Gentrification protest

MichaelAwkward said:
So how will you feel when your living costs increase to the point that you have to move from the area you've lived all your life, where your friends and family are, just because wealthier people think it's a nice area all of a sudden? Maybe you'll be peeved enough then to smash up a bloody cereal shop?
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No. I'll move to where I can afford to live. I have no absolute right to live where I do. I'm not entitled to it. I'm just able to while I can afford it. If I can't afford it I'll either find a way to do so (cut back on other things or get a better paying job, etc) or move to where my money can support me.

As I said, I'm in favour of rent controls, but not smashing up an innocent persons business.

EDIT: I read this once and it's quite true:
Poor persons attitude... "I'm poor because of x and y" <-- Probably the idots who smashed up the cafe feel like this
Rich persons attitude... "I need to be rich because of x and y" <-- Someone who wants to progress in life probably feels like this.
 
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Hades said:
The right approach would probably be to protest for rent controls rather than restrict a small local business which improves the area for all.
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oh definitely, I'm not saying it's the right approach and I'm largely playing devils advocate. However, you could argue that recent peaceful protest has done bugger all as well mind. "Improves the area for all" though? hmm

Tuppy_Glossop said:
Rents only ever go up. I can't condone vandalism and rioting because they don't want to pay higher rent but are not prepared to move.
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that's easy for you to say, some of those families will have been there for generations and it's part of their cultural heritage. It must be incredibly frustrating.

Semple said:
Same response to your example B@, rather than the Bristol community boycotting Tesco and using the local independent businesses, which would eventually mean Tesco running at a loss in that shop and having to close down and move. They decided to take a different approach and vandalise it
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see quote below

MichaelAwkward said:
But the wealthier people moving into the area will still go there... that's the point. The people trashing the place never went there.
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Semple said:
...knowing what the area is like and the type of people who live round there I can't say i'm surprised.
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well aren't you just a charmer, showed yourself up as a bigot there

Moses said:
If people didn't want it there, can't they continue to use the independent shops and keep them in business? Or do too few people care..? How many of those independent shops have closed down subsequently?
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I don't think any have closed down due to Tesco, most people chose not to use it as far as i can tell (though it does get used), which is an indication of a morally responsible community if you ask me. So people did vote with their feet in the majority which is encouraging.

Hades said:
EDIT: I read this once and it's quite true:
Poor persons attitude... "I'm poor because of x and y" <-- Probably the idots who smashed up the cafe feel like this
Rich persons attitude... "I need to be rich because of x and y" <-- Someone who wants to progress in life probably feels like this.
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no it isn't, what about inheritance?

Out of interest I assume you've got a bit of cash flying about? What school did you go to?

B@
 
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Anyone would think that all of Shoreditch had become the nice bit of Notting Hill all of a sudden.

It's still a dump, but Shoreditch High Street and a few side roads are actually places you want to go now, rather than places you'd avoid unless you wanted to score drugs.
 
Amazed it's taken this long for Shoreditch prices to go up. Literally walking distance from the City where a large % of the countries highest earners work and 15 mins into the heart of the city by tube.
 
What is wrong with these people? Nobody is forcing them to spend their money there. Do they do the same things to the likes of Starbucks and Costa Coffee over their prices? They are just hooligans out to cause trouble.
 
pastymuncher said:
What is wrong with these people? Nobody is forcing them to spend their money there. Do they do the same things to the likes of Starbucks and Costa Coffee over their prices? They are just hooligans out to cause trouble.
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It's not about being unable to afford to eat a £3 bowl of cereal, it's about not being able to afford rising rents. Rising business and residential rents are forcing locals out.
 
'I want to protest the rising house prices in London stopping common folk living there'
'How are you going to protest it? Sit in at a bank? Protest outside some of the development companies?'
'No, I'm going to throw paint at a place that sells cereal.'
 
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B@Th*nG said:
Out of interest I assume you've got a bit of cash flying about? What school did you go to?

B@
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Not that it's relevant. But no I have almost no cash. I do have some assets such as a house which I have to make many sacrifices for (and do most of the maintenance on). I drive a 6 year old family car and a 21 year old second car because we sometimes need to take the children to different places at the same time. The family have only had one holiday in 11 years. To afford the house I do a job far away with a commute of 3 to 4 hours round trip each day because a local job wouldn't pay enough. I get up at 5:30am and get home around 8pm on a good day - on a bad day it may be midnight. I work most weekends. I went to my local comprehensive and didn't go to university. Like I said, I will find a way to live in the area I want to by improving my circumstances rather than wanting everyone else to come down a level.

EDIT: I'm afraid I don't understand your question about inheritence?
 
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