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So besides "chicken shops" which must be a regional indicator for poor or undesirable what other establishments are also present? There should be an obvious tra
by Shivetya 11y ago
So besides "chicken shops" which must be a regional indicator for poor or undesirable what other establishments are also present? There should be an obvious transition type of business that precedes the coffee shop. Combined with chicken shops perhaps the availability of different businesses could give entrepreneurs an indicator where to set up similar or buy up space?
- djhworld 11y agoEstate agents, particularly ones that specialise in rentals. London has a horrendous housing problem at the moment.
- arethuza 11y agoI'd look at what type of cars are parked in the street at night.
- czbond 11y agoNow that's an interesting indicator - many of these are variations of the same theme and lagging indicators. Yours is (except for areas in immediate transitions) a real time indicator idea. At least in the US.
- arethuza 11y agoIt would definitely work in the UK as well - especially as you can tell the age of a car from the number-plate. Find a run down area and track the number of newer family cars or BMWs/Audis.
- ryandrake 11y ago...or the fact that there are cars parked on the street vs not. I've lived in poor suburban neighborhoods and generally, the poorer the neighborhood, the more cars were parked on the street. I've lived in neighborhoods that looked like used car lots! Poorer neighborhoods tend to have more houses without garages. And in neighborhoods that have garages, the poorer families tend to use their garages as extra bedrooms, workshops, meth labs, basically anything BUT storing cars. Note, this stereotype probably only works in the suburbs, because in urban areas, every potential parking spot is filled with a car by default.
- elcct 11y agoPawnshops, payday loan services, barber shops... And pubs closed down, because it is too dangerous for them to operate. Also signs on restaurants "Customer only toilets"
- hueving 11y agoBars on the windows and doors.
- Turing_Machine 11y agoOr windows that have been completely bricked up.
- SpaghettiCat 11y agoWhy barber shops? Don't well-to-do people also go to the barber to get their hair cut?
- pionar 11y agoThey go to salons :). (Joking.)
- alphydan 11y agoOf course not. They go to their stylist!
- somedudethere 11y agoMost have the barber come to them or have a private barber in the building. My office has a separate room and a barber comes in every other week to cut hair.
- ghaff 11y agoSeriously? That is certainly not anything approaching the norm in the US.
- norea-armozel 11y ago