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What an odd article. I have some sympathy with what I take to be the basic premise: modern life in Western countries is becoming homogenised and gentrification
by keithpeter 13y ago
What an odd article. I have some sympathy with what I take to be the basic premise: modern life in Western countries is becoming homogenised and gentrification is 'flattening' our cities.
But identifying the sex trade as an aspect of an area's authenticity is not classy. I've lived on the border of a red light zone and it is not nice (friends being curb crawled, hypodermics in the front garden, running the gauntlet to get the milk &c). We can do without that one.
- downer97 13y agoWhat do you mean by "curb crawled"? Does that refer to being solicited, or what?
- keithpeter 13y agoIt is the UK term for soliciting from a car. Forgot about variations in language. Most police forces will now prosecute but they didn't until about 5 to 10 years ago.
- downer97 13y agoAh ha, so it's a drive by! Makes sense why that would warrant a special term, and why I haven't experienced it.
- danielharan 13y agoDid you choose to live besides a red light zone? Were you not expecting those interactions with your neighbours?
- keithpeter 13y agoNo I didn't choose to live next to a red light zone, the zone grew around lower rent residential streets over a period of time. Higher rents prevented moving until better job obtained. Wasn't residents by the way, street traffic shifts around and police sometimes like it where they can see what is happening and contain.