luka

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you always have a bar that has about 20 mobility scooters parked outside it by midday.
 

luka

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although that is exactly what makes them prime candidates for gentrifcation. folkestone is looking almost like a boomtown now.
 

luka

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jaywick isnt looking like a boomtown and probably wont be for the foreseeable future.
 

Leo

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was margate ahead on the seaside gentrification trend?

I was the youngest person in whitstable when we visited, and I'm old as dirt.
 

luka

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margate was one of the places that attracted the most speculation and boosterism. im not sure
its really lived up to peoples expectations yet. its like bitcoin.
 

luka

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everyone who has invested is depserate for you to invest too. they hope to reach some critical mass, some
tipping point at which it becomes a viable middle class lifestyle choice
 

luka

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whitstable is another place my dad took me too a lot as a kid. he worked in the oyster places there in the '70s.
different demographic there. it was established decades ago. its not an up and comer.
 

Simon silverdollarcircle

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I like the way with Hastings it's all east London hipsters with artfully distressed secondhand furniture shops and wanky coffee and then you turn a corner and it's instantly real as fuck. Like a wormhole within the town.

Welcome back @luka ! I'm glad youre back
 

luka

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its east london hipsters in their 60s. thats whats most interesting maybe. real career drinkers. white haired men swigging white wine while wearing cravats and japanese denim.
 

Simon silverdollarcircle

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Parts of Kent induce a primal fear in me. Like Folkestone. Never been there, never will. Absolutely shit scared of the place. I just imagine it's Britain First lads with their tops off as far as the eye can see
 

Simon silverdollarcircle

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My mate at school with with a far right dad was always having to go to "car shows" in Folkestone with his family. Which I now think was probably a euphemism for "neo Nazi rally". No family could have an appetite to go to that many car shows 500 miles away in a year
 

luka

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Parts of Kent induce a primal fear in me. Like Folkestone. Never been there, never will. Absolutely shit scared of the place. I just imagine it's Britain First lads with their tops off as far as the eye can see
youd be surprised to see it tbh. its posher than margate or hastings
 
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