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- Yardie abstract "Yardie (or Yawdie) is a term stemming from the slang name originally given to occupants of "government yards" - social housing projects with very basic amenities - in Trenchtown, a neighbourhood in West Kingston, Jamaica. Trenchtown was originally built as a housing project following devastation caused by Hurricane Charlie. Each development was built around a central courtyard with communal cooking facilities. Poverty, crime, and gang violence became endemic in the neighbourhood, leading the occupants of Trenchtown to be in part stigmatised by the term "Yardie".".