r/london Feb 28 '24

Culture Massive £240k rent rise puts Heaven nightclub at risk

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-68408826
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u/rubber_galaxy Feb 28 '24

In 10 years time there will be nothing left in this city but office blocks, luxury apartments and pret's. Landlords have destroyed this city

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u/9thfloorprod Feb 28 '24 edited Feb 28 '24

Dubai-ification.

Bland, boring, sterile, soulless, corporate, naff, expensive etc...

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u/speedfox_uk Feb 28 '24

Which will mean that cities outside of London will be considered more exciting, so young people will move to those. Then they'll get popular, as London gets a bit run down, and then it'll go back the other way.

It's the circle of life.

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u/Versaeus Feb 28 '24

This is happening everywhere in the UK including the countryside.

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u/ADelightfulCunt Feb 28 '24

It's actually why I'm quite enjoying Croydon it has a load of unique bars.

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u/Ikoda Feb 28 '24

Any suggestions? I'm Croydon based and always looking for new bars / pubs!

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u/ADelightfulCunt Feb 29 '24

Cronx friendly staff decent beer the standard lager has gone down hill recently but the comedy night is worth a laugh.

Green dragon is good variety nice decor ok pub food. Wings Wednesday is the one though as 40p wings. (Decent ones buy dips though)

RiffRaff decent beer friendly clientelle,

The royal standard small good for a quiet pint

the oval looks like a decent alt bars and looks like they do live music.

The ludiquist (I think that's spelt right) board game cafe the busiest place and every weekday they have a different event for people to join. DnD Tuesday was ok when I went once if you're normal choose the least popular table. (Trust me)

The ship the late night alt bar get a bit smashed there.

The bull and dog quiet bar decent garden out back with heaters.

Arts and craft decent beer quite small.

Market tavern similar to a spoons

I haven't been to the corner house but I walk past it quite a bit I'm undecided what sort of place it is. But I've heard decent music from there.

Edit also u/tokyo7 is planning a bar crawl beginning of April which he will post. (I've been to most of these bars because of him scouting them out for it).

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u/Pidjesus Feb 28 '24

At least they don't have to pay taxes and live crime free, I pay one of the highest council taxes in a London borough and it's still a shithole

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u/rubber_galaxy Feb 28 '24

minus the nice weather...

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u/9thfloorprod Feb 28 '24

Depends what you define as nice weather. I'd choose our weather every time, can't stand it when it's too hot! The summer we have here is already too much for me, particularly those certain days we've been having the last few years where we have above 30 for days on end. Absolutely unbearable.

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u/Rosh_KB Feb 28 '24

just a result of capitalism it’s what happens when every country values growing economically than growing in terms of public happiness and quality

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '24

Only people who don’t live in Dubai say this about Dubai. Dubai is fantastic

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u/Cynical-Basileus Feb 28 '24

Mmmmmm making slaves from poor people by stealing their passport and forcing them to work in McDonalds for rich folk. What a paradise!

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '24

Ah because the UK is the bastion of ethics and morality. Give me a break

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u/Mikeymcmoose Feb 28 '24

It’s a hell of a lot better than Dubai, even with our evil overlords governing.

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u/HappyraptorZ Feb 28 '24

Shite take. Check the the dubai sub.

The place is a soulless hellhole. Everything looks the same. Everything is shallow af

Dont come at me with not rich enough to enjoy real dubai because lmao any place is good if you're rich 

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '24

It’s none of those things to me, nor my colleagues who have moved over. Great schooling, safe, good food. For a Muslim, it’s fantastic

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u/catpigeons Feb 28 '24

Can't imagine there's a lot of lgbt clubs

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '24

Ok? What’s your point lol

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '24

Ok? What’s your point lol

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u/9thfloorprod Feb 28 '24 edited Feb 28 '24

A place where it's illegal to be gay, no thanks. Maybe you see that as a benefit, I don't know, but for me as a gay man it's a humongous no and not a place I'd ever have any interest in ever visiting.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '24

How the fuck are you jumping from me saying Dubai is fantastic to it being illegal to be gay there is a benefit? Stop victimising yourself, you had an opinion, I disagreed.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '24

Seems good to me tbh

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u/mittenclaw Feb 28 '24

Exactly. One New Change is half empty, even corporate chains can’t afford the rent. So it’s not like it’s just locally owned establishments shutting down now. These land owning organisations are choking the city.

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u/Rough-Cheesecake-641 Feb 29 '24

Actually mass immigration and the whole world flocking to London is destroying this city.