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When did the London gentrification start?

cells · 2016-05-17 23:42:59

Interesting question in another thread. I think Late 1990s The demographic falls in London after ww2 started to slowly reverse around the 1980s and the right to buy was introduced. Both were important changes going from contraction to expansion In the 1990s council house building started to fall away which was a very…

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zagfles Posts: 21,503 Forumite

22 May 2016 at 10:00PM

mwpt wrote: »

I'm glad we agree that it is your opinion that London is becoming worse and that you apologise for the previous leading language. I mean, tens of people read this forum and we wouldn't want them to get the wrong idea about London!

I don't have the wrong idea about London. It's an overpriced, crime-ridden s**thole. Hope that's not too "leading" for you

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