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Is this now the grooviest bit of Stroud Green?
Apparently, this is where you can almost touch the trendy in Stroud Green now....
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Immediately to the left of the photo you often have a down-and-out or three just around the corner, sitting on either side of the walkway and sipping their Tennent's; Turn left past the coffee shop at the far end in this picture to see where drug-dealers and skunk smokers congregate in the evening. Not exactly civilised European café culture, is it? I'd rather have an airport or four-lane motorway there than encourage that lot!
Bacchus is in a poor location, particularly that end-unit where for many years one business has failed after another. I've had a glass or two inside, where it's pretty bare, but I wouldn't hazard sitting outside, imagining the risk of a run-by phone or bag theft on foot or bike.
Still, I'd love to see Bacchus thrive (and redecorate!), and the "piazza" (give me strength!) become pedestrianised and salubrious (i.e., free of sociopaths). I just can't see it happening with our current demographics.
I often feel that if we're given and use nice areas, then the undesirable elements you note, won't hang out there. If decent people vacate the space and don't bother to use them then obviously that happens.
I feel there's a few crappy bits of Stroud green that bring the whole area down - Tesco should make an effort to green the area in front of their shop and the two car washes should be closed down immediately. Then the local community can use the space like they use the rest of it!
That Big Yellow one has been there as long as I can remember, and is always busy, so looks to me like a successful business... Why would the proprietor want to close it down?
The owners and workers make no effort to clean the pavement (with dirt and pollution they are putting onto it and into the gutters), repair any of the broken down boarding or stop their customers parking on the pavement.
I think we're too used to everything being run down, I think you don't realise. I'm not a hipster but I just want to live in a nice area where the whole community can be proud to live in.
Here's some catnip for angry posters/north london liberal hipsters, I blame a decade of tory cuts - ask one of the two policemen who look after stroud green what affects them most, its lack of resources - and that lack of resource creates an environment where anti-social behaviour festers.
Likewise my mate who is in a wheelchair had to just wait for a car to be washed before he could get by.
Of course there are decent people from all walks of life and it's got nothing to do with being better washed or clothed, the thing is not everyone is good or decent, including some of the down and outers.
Maybe I need to get out more, but I've never been mugged, assaulted or intimidated by middle-class 40 somethings.
If you have never been mugged by middle-class 40 somethings can you tell me the name of your bank please?
I agree with this:
"I'm a great believer in urban environments influencing behaviour and I think if stuff is too run down, people feel less happy and are more likely to be aggressive and degrade the environment even more (i.e. dump and piss everywhere); I don't know if people share that idea, but if the road was more looked after people would enjoy it more - I'm talking about everybody in the community not just yummy mummies and hipsters. "
and this
"I blame a decade of tory cuts - ask one of the two policemen who look after stroud green what affects them most, its lack of resources - and that lack of resource creates an environment where anti-social behaviour festers."
I would definitely encourage you to message your local councillors and MPs with your concerns, doesn't need to be a long message, but you can easily do this on https://www.writetothem.com/ if you don't have your local councillors addresses. However around the Bridge, the councillors in neighbouring wards are:
Asima Shaikh, Gary Heather, Mick O'Sullivan, Eldridge Culverwell, Kirsten Hearn, Daniel Stone, Ibrahim Emine. I think that covers it.
I'm sorry therattle, that SG is getting increasingly unpleasant, is there anything specific you're referring to?