The 11th Blog

The 11^th Blog

Ryan Dhanraj and Rommel Dookeran in the their online blog entitled the Slums-The King of Urban Decay spoke key issues that affect the city of Port of Spain such youth unemployment, crime and urban life. These issues were also discussed in our blog relating to urban transport.

In the first blog post entitled “Solution to Slums and Urban Decay”, Dhanraj and Dookeran speak about low income housing, slum life and all accompanies it. This blog also speaks of unemployment in young persons living in urban areas. In our blog entitled “To Buy a Car or Not to Buy a Car? That is the Question” we spoke about persons not being able to afford cars because of limited income and low income earning jobs.

The blow also speaks of employing the young persons living in these poor communities. In our blog posts entitled “To Buy a Car or not Buy a Car. That is the Question” and “Crime in the City” , we also spoke about how low income jobs affect persons and the gross inequalities that arise between individuals in the city.

Moreover, in Dhanraj and Dookeran’s entitled “Challenge of Crime in Core Cities”, they speak about the high crime rates in certain areas of the city and how detrimental it can be.

Additionally, Dhanraj and Dookeran made a blog post entitled “Life of A Slum Dweller” which was similar to our blog post entitled “A Maxi driver’s Rage” where both blog examined the lives of hard working individuals on the grind in the city.

However, our transport blog varies from their blog their general blog in that  we focus on the ins and outs of urban life on the transport network while they take a more general approach. They put special emphasis on urban slum culture which gave a very interesting outlook on urban life from the perspectives of those who are effected by it the most.