White hipsters, not black looters, are now threatening post-riots London
Three years ago, I shouted down young men as they burnt cars on the streets of Hackney, where I live. Now they come in beards and bobble hats instead.
Places such as Kingsland Road and Mare Street have become the trendiest places to be, but that has bought unrest of a different sort. The people who live here are not happy.
There are a lot of issues with the social cleansing that is becoming increasingly evident around here.
I try to keep away from the word 'hipster', and call them trendies instead. But it all means the same: gentrification. This means cleaning an area up and saying if you can’t afford to be here then you have to leave. ...
London belongs to all of us. ...
Really? Does that also go for Tokyo, Mexico City, Lagos, Guatemala City, etc?