{"id":44404,"date":"2019-11-01T16:05:46","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T16:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=44404"},"modified":"2019-11-01T16:05:46","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T16:05:46","slug":"butetown-and-the-bay-issues-that-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/butetown-and-the-bay-issues-that-matter","title":{"rendered":"Butetown and the Bay: Issues that matter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Butetown, the entrance to Cardiff Bay, is home to a variety of cultures, but it continues to battle drugs, lack of jobs and an overall ignorance by the system.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Loudonbike.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Loudonbike.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Loudonbike-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Loudonbike-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Loudonbike-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Loudonbike.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Loudonbike.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Loudonbike-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Loudonbike-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Loudonbike-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Loudon Square, the historic and current heart of Butetown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hussain is among the many migrants that live in the multi-cultural society that Butetown is, and he says that in general, the community is a happy and close-knit one. Despite such views among the locals, there is a discouraging side to Butetown with the majority complaining about a being ignored by the council and a prevalent drug issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, life in Butetown has its ups and downs and we went out into its streets to discover the downs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lauren, 38, Student <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-10-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-10-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-10-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-10-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-10-1536x1023.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-10-2048x1364.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-10-500x333.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-10-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-10-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-10-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-10-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-10-1536x1023.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-10-2048x1364.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-10-500x333.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There is a change at Canal Park. They made it a facility for the local college to use, to do sports. It is also a field for the locals in Butetown. All these buildings around you, are they benefiting the community? I don\u2019t think so but, you never know within a short time.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hussain Hussain, 49, Kebab Shop Worker<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-1-1024x685.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-1-1024x685.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-1-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-1-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-1-1536x1027.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-1-2048x1369.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-1-500x334.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-1-1024x685.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-1-1024x685.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-1-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-1-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-1-1536x1027.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-1-2048x1369.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-1-500x334.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Jobs can sometimes be less plentiful out here, the opportunities can come very slim. That area of Cardiff Bay, it\u2019s shopping, a lot of people come in, it\u2019s only for visitors, there\u2019s no mix. There are some problems with the kids playing on the tracks late at night. We call the Cops but they can\u2019t do anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benjamin White, 24, Researcher <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-3-1024x685.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-3-1024x685.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-3-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-3-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-3-1536x1027.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-3-2048x1369.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-3-500x334.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-3-1024x685.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-3-1024x685.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-3-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-3-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-3-1536x1027.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-3-2048x1369.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-3-500x334.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There\u2019s a lack of social bits and pieces for young people, I think. I\u2019m from London so the main issues facing Butetown today is that there aren\u2019t enough spots.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Matthew Easton, 21, Barista <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-7-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-7-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-7-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-7-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-7-1536x1023.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-7-2048x1364.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-7-500x333.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-7-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-7-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-7-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-7-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-7-1536x1023.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-7-2048x1364.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-7-500x333.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The mail service, honestly. It sounds silly but it\u2019s rubbish around here. I\u2019ve only lived here for three months so far, but I\u2019ve never experienced anything like it before. It\u2019s slow and completely unreliable.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mashallah, 25, Resident<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-6-1024x685.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-6-1024x685.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-6-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-6-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-6-1536x1027.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-6-2048x1369.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-6-500x334.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-6-1024x685.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-6-1024x685.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-6-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-6-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-6-1536x1027.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-6-2048x1369.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-6-500x334.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;If they\u2019d done better graffiti, like a picture or something, instead of just squiggles, it\u2019s pointless, it\u2019s meaningless lines. Graffiti can be pretty, it can be really spectacular, you can get some nice bit of art out of it, but this is just obnoxious work.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jemma Wilson, 36, Housewife<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-11-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-11-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-11-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-11-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-11-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-11-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-11-500x333.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-11-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-11-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-11-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-11-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-11-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-11-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-11-500x333.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The most serious issue I think is drugs. Every time I take my daughter to the subway, there are a bunch of people who are doing drugs and then leaving the mess. I don\u2019t know why they use drugs, but it does affect my daughter\u2019s health. I just want them to be moved from the streets.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fiona Meldrum, 37, Community Worker<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-12-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-12-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-12-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-12-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-12-1536x1023.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-12-2048x1363.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-12-500x333.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-12-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-12-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-12-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-12-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-12-1536x1023.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-12-2048x1363.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-12-500x333.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Can\u2019t find a job, it\u2019s a big problem for young people, particularly for black people. We have done many things to help them to have more power and to change themselves. It did work.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shane, 23, Resident <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-5-1024x685.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-5-1024x685.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-5-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-5-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-5-1536x1027.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-5-2048x1369.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-5-500x334.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-5-1024x685.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-5-1024x685.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-5-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-5-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-5-1536x1027.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-5-2048x1369.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Image-5-500x334.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The parking. Everybody who works in Cardiff Bay parks down here and it\u2019s just like them taking our spots, especially when we two literally live just over there in that building, it\u2019s really difficult to find places to park.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Butetown, the entrance to Cardiff Bay, is home to different cultures, but it continues to battle drugs, lack of jobs and an overall ignorance by the system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":44493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"coauthors":[699,717,609,649,672,684],"class_list":["post-44404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-social-justice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Butetown and the Bay: Issues that matter - InterCardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/butetown-and-the-bay-issues-that-matter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Butetown and the Bay: Issues that matter - InterCardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Butetown, the entrance to Cardiff Bay, is home to different cultures, but it continues to battle drugs, lack of jobs and an overall ignorance by the system.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/butetown-and-the-bay-issues-that-matter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"InterCardiff\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-11-01T16:05:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Bute-street-sign.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"952\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"533\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"rosiewu17, Yulun Zhang, Faiz Akthar, Krista Charles, Megan Feringa, Pamela Li\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"rosiewu17, Yulun Zhang, Faiz Akthar, Krista Charles, Megan Feringa, Pamela Li\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/butetown-and-the-bay-issues-that-matter\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/butetown-and-the-bay-issues-that-matter\",\"name\":\"Butetown and the Bay: Issues that matter - InterCardiff\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/butetown-and-the-bay-issues-that-matter#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/butetown-and-the-bay-issues-that-matter#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Bute-street-sign.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-01T16:05:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/8d0a88cb796cc73e444935a385208475\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/butetown-and-the-bay-issues-that-matter#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/butetown-and-the-bay-issues-that-matter\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/butetown-and-the-bay-issues-that-matter#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Bute-street-sign.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Bute-street-sign.jpg\",\"width\":952,\"height\":533,\"caption\":\"Street Sign\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/butetown-and-the-bay-issues-that-matter#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Butetown and the Bay: Issues that matter\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/\",\"name\":\"InterCardiff\",\"description\":\"A global city for internationalists\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/8d0a88cb796cc73e444935a385208475\",\"name\":\"Faiz Akthar\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/d4cf4f3e137d42c874406e2768fb48c4\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bf5795c12473a1306cb3d4f855b4ab15d5b95f039d909a83132c573a906317ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bf5795c12473a1306cb3d4f855b4ab15d5b95f039d909a83132c573a906317ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Faiz Akthar\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/author\/faizakthar\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Butetown and the Bay: Issues that matter - InterCardiff","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/butetown-and-the-bay-issues-that-matter","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Butetown and the Bay: Issues that matter - InterCardiff","og_description":"Butetown, the entrance to Cardiff Bay, is home to different cultures, but it continues to battle drugs, lack of jobs and an overall ignorance by the system.","og_url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/butetown-and-the-bay-issues-that-matter","og_site_name":"InterCardiff","article_published_time":"2019-11-01T16:05:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":952,"height":533,"url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Bute-street-sign.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"rosiewu17, Yulun Zhang, Faiz Akthar, Krista Charles, Megan Feringa, Pamela Li","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"rosiewu17, Yulun Zhang, Faiz Akthar, Krista Charles, Megan Feringa, Pamela Li","Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/butetown-and-the-bay-issues-that-matter","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/butetown-and-the-bay-issues-that-matter","name":"Butetown and the Bay: Issues that matter - InterCardiff","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/butetown-and-the-bay-issues-that-matter#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/butetown-and-the-bay-issues-that-matter#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Bute-street-sign.jpg","datePublished":"2019-11-01T16:05:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/8d0a88cb796cc73e444935a385208475"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/butetown-and-the-bay-issues-that-matter#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/butetown-and-the-bay-issues-that-matter"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/butetown-and-the-bay-issues-that-matter#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Bute-street-sign.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/11\/Bute-street-sign.jpg","width":952,"height":533,"caption":"Street Sign"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/butetown-and-the-bay-issues-that-matter#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Butetown and the Bay: Issues that matter"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/","name":"InterCardiff","description":"A global city for internationalists","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/8d0a88cb796cc73e444935a385208475","name":"Faiz Akthar","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/d4cf4f3e137d42c874406e2768fb48c4","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bf5795c12473a1306cb3d4f855b4ab15d5b95f039d909a83132c573a906317ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bf5795c12473a1306cb3d4f855b4ab15d5b95f039d909a83132c573a906317ed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Faiz Akthar"},"url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/author\/faizakthar"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44404"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=44404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}