Easton, Bristol voted one of the top 50 cool places to live in the world!

[kalidarkone]

Why Easton is one of the 'world's coolest neighbourhoods'

Who'd a thunk it?

I certainly didn't when I moved here 24 years ago........

 

[BristolEcho]

Ugh. Things like this really piss me off. I've been reading about how amazing Bristol is for the last 15 years it feels like.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Time Out says: "This ever-evolving suburb, a half-hour wander away from the centre of Bristol, is a chilled and friendly haven for hip young families, alternative-leaning young professionals and indie business owners alike.

Doomed I tell thee. I remember similar things being written about Shoreditch, Broadway market, London fields in Hackney. It was the beginning of the end for locals.

 

[kalidarkone]

What you say is true, however it's the first time I've seen this about east Bristol. Normally it's bullshit like Stapleton road being the most dangerous road in the UK or was it Europe?
Obviously I'm taking it with a massive pinch of salt.

 

[killer b]

It just means that you, your family and friends won't be able to afford to live there in 5 years time.

 

[editor]

It just means that you, your family and friends won't be able to afford to live there in 5 years time.

And every pub/bar will turn to shit.

 

[Spymaster]

Why Easton is one of the 'world's coolest neighbourhoods'

Who'd a thunk it?

I certainly didn't when I moved here 24 years ago........

If you don't already own one, buy a house there quickly!

 

[JimW]

Weren't you making a break for Cardiff kalidarkone? True hipster cred to leave just as the gentrification really gets going

 

[Treacle Toes]

What you say is true, however it's the first time I've seen this about east Bristol. Normally it's bullshit like Stapleton road being the most dangerous road in the UK or was it Europe?
Obviously I'm taking it with a massive pinch of salt.

I hear ya, Clapton went from the 'murder mile' to OOOOOOOOoooooh craft beers and artisan markets in the blink of my eye.

 

[kalidarkone]

If you don't already own one, buy a house there quickly!

I do and I bought it 24 years ago for 45K

 

[Spymaster]

I do and I bought it 24 years ago for 45K

Result!

You terrible gentrifier you.

 

[kalidarkone]

Weren't you making a break for Cardiff kalidarkone? True hipster cred to leave just as the gentrification really gets going

I'm seriously considering it but I'm giving myself 12 months as I am slowly getting my house ready to go on the market and I would to get a job there.

 

[kalidarkone]

Result!

You terrible gentrifier you.

I Know....where will it end?
At least I'm decent, unlike my neighbours....

 

[BristolEcho]

It just means that you, your family and friends won't be able to afford to live there in 5 years time.

Tbf this has already happened. My mate had a 2 bed house there for £600 when we first got together 7 years ago. It wouldn't happen now I don't think.

 

[kalidarkone]

Tbf this has already happened. My mate had a 2 bed house there for £600 when we first got together 7 years ago. It wouldn't happen now I don't think.

Yeah this. It took my son (aged 25) ages to find somewhere to live round here that was within his price range and was long term.
He is thinking of moving to Cardiff too!

 

[wiskey]

Bemmy down is never going to top a list of anything it's so soulless.

I'd love to leave Bristol but Derv and the W's really like it.

 

[kalidarkone]

I thought Bemmy down was becoming gentrified-is this true?

 

[marty21]

I hear ya, Clapton went from the 'murder mile' to OOOOOOOOoooooh craft beers and artisan markets in the blink of my eye.

There is still some of the old Clapton, but not much .

 

[wiskey]

I thought Bemmy down was becoming gentrified-is this true?

Lol nope, every other house still has a van outside plastered with a scaffolding company logo (seriously I had no idea there were so many!) And it's still full of blue collar workers. It only has one pub and no shops to speak of.

Back where we were in Bedminster ('southville' now I suspect) my friends kids all seem to be having private tutoring to sit aptitude/entrance exams for selective/independent schools .... None of that up here!

 

[Dogsauce]

There should be a criminal offence for penning an article containing the word ‘vibrant’. What a shitty pointless job that must be.

Ive avoided contributing to the gentrification of bits of Bristol when moving back here from London by getting a place in Clifton village. Definitely lowering the tone up here. It’s alright, apart from being too far from an Aldi.