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What is Brixton like in London?

Nice? Not nice?

by Anonymousreply 14September 20, 2022 1:09 AM

When asylum seekers from Afghanistan arrive there they ask to be immediately returned to Kabul.

by Anonymousreply 1September 19, 2022 9:25 PM

In Brixton all seems to breathe freedom and peace, and to make one forget the world and its sad turmoils.

by Anonymousreply 2September 19, 2022 9:34 PM

In Brixton all seems to breathe freedom and peace and to make one forget the world and its sad turmoils.

by Anonymousreply 3September 19, 2022 9:34 PM

Jinx!

by Anonymousreply 4September 19, 2022 9:35 PM

It's a shithole OP, are you joking ?

by Anonymousreply 5September 19, 2022 9:42 PM

Like a more violent version of East Harlem, no?

by Anonymousreply 6September 19, 2022 9:49 PM

^ Except instead of guns, stabbing is the favored mode of killing.

by Anonymousreply 7September 19, 2022 9:49 PM

It was one of the first genuinely shitty neighborhoods to become gentrified (sort of) and remains a place where you hear of people looking for property and think, "Why? Why is this place 'popular'? Why would anyone want to live here? Why would people pay to live here?"

by Anonymousreply 8September 19, 2022 9:55 PM

R7

You are an idiot—have you never heard of Guns of Brixton?!

by Anonymousreply 9September 19, 2022 9:59 PM

Ok R9

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by Anonymousreply 10September 19, 2022 10:02 PM

Yes R9.

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by Anonymousreply 11September 19, 2022 10:02 PM

R9 I didn't know Joe Strummer was a sociologist....

by Anonymousreply 12September 19, 2022 10:03 PM

The Clash’s oeuvre is a lot more relevant to the current state of Britain than any current right wing rag’s stories, or the hagiography on display here today. 🫡

by Anonymousreply 13September 20, 2022 12:02 AM

So I guess I should get a hotel and not stay with my friends who live there!

by Anonymousreply 14September 20, 2022 1:09 AM
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