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Default DLR to Thamesmead



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On Wed, 5 Aug 2020 20:25:36 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
Graeme Wall wrote:
Not heard of gentrification?


I think the concrete wastelands of Thamesmead would be immune from that.
But if they're replaced by smart riverside apartment blocks and leafy low
rise 'executive housing' with 'water festures', they could become quite
desirable.


Compare Canary Wharf in the 80s to now,


Canary Wharf, didn't have 40,000 people to find new homes for before
re-development

Most of the redeveloped land in the dock was disused commercial land



 
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