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Posted by davesgcr on Sun Mar 13 06:59:33 2005, in response to Re: London news, posted by Rail Blue on Sat Mar 12 20:44:20 2005. The geography of London has undergone some major changes.Certain areas are gentrified (and converted from tough areas within the last 30 years - Notting Hill / Clerkenwell / Queens Park even...whenn I lived there in 1979 it was a bit fly blown with only poorish shops and not a lot of investment.Now it is very desirable and once divided houses are now single occupancy - "gastro pubs" etc. As the tube service hasnt changed - apart from the sad loss of the 1938 stock - gentification has more to do with housing stock and potential there.On the same line - Harlesden is tipped as the next up and coming area - ...Next "changing areas" - are likely to be the Thames Gateway stretch of east London - following on form the Dockland area - spurred by the High speed line from St Pancras and Stratford to Ebbsfleet.etc) My greateast "concern" is the fate of the swathes of 1930s suburbia - some of which is now ageing badly and despite having good transport links all round (which is why they came into being) are in danger of blight as age creeps in and the desirabity of their status falls through traffic / obsolescence and decay - I cannot think of anyone I know who has really willingly moved in to one.Most attractive are either trendy "inner" areas (where life cycle allows - i.e. no kids) - or the "greenbelt" beyond the M25 ring and attractive towns with fast transport links into mainline terminii.(and often good schools and amenities) Not all 1930s suburbs are deteriorating - there remain many excellent , well kept and thriving areas.One of the issues is "genalised travelling time" (the journey to say Stanmore is the same as that to greenbelt Leighton Buzzard or Berkhampstead.Commuting flows on suburnban rail continue to grow - partly as a factor of cheaper fares per mile than Tube fares. All in all - a very complex (and fascinating area of study - social geography at its best) |
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