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Re:How to know if where you live is “up and coming”: fried c... by tfgg on Thursday October 15, 2015 @06:49AM (#10392389)
That's the thing, you'd need to demonstrate how "coffee shop / chicken shop" density correlates with house prices over time, and whether it's a predictor or a lagging indicator. There might be better correlators - art galleries and cocktail bars are probably other good ones, or most effects might be mostly priced in, or house price increases might be mostly related to investment in repairing shoddy properties, etc. etc.

I do think it's a cute way for someone who doesn't know London that well to quickly find likely up-and-coming areas, though and a good starting hypothesis.

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Re:How to know if where you live is “up and coming”: fried c... by robmcm on Thursday October 15, 2015 @08:45AM (#10392767)
I could be that often coffee shops take over old chicken shops given the size and locations.

In London I have observed that gentrification often stems from students living in a cheap area, they make it cool with lots of bars, pubs, events etc.

This attracts graduates, who are typically DINKYs, they then add to the available cash in the area and start buying property. Eventually they have kids and the area becomes more mature and expensive.

The area next on the tube/train line is typically next to get gentrified by the graduates: Clapham -> Balham/Clapham Junction, East Dulwich -> Peckham/Brockley/Forest Hill, Shorditch -> Dalston/Hakney, whilst new students pick new areas, influenced by cheap rent.

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Re:How to know if where you live is “up and coming”: fried c... by willyt on Thursday October 15, 2015 @11:55AM (#10393862)
You'd have to filter for 'trendy' ones though. Something like cocktail bars based out of shipping containers on top of abandoned multi-storey car parks or cocktail bars with the same names as businesses at the same address that used to be shoe shops. :-) Something like that...
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