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[QUOTE=Markyboy;3379380]I'd hate to disappoint you...
To be honest, the whole debate is pretty pointless because most of the people who complain about gentrification will fuck off somewhere else once they think about having kids. One person on here told me flat out that she wouldn't dream of bringing up kids in Brixton because of the "quality of life" (which she failed to define). Yet she's also complained on here about Brixton losing its edge. Well fuck off, are we supposed to keep it like it was in the 80's to satisfy the tourists who pop in for a couple of years?
You know my girlfriend, Joe - born in Brixton, brought up in Brixton, brought her kids up in Brixton. I'll take her view over anyone one here about whether it's improved or not. Not everything's an improvement but, if her daughters can go out at night and feel safer than she did when she was growing up, that's a good thing. I want it to be somewhere my kids are happy, safe and proud to live - not somewhere for thrill seekers.
And people who ponce about on fixed gear bikes talking about the regrettable gentrification of a part of London that has been blighted for years...do fuck off, you haven't got a clue.
2nd that