True
You've got to feel a bit sorry for the people who live there already though. Gentrification, even gentrification-via-hipsters, eventually means no one can afford to live there.
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not really, everyone benefits. The place becomes a bit cleaner and there's a lot more activity going on.
And it's not really gentrification, more hipsterisation. It usually sits nicely alongside the old mens boozers etc. Few people complain that we only have 2 pound shops now, and we used to have 6.
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feckler https://twitter.com/LeonardEctric1, Fri 15 Feb 2013, 11:11,
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I don't feel sorry for anyone in Walthamstow
Once they stop stabbing each other, burgling everywhere and setting things on fire, then I might feel sorry for them but until then, they are the perfect match for the hipsters.
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DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Fri 15 Feb 2013, 11:37,
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There is a nice aspect to walthamstow
there is a genuine community feeling there
Unfortunately you can barely see it underneath a see of stabbings, burglaries, arson, mattresses and filth
I lived there for over 10 years and am so glad to be away from it.
Been back the past two weekends to see mates and do not miss it one bit
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Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Fri 15 Feb 2013, 11:57,
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