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Brixton news, rumours and general chat - October 2012

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twistedAM said:
Word.
Wouldn't be that hard to implement in a non-bent council.
Yeah absolute pipedream mindfuck.
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I'm not sure the council have powers to limit the type of mortgage taken out on a house do they? :hmm:

The thing with that suggestion is that although in a lot of ways it's a very good idea, what it wouldn't do is anything to stop gentrification. It would make buying a house somewhat easier to achieve for those who are marginally unable to afford it at the moment - which isn't the people who are struggling with rents or being evicted from their council housing.
 
Rumours that I'll be back in Brixton on Wednesday evening are true. I might just make it to the Albert iffin I'm not too knackered.
 
editor said:
What is this "welcome" I'm supposed to be giving and how on earth would it make the slightest bit of difference?

I judge people on how I find them, and don't insist on going through their housing particulars and financial background before deciding if I like them or not.
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Rubbish. You make it abundantly clear that you prejudge people on the basis of their clothes, money and background and all manner of other superficial things. Maybe you're joking, but your sarcasm and grumpiness make you sound seriously embittered. If you are, fine, you're fully entitled to your opinions. Having a good sneer at strangers from other social tribes is great sport, which I too enjoy when I go people-watching. But just in case newcomers read your posts and feel unwelcome because they think that you, as editor of this board, are representative of the majority view, I'd like to reassure them that you're not.
 
editor said:
That hideous Brixton Square development seems to be attracting nothing but buy-to-letters who are going to further inflate rent prices
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There are two houses on my street (am back to my wildly unrepresentative sample again...) that are let out as flats, by the West Indian families that bought them in the 70s. The elderly couple opposite (who have lived in their house for 56 years, as they tell me every time they see me) were telling me how scandalous it was when the West Indian families moved in, and how their children couldn't afford to live in the area, and how scandalised they now are that the same families are 'profiteering' from the gentrification. So I guess each change has worried those left before...
 
Frumious B. said:
But just in case newcomers read your posts and feel unwelcome because they think that you, as editor of this board, are representative of the majority view, I'd like to reassure them that you're not.
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Even if all that lot were true, it's hardly going to make a tot of difference to anyone. Besides, there's a wide range of opinions being expressed by different people anyway.

But if people are going to be 'put off' by me commenting that I wish council houses and affordable homes were being built, buy to lets were banned in areas of high housing need and affordable, and controlled rents with security of tenure introduced, well, fuck 'em. Those are the things I believe in.
 
Frumious B. said:
Yes. Either that or you nicked it from Absolutely Fabulous.
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OK, but I didn't. Was walking back from the Elm Park with my aging parents and young kids in the middle of a Saturday afternoon. I really couldn't see the point (or be arsed) to invent a story to post on here for no reason. Maybe it's just scepticism on your part, but it's a bit odd to decide that I'm lying without knowing anything about it.
 
Griffter said:
OK, but I didn't. Was walking back from the Elm Park with my aging parents and young kids in the middle of a Saturday afternoon. I really couldn't see the point (or be arsed) to invent a story to post on here for no reason. Maybe it's just scepticism on your part, but it's a bit odd to decide that I'm lying without knowing anything about it.
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Seems the new intake are cynical with it.
 
Ms T said:
It's not the comments about council housing that might put people off.
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Maybe it'll be your comment about hipsters at the farmers' market?

I'm still trying to work out who I'm 'putting off' and exactly how I'm managing that, btw.
 
Ms T said:
Whatevs.
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You've been to take little potshots at me in several places recently so it would be nice if you could at least articulate some opinions, like explaining who I'm supposedly 'putting off' and exactly how I'm doing it. Thanks.
 
You are constantly making digs at perceived newcomers to Brixton on these boards. I'm not the only person to notice it. In particular, a new poster who asked about personal trainers was not exactly welcomed with open arms.
 
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