every other day. I think more should be done to create diverse areas throughout Birmingham instead of just having certain people into a certain area which is think is wrong Because it only causes unnecassary tension (look at the riots). I recently saw a news article saying that 50% of all Muslims in this country are unemployed, more should be done to create jobs. All in all its not that bad though I think the areas have a high potential to improve, I think UCE should help and support the local community a lot more because education is always a good solution.

Fuse -gyal
2 b honest ye brum ent evn dat bad u jus got a couple a shotters on road hu fink dey run tings fink der bad and basically go on like ediots cus a street cred. but at tha end of the day wat is 'bad' ya get me. y people have to go on like where livin thru some kinda world war we need 2 rep 2 geva where 1 city y cant we get along . the end lol x x lady v signin out

b19 b21 endz
iv lived in LOZ n handsworth 4 ova 10 yrs nw. it ent as bad as media mks out but obv der is violence, gangs etc but if u dun get involved u shud b k. lyk its sed if u live by d gun u die by d gun. most of wots blown up nw is bwt postcode rivals dis whole B21 against B6 crap.alot it 2 do wid ignorance and jeolousy.iv noticed dat alot dese gangs in2 rap dey end up releasin material dat back stab oda gangs, n tlk bwt how hard dey are. N u ask y dese rivalrys cum bwt? at end day we all live in same city, its all load bull dat ppl from nechells cnt cum dwn handsworth n vice versa. I can understand y ppl dat dun live in handsworth/loz/aston ares wud b skeptical bwt it tho cz its all dey kno but dese rivalry happen everywher, d government r 1's 2 blame 4 the way gun crime is gettin out control.its 2 late to try and change these gangs nw, onvce involved dey 2 loyal to get out it.Feds shud got involved b4 it got out hand.

bad boi
i fink every area ovv bham iz a dump i hate it an i hate livin ere, an if i had a choice id leave tha place bhind safeeeeee

Ghetto kid
There will always be beef on the streets. Youth fighting youth, Postcode fighting postcode where i live is where i live and thats birmingham 6

D.i.V.i.N.e Ladyz
Big up 2 all b18 peeps bay-b kaos, Envi and my self L@dY AmNE$i@ i live in b21 ya get me big up 2 CDC ALL DA MAN DEM AN GASH.

fuse ladies
bare luv 2 allllll ma girls:viscious lady, lady fumour, lady hype and lady sparkle oh and ladee furious. peace out 1x

b6 2 1.9ner
yes i live in aston and yes i live in aston o yh i live in aston a place called aston its nt a bad place but pplr dyin almost evry week 4 no reason jus 4 bein blak and walkin dwn da street.... its nt ryt man meks u wunda in the future do u realli wna bring up ya child in dis society!!! nah man bun fya pon dat!! but i am gna stay reppin cah its my fing and its hu i am i cnt change, i dnt like war but ders nuffin i relli can do about dat..... xx 1 xx

b19 slash
all im sayin is b19 is da place2 b ya gt me no 1 cn test us yh nuf luv xxx

kiki b19er
ive lived in newtwn all ma life yh which is 13 years n its da place 2 b yh but da fings dat r goin on need 2 stop cah a couple ov peeps dat i knew hav died so it needs 2 stop yh xxx kiki xxx b19

Disappointed
It requires very little effort on the part of the media to justify such classification. The locals do the hard work for them.

READ NOW
ASTON, NEWTOWN AND LOZELLS ARE GREAT PLACES TO LIVE IVE LIVED IN B19 ALL MY LIFE AND ONLY ONCE HAVE I EVER EXPERIENCED GUN CRIME FIRST HAND. THE MEDIA SRE AWASTE OF SPACE AND NEED TO CONCENTRATE ON THE GOOD THINGS OUR AREA INVOLVES AND SHOW THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HELPING THEMSELVE NOT THE MINORITY THAT HAVE NO AMBITION STICK 2GETHER LEND A HAND WE WILL OVER COME

you get me
I LOVE MY HOOD ITS REAL B6+B20 start your own business up ,be proud of being black respect other races in return you will earn RESPECT look after each other we aint all got parents so some1 needs to look out and guide us get in to a higher education teach your kids more than street life and jail cells full of black males. be polite asians will help and respect us for holding our own no matter how hard it has been knowlage is power

XXX
i am an 18 yr old i have lived in lozells all my life like every other indivdual i resppect where i live hence the gun crimes, violence etc.......... so many people are living in this fantasy world that that lozells and aston?handsworth are no go areas! These areas have high rates of crimes but why?????? Police nad medi9a are not doing enuf to help the areas. yi think that it is disgusting that you cant sit on the top of a bus because some youth is smoking weed. i have seen it time after time young kids trying to be somethging that they aint and then they blame it bon society, unemployment they blame everyone else but themselves!!!!!! everyon needs to fix up. i came out of school with 14 GCSEs all A-C currently doing my final year..........im from lozells and living the dream this is as lozells aint bad as it is labelled........the reason these areas are seen as rougher places becuse police intervention happened too late.Innocent people being bullied because they dont wana hang around in a bad crowd...these people become withdrawn and surpressed or if lucky they stand up for themseves...........so many innocent lives taken away so many mums crying for the sons so many funerals so many tears when will it end?????????? nuf love big up to ma cuza SHAM....ZARA...LAILA...AYESHA AND FUNDOO............AND MA RANA G

reppin birminham
Add your comment herey aston getz all d no go? u shud chek everyware manz everyware gettin gun up n stabed but jus media twistes it i grown up in bham n ive bin all ova d gaff n it ent as bad as it amde owt jus sayin all u pplz dnt judge manz bin killed cuza drugs n stuff ent una chance no mata ow bad wez all try n dat so hold tyt pplz of birmingham ! n rep ya endz brapppppppppppppppp

bOI VeeZY
im a 17 year old from the ladywood part in the birmingham city and i think birmingham is not a bad city at all but the thing is we have people who are not true to themselves at all and just feel that following gans is the best thing to do which is not, i nko alot of people with alot of talent who follow these gang movements and are not getting anywhere but just around the corner to sell drugs n dat to get quik money, i think there should be more jobs out there for the youths because most of them are going into gangs to get money quick because they want to be what they see on tv. thats my view on how things are respect people!!!!

S.G
birmingham is full ov badmans the main DON'S role in the following endz- handsworth,aston,loz,mosley. des gna be pure gun crime in every endz, its jst if u can escape it

Zed
I don't think birmingham's that bad there's nuff guns and that but we aint shipping them in it's the crackers doing it. all of birmingham needs to stop wit all dis postcode foolishness and just link up as 1 and move forward shout to all the brummy's n Kings Norton R.I.P RICHIE B AND PAUL B.

B24 onit
let me tell you know yeh that i think all dis stuff abour reppin your endzs should be gone i hate guns knife and evenithing about it but theres no escapeing it. its every i am 15 and i carnt get away from it every one thinks there gangsta and hard trying 2 act like but i dont understand y is it beacause what the see every1 eles doin and the want 2 be apart of the true b6?????

S-man/beattz.tv
police an da goverment dont care about gun crime only wen it affects dem. il tel u straight yagetme we livin in a whitemanz world...ya got hooligans hospitalizing eachoda an popo(feds) go out der way 2 stop it,we livin in sum mad times were crazy stuff goes down every day gyal tryin 2 set man up an ting yagetsme,but dis is a msg 2 all da real soldierz in brum,dnt watch no face an live ya lives 2 da fullist cus u only get one. . . R yeh 2 ma soulja BAILEY R.I.P R.I.P 2 all da fallen souljas yagetzme. . . BRUM STAND UP whetha ur reppin B6slash or u live i H/town B21...and all da brumie artists NETWORK!!! wid each oda..den we will blow...1

SOLJA OV ASTON ($.O.A)
WAGAWAN PPL I JUS WANA TEL YA DAT B6 ASTON B19 L.O.Z AND HANDSWORTH SPARKHILL ALUM ROCK SMALLHEATH SMETHROCK BIG UP YEAH BIG UP 2 DA S.O.A CREW YEAH FRM ROLO MI ASTON BROADWAY SCHOOL

Enigma
this city isnt as bad as the media say it is but in a few years it will be , the police have left it to late, i live in alum rock one of those notorious danger zones , everyone from ruff endz says if you mind your buisness you'll be fine but it don't always work like that some kids tried to trouble me on a bus two days ago when i was bymyself late at night for no reason i decided to turn the other cheek but im getting sick of it , next time i don't know how i'll react(your not a gangsta because you only listen to rap and wear all black) 95% of these trouble makers are cowards and fools if they got caught on there one they wouldnt know what to do, if we all used common sense there would be no issue, most people say its about drugs life is hard but thats a last resort or at least it should be, if the man dem worried more about the future and less about the B.S. everyones lifes would be a little bit better (except for the media and the bnp)

RavzzZZZ
rite about now i hav lived in 21 years i have grew up in as like people like to call it "tha hood" or "ghetto" while i was little i used to love getting up in the morning and looking forward to going to the corner shop but bak 2 aston it really ain't that bad its just overly hyped and exgurated and in fact many people are freiendly excuse my spelling bad spelling day but it just that i hardly went school i used to be wagging instead or at the gym doing old skool training with my main man singhi

ms fya
i fink dat ppl dem lyk tony blaire need 2 stop hatin on grime, uk hip hop and da rest of it cos it aint just da music dats f***in up da endz, blacks aint the 1s movin da guns in and out of uk. every1s awear of wats goin on so boii its up to ppl dem to put down da guns and pick da mic cos street life endz 1 way bredrin x sty bless mS_FyA x

a big fan of birmingham
i think that birmingham is really cool and that all we need is love. there are alot of guns, that is true however it is the people that are firing them that are the real problems. good nite and god bless xx

street disciple
in placez lyk aston, sparkbrook an nechells. peepz iz all on bwt dey no go placez, wen it hapen evriwer. da goverment need tah sort d streetz b4 dey go fightin all deze warz in da mid east, nd fightin americaz warz. it war frm primary skool upward now. peepz bein stabd nd batad bi me but da media do nufn bwt dat, instead dey scrub off grafiti wen dey not tryin 2 stop da peepz makin it u gt me. dey wana sort it al out b4 dey start on lil stuf lyk grafiti. all deze gunz r bwt drugz, it gona cum evri wer soon. dey drugz nd violence evriwer, der bad placez evriwer.

T.M
i dnt liv der or nufn nd sum peepz mite class it az a no go area, but dat stuf can apen ne wer ya gt me. sum bad stufz apend der, lyk dem 2 galz getin shot nd dat. most placez av gt bad crime, u no derz gang trouble nd stabbingz al ova bham enit, da system, lyk da police say itz a no go area cuz dey 2 scared 2 go sort stuf out enit. if dey wana sort it out den dey wil try, itz a jke. peepz sayin itz a lost area while da goverment jus movin peepz in der. da police it get 2 1 point wer dey jus leave it, if dey leae it da gun crime wil spred until da whole ov bhamiz a no go area. nd dey woried bwt da grafiti, sayin it look unwelcomin.

rock boi
yeah u rite daniel dats true da rock is going crazy ppl getting stabbed and too many broz on da streetz and its down to drugs but dey can also stick up for dmesleves u knw come together wen they have to dat sumthing dat the astons lot didn't do took it to another level enyway what can ya do its life huh im all good though just mind ya own buisness no snicthing and yu'll be left alone simple as dat

slash
b6/loz iz de place 2 be trus me

Mi$chieF
i've lived in B19 all my life, i couldnt see me living anywhere else. i have grown up round here so wot shud i b afraid of? Newton n Aston aint all dat bad. Da media is blowin evryting outta proportion! i dont like da media cah they twist the facts to make a better story. Straight up i would say dat people who aint frm da endz mite feel alikkle shook to pass thru but dats only cuz of wot they hear on the news n radio or read in da papers! My advice is dont lilsten to other people especially da IDIOTS within da media, come have a look 4 urself!

dappa-sikh male 2NV
Aston, handswrth, lozzels etc.. is jus a lost area, come dwn my area Solihull, its al respectable, u gt me, runing things blud.

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