go !!!! Submitted by S.A on August 15, 2012 - 9:31am. I do not agree with this article one bit. To say that New Addington is a 'ghetto' that is inhabited by the poor and illiterate is wrong. You can not justify a whole community based on a few talked to, every single community has its bad parts, people who struggle with money, people who are not as well educated as others. I was born and raised in New Addington, went to the local schools and now I am currently in my final year reading for a honours degree at university. Without the good community and schooling of New Addington, I would have no made it to where I am today. Submitted by d on August 15, 2012 - 10:42am. What this article fails to mention (and I see this over and over) is how the inhabitants can be nurtured to get out of government-supported living. Council estates should not be relied on like they are now. Rather than tapping into government support as a bandaid solution, it seems that generation after generation live in these council estates - how can the government keep up if each new generation abuses the system and doesn't get out of it? Tia's grandmother is 46 and her horrific boyfriend is 37 - doesn't anyone else think this is an issue? The inhabitants of such communities should be be forced to find better paying jobs so they can move on and make a better