AFTER the numerous complaints about the youth of today in your newspaper, I feel it is only fair someone should speak out on their behalf, because no one else seems to address the problems they face.
The solutions to these problems do not come in the form of bullet-proof fountains, or any other kind of fountain. The way to stop the vandalism is to start helping and supporting the vandals.
There is little in this town for teenagers to do.
There are various music technology workshops run in and around the city by Future Prospects, but there is nowhere for these new skills to be used, so young people are given the cold shoulder.
Most of the money spent in this town is for the benefit of tourists, not the people who live here.
Those who are a bit older can move away, but this is not a choice that is open to many perpetrators of vandalism and other youth-associated pastimes.
When the city starts investing in people not profit, these problems will be massively reduced and everyone will be happier.
Nigel Rogers,
York.
Updated: 10:23 Friday, September 06, 2002
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