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I mean, swap “Islamic” for “Jewish” and you’ll see the exact same story play out a hundred years earlier. (Read up on the history of Hackney, for example.) Nei
by archagon 1y ago
I mean, swap “Islamic” for “Jewish” and you’ll see the exact same story play out a hundred years earlier. (Read up on the history of Hackney, for example.)
Neighborhoods change character and demographics. It’s pretty normal in large, multicultural cities.
- tim333 1y agoYeah I guess. I was just a bit surprised by that one.
- archagon 1y agoI’m not a Londoner, admittedly, but I visited quite recently for several weeks. Nothing struck me as abnormal for a city that size. Some neighborhoods were very Syrian; others very Jewish; others very Saudi(?); others Caribbean. If anything, I appreciated the wide diversity.
- tim333 1y agoYeah I don't mind it myself - my family were jewish immigrants on my dad's side and I find the bits of England without much immigration rather dull.