Living in the Hood

I do apologise to my Dad for quoting him in the following post, but this just made me laugh and I had to post it. In the course of a chat on Skype he posted this:

Our Lonely Planet guide says that Neukolln is the poorest district in Berlin, plagued by unemployment with a pervasive drug culture and an unintegrated immigrant population!

Now, I'll accept that there are a few more Turkish here around these parts (mostly selling phones at suspiciously cheap prices) but I'm not sure if 'unintegrated' is the word. Unemployment is a city-wide problem in Berlin as are the drugs (as you'd expect in any Capital city).

I showed this to Michael and he laughed. He said that Neukolln used to be a rough place 10 years or so ago but is perfectly fine now, and has a lot of students living here because of the cheap apartments. But just in-case I'll be sure to carry my shotgun and flak jacket on me at all times.