What next? Smallpox blankets available at the multiplex?

[boyofbadgers]

"Peckham is the land of the free. It’s like a blank canvas," said Hannah Barry, an enterprising 26-year-old

I suppose you could make a case for this being an unusual outbreak of honesty regarding urban colonisation, but I strongly suspect that she doesn't even realise what she's saying.

(Thanks to alexmacpherson for the link.)

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

My friend Pip once overheard a Camberwell student walk into a nail salon and ask for "ghetto nails" :o

[ms-bracken.livejournal.com]

What is it with the NYTimes and South London (http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/travel/22surfacing.html?scp=1&sq=deptford&st=cse) this year anyway? Or do I just notice these things because I live there?

[lozette.livejournal.com]

I think it's my lack of education showing, but I'm not sure what she's saying either. I just, er, feel the need to comment because I live in / love Peckham. I'm not sure if that's bad or not...?

[tansu.livejournal.com]

I also fucking love the code of "is said to have the capital’s highest concentration of knife crime, hairdressers and gospel churches"

[plumsbitch.livejournal.com]

Grr. Urge to kill... rising...

[friend-of-tofu.livejournal.com]

Peckham, a run-down district of London with low prices and empty industrial spaces

HATE!

And I couldn't actually AFFORD the house I most wanted in Peckham so, er, WTF??

It's only a 'blank canvas' for people who've never been on a bus through there at rush hour...