tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13889804.post8882348138100543955..comments2023-10-11T05:20:26.909-05:00Comments on night is half gone...: Ain't nothing going on but the rentjasonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11116663308431251286noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13889804.post-50025831722946362102015-08-02T01:56:15.653-05:002015-08-02T01:56:15.653-05:00Oh, honey, I am so sorry.Oh, honey, I am so sorry.mrpeeneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361948301941861890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13889804.post-44096993805520451682015-07-31T20:49:52.160-05:002015-07-31T20:49:52.160-05:00everything is so expensive, rent included. when i ...everything is so expensive, rent included. when i walk out of the market or costco or ANYPLACE i am astounded <br />at what i've just spent. on the other hand, i adore fried chicken and would have no problem eating it every night.normadesmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17325110017442011627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13889804.post-72249643702594219642015-07-31T16:14:10.090-05:002015-07-31T16:14:10.090-05:00wow...
As goes London, goes the world, I guess.
I ...wow...<br />As goes London, goes the world, I guess.<br />I can only imagine the prices there. Yikes.<br /><br />I don't even live in a hip part of town. <br />I mean there aren't even any prostitutes around here to drive out. <br />Well, until I start hooking that is.<br />jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11116663308431251286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13889804.post-91602597567540642912015-07-31T13:28:08.827-05:002015-07-31T13:28:08.827-05:00The curse of gentrification! When we first came to...The curse of gentrification! When we first came to our North London neighbourhood nearly fourteen years ago, it was pretty much a neglected strip of kebab shops and mop'n'bucket emporia, with the 24-hour vibe of dodgy all-night "fruit and veg" stores and brothels. All those outlets (with the exception of the brothels, which unsurprisingly have been raided, although the "girls" are still lurking at weekends) are still in evidence now, of course - along with eighteen hairdresser/barber shops. But the place has been tarted-up and "discovered", more's the pity, by the type of middle-class families with all the pretensions (but priced out of actually living there) of "oh-so-trendy" neighbourhoods such as Camden, Shoreditch or Islington... As a consequence, after a couple of relocations in the area, our rent is now <em>double</em> what we paid when we lived in our first flat. Our income is not. Whether London or New Orleans, it's all going to be unattainable before long. JxJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501010362663971583noreply@blogger.com