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Originally Posted by Rusty van Reddick
These aren't slums- where did you get the idea that these were slums?
Still not a speck of "third world" here. Great pics but I see nothing but trustafarians here.
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Guys trust me, go there and you will see alot of the 'Third World', especially in the many rundown buildings and the poor estates that surround that street (and in typical London tradition, rubbing shoulders right up with the new moneyed set that are buying them up and converting some of them). I did NOT take any pics of the many prostitutes, drug dealers or stolen goods section of the market either (and defo not 'Sex Alley', complete with condoms, human waste and missing clothing).
Look again at what these people are selling - its not all just retro, students and artists, but mixed in the 'stalls' are the desperately poor too:
and the buildings too -its no postcard
overview thanks to MinatoKu:
Neither does the 'Third World' moniker apply to just the poverty of the area, but the
vibrancy, open air markets, streetfood, noise and sheer colour. That is really what I mean when I say 'Third World'.