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Dutch to move neighbors from hell into makeshift 'scum villages'

12/4/2012

Bad neighbors are on notice in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, with plans to move the city's least desirable inhabitants to a makeshift suburb where they will be taught how to behave. With around 13,000 complaints of antisocial behavior coming from the city's housing projects each year, the plan would see repeat offenders moved to so-called "scum villages" supervised by social workers and police. The idea is that the threat of living in a trailer or shipping container surrounded by cops will act as a deterrent and also give the well-behaved majority of public housing tenants a break. [Source]

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