all i was saying was that if east london is getting too costly and ppl are being priced out then those ppl might end up moving further out to places like walthamstow or gasp, essex. essex could be the new place to watch (im sort of joking - maybe logan can tell us). then again essex is bloody far to get to anywhere isnt it.
but then a place like walthamstow would eventually just end up like old street. i.e. once young artsy but not so well off white ppl move in, and make it seem a bit more inviting and less risky than when it was all immigrants, it entices slightly richer, newer, mainly white residents, and so on and so on.
im just rambling really, i dont live or work in old street. and the whole focus on old street, cool as that area is/was, its still quite a diff market from the romford/essex/faces/if bar/fridgebar type of clubs. could be wrong but when luka was talking about london dying, i dont think he really cared or was talking about old street dying. i thought he was talking more about the 'hcc' lineage dying. and maybe there just isnt enough reward or energy in music anymore to motivate it into having the same momentum it had.
what if all the people who go to iya napia never came back?
once young artsy but not so well off white ppl move in, and make it seem a bit more inviting and less risky than when it was all immigrants, it entices slightly richer, newer, mainly white residents, and so on and so on.
The whole thing isn't helped by the fact that most young middle class professionals have essentially been priced out of traditionally middle class areas themselves...I mean no one ever wants to be on the side of gentrification but I think it's kind of impossible to define the point at which you yourself are contributing to it...
Could I be as bold in saying somewhere like Brixton might become the new spot?
Could I be as bold in saying somewhere like Brixton might become the new spot?
People I know are moving there, less artsy but vibrant
And where was this rave with the wide boy? I want to go!
newe york was the capital of rap, then it wasnt. in this limited sense it can be said to have 'died' paris was the capital of the international avant garde, then it wasnt. in this limited sense it can be said to hav died.
I got thrown out of a really important meeting with An Arts Council Funded Organisation for saying that I wanted to stab Boris Johnson.
newe york was the capital of rap, then it wasnt. in this limited sense it can be said to have 'died' paris was the capital of the international avant garde, then it wasnt. in this limited sense it can be said to hav died.