Talk:Lower North Shore (Sydney)

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moved sentence from article, this is contentious, I've certainly never heard anybody in sydney ever use this convoluted reference. of course, if somebody provides a good source maybe it should go in:

Someone from Lower Northern Sydney is often refered to as a "Lower Northern Sydneysider" or as a "Lower North Shoresman/woman".

this article should probably be merged with North Shore (Sydney), at the very least a summary of the information here should be included in the top-level article and a companion Upper North Shore (Sydney) article should be written. the main overall north shore article should certainly not be shorter than this article. clarkk 09:47, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Removed paragraph:

For a while in the 80's and 90's, most of Lower Northern Sydney was not as wealthy as it is today. Fibro houses were not uncommon in the region's western half and there was a short-lived period where gang activity was evident in Ryde (Armenian gangs), Chatswood (Triads), and (Anglo-Australian gangs) in several areas. Today however, crime in the region is very low and gang activity is almost dead with focus moving more towards the south western suburbs.

Utter rubbish. I have lived in this region for over 40 years. This is drivel. I lived in Ryde during the 1990s and never noticed any exceptional 'gang activity'. It is debatable as to whether Ryde would be considered part of Lower Northern Sydney anyway. The comment about "Fibro houses" is unhelpful if no explanation as to what they are (low cost housing originally provided after WWII to returned serviceman) is provided. The paragraph as it stands is unsupported and probably racist in intent. The demographics of the region did not change markedly through the 80s or 90s. pinglis 29 June 2006