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hiraethified
Not sure why you're struggling to understand such a simple statement. I wish them the best and hope they reach their target, so I'm happy to do what I can to help.
Brixton news, rumours and general chat - April 2017
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Fair enough. They seem to be the type of business you usually seem to rail against, that's all
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hiraethified
What kind of businesses are those then? Where have I 'railed against' small independents who are actively involved in the community?
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
perhaps it is socially useful and not solely there for interloping wankers
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hiraethified
Yawn. Just shut up with your dull attempts to stir up personal beef, please.
I'm not trying to stir up 'personal beef'. I just find your hypocrisy astonishing on a number of issues. Believe me, i'm with you on the anti-gentrification of Brixton. But really can't understand why you're using your platform to promote this business's objective of building 'a worldwide lifestyle brand' or whatever the fuck they they sent in their press release to you. They're precisely the type of business you usually seem to whinge about.
And please. Don't tell me to shut up again.
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hiraethified
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hiraethified
This thread is not here to discuss my supposed 'inconsistencies.' It's here to discuss Brixton matters.
FYI, I also promoted the Cider Bar today and the new M ere Scribbler pub in Streatham too, like I constantly promote local independent businesses. I don't much care what you think about that to be honest. I'm too busy doing stuff to listen to your drivel.
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hiraethified
I appear to the be the only one in this discussion posting up stuff relevant to Brixton. You appear to be on some really dull crusade to turn it into something personal. Kindly stop as it's disruptive and really fucking boring.
Not worth any more of my time
Angellic
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bimble
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I have always done. Force of habit from the much warmer lands where I haul from, I guess...
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floofy
But then before you eat one you have to let it sit and warm up for an hour, right?
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Of course. Straight out of the fridge is madness.
We could put a cctv camera on it and then get daily mail readers to classify fridge users.
Also what about bananas ?
Alex
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Exactly that. United80 is a Brixton business by Brixton people. It opened alongside a few independant shops who were ahead of the foodie wave.
Those involved with United80 were at the forefront of Reclaim Brixton, and they are actively involved in the local community from politics to events and much more.
Some of the partners have moved on and those remaining want to expand.
United80 don't warrant any claims of adding to problems of gentrification.
...and its a great little shop.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
For any given shop, how do we decide whether "claims of adding to problems of gentrification" are warranted or unwarranted?
On here, the assessment often seems to be carried out by posting images of the people involved looking hipsterish, or quoting pretentious marketing nonsense, or identifying products that are not affordable to a large proportion of local residents. A quick look at their website suggests they could be discredited by all of these means.
I don't see how opening "ahead of the foodie wave" is relevant by the way. If the same shop selling the same stuff had opened 5 years later would it be any different?
teuchter
je suis teuchter
The standard theory is that this must be because they have lots of braying loadsamoney mates willing to slap down their wads of cash, etc etc.
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
Reminds me of the joke - two hipsters walk into a bar. The first did it before it was cool; the second ironically.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
I can only share my knowledge of them as Brixton lifetime residents who did not start with much and have managed to get something small up and running. They actively engage in lots of community events and were instrumental in getting reclaim brixton off the ground.
By ahead of the foodie wave I am talking about the small number of local people who were able to open up some of the units on a shoestring and bring a bit of life to a tired marketspace. This was ahead of the village becoming a destination.
They wouldn't have been able to afford it 5 years later....
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
I thought jokes were supposed to be funny
It does look like a cool shop to be fair, although 150 quid for a satchel is stretching it a bit. They do need to sort out their press release however. Even Pop would consider that a bit of a wankfest.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Ok. But how's that relevant to the question of whether they add to problems of gentrification? Does it affect whether or not they attract the "wrong sorts" to the area?
For the record I'm not into blaming individual businesses for causing problems of gentrification. They are symptoms rather than causes. I'm just comparing this to how other businesses get viewed.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Well....yeah...agreed.
Boudicca
Seaside Queen
And their mother used to have a food shop in one of the arcades, so technically 2nd generation Brixton market.
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