I was responding to VP's point that "much of the service industry employment generated has been low-grade and "zero hours"-based, according to local councillors" which is valid, but a problem the service sector has generally, and which can only be addressed by employment regulation.Has anyone done that?
Not foodies and people looking for champagne and cocktail bars, that's for sure.
So, again, you think there is zero negative impact to Brixton being promoted as an international tourist destination for mainstream visitors? It's all good for everyone, yes?
Zero impact? No. But I do think there can be positives form stuff like this. It's not simple good/bad.
It wasn't meant as a cheap shot, I was just pointing out that you have created a guide for people who, by definition, are "globe trotting travellers". Using this phrase as a negative just doesn't work.
Of course I do. However small, the benefits of increased tourist visits to Brixton generated by that article will still be far, far greater proportionally than any possible negative effects.
Er, no. The New York section is not a guide to upmarket foodie joints, champagne bars, cocktail bars and the like, neither was it written for a commercial airline's promotional material.
That very much depends on your own circumstances. Do you own your own home? Things sure look a lot rosier and cosier than if you're on a low income (perhaps in one of these new service industry jobs) and renting in the area.
How are people on low incomes going to be negatively affected by a few hundred overseas tourists from Australia visiting Brixton in the coming weeks? At worst, they won't directly benefit from their visit. But they won't lose out at all, other than perhaps a seat on the Tube on their way home from work.
I note you sidestepped the question, but I would have thought it rather obvious that this discussion is about the wider national and international promotion of Brixton as a must-see foodie tourist destination. Qantas is just the latest example.
I'm not comparing it to an airline magazine, I'm saying that the content you have that's a guide to bars, cafes, museums etc is by definition aimed at international air travellers. This is a good thing in my mind, it's a useful resource. But by using that description as a negative you weaken your argument, that's all.
I've not compared it like that.
By that argument, any photo taken in any place anywhere in the world is "by definition aimed at international air travellers." Is a ridiculous point to be labouring. Most of the photos I took were of bridges, snow, trains, urban decay, graffiti, street signs and have very little to do with promoting trendy foodie joints and cocktail bars and all the other cherry-picked 'lifestyle' consumerist stuff promoted in that magazine.
That's not how the discussion started, I thought. Certainly, this particular article is a drop in the ocean and is indeed very old news as far as how Brixton is perceived by others is concerned.
I'm sure it's lovely if you can afford it.
I can only assume you do own your own house then, because I can't think why else you'd find it so hard to understand why the relentless promotion of Brixton as a must-see tourist attraction for those with plenty of disposal income causes problems for those struggling to keep up with their ever-rising rents. Now that it's being promoted internationally, those rents are going to go up even more. It's what happens in tourist areas (see: St Ives for a recent example).
And how much does the globetrotting bit cost?
How thigh slappingly amusing.
And how much does the globetrotting bit cost?
Remind me why my NYC photos/features are being brought up again?I'm not talking about the photos
How is this an ad hominem
The problem with aiming this kind of all embracing opprobrium at harmless articles about restaurants is that it runs the risk of extending to a kind of joyless take on all forms of enjoyment experienced in Brixton, incase they somehow contribute towards more social exclusion or homogenisation. It starts with a disapproval of airline tickets and prosecco in the park, then progresses to a ban on ball games and dancing round the maypole on a Sunday. It lends credence to the idea that the left is obsessed with the destruction of pleasure, or at least the promotion of a list of types of pleasure that can be judged ideologically sound, the premises that may be frequented, and the denigration of the rest.
Perhaps you have not been paying attention. My understanding is that mainstream international travel in particular is in fact a problem. People who engage in this practice would do well to stay at home and read the online musings of experienced non mainstream travellers.
Ah, ridicule, the standard method of closing down a discussion around here.
