Seems to be at least one (two?) women who are South Asian there, so it does represent 95% of the British population.

Oh, there's loads. One good introduction is actually a part of Goodhart's British Dream. Some of it is iffy but his look at these towns does at least describe the current situation accurately and fairly. The clan structures of Kashmir have been imported wholesale and, as it turns out, were quite adaptable to creating…

The problem here is though, as seen by the resignation of Akhtar, is that the Asian groups doing this enjoyed a certain amount of institutional protection that white groups haven't had in these areas. Protection, for that matter, that Asian groups don't have outside of the strange environment of northern mill towns.

Based on recent revelations I thought the NHS placed people in places where they could harm patients! #savile

Work in midtown Manhattan! There are so many Brits around this area that they often sell them in nondescript shops...

And then what? It is worth pointing out that if you aren't seeking immediate care (that is, ER visits or other unscheduled care) the British authorities do inquire about your immigration status to determine how to bill you.

Personally, I think that the focus should be first and foremost on how the police and justice authorities handle rape. I don't think it's elitist to discuss it or work against it, but I do think it's elitist to predicate the argument for why universities should take a better, tougher stance on the incompetence of…

These are all fair points, but I think you end on a weak point by assuming that it indirectly aids other victims. I'm not aware of too many circumstances where, once a problem has been resolved for the relatively powerful within a separate institutional setting, that this improvement then spreads to separate (very…

The point essential made by Callie is that the reason universities need to handle these investigations is because the police won't handle it effectively.

Just out of interest, what happens to people who aren't attending Columbia then?

Roaccutane was both one of the best and worst things that ever happened to me.

I drive quite a bit in NYC and - reliable as anything - speeding a little bit (particularly on avenues) greatly speeds up the trip. I suspect that this is because the lights at normal crossings are set to give a lot more green time to avenues than to streets, but once you reach the avenue-like cross streets (14th,…

I wouldn't be so sure of that. I'm not saying that this was entirely all stick and no carrot, but it is worth considering that an entire range of government policies in the immediate postwar years either deliberately or accidentally made life worse in the inner cities. White flight wasn't just born from racism or even…

Eh, you've actually got the story the wrong way around there. What really happened was that the New Deal introduced a great deal of socio-economic segregation (redlining was an urban thing as well as a black thing...) and a lot of these people fled the cities because a) jobs were fleeing to the suburbs and b) in the…

I think your comment here was undoubtedly the wisest of all the ones posted here. But I think that your comments on community are worth unpacking a little, as most of these neighbourhoods pre-gentrification weren't bastions of stability and cohesiveness. In the days of urban decay in NYC the amount of population churn…

What kind of fucking idiot speaks like that?

Speaking personally, when I crossed an ocean and ended up in Harlem it wasn't because I was wanting the culture. It was because it was $500 a month, cockroaches and condemned-as-risk-to-public-health apartment next door and all.

The city as a whole does have quiet hours, so actually everyone is on the same schedule...

Might happen... People often assume that Wyoming is some bible bashing redder than red state. It might be redder than red, but it's not really bible bashing. It has the highest proportion of atheists in the country, has no specific anti-gay marriage law (and came very close a fair while back to passing a domestic…

They wouldn't and they aren't with this, to be fair. This is becoming an issue precisely because people have a problem with it, particularly the lefties on campus. It's become a rather divisive issue in what has been a decade long alliance now on its last legs.

It's probably more of an issue at places like SOAS but it isn't unknown elsewhere.