{"id":10994,"date":"2011-10-15T04:59:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T21:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-derry\/"},"modified":"2016-04-20T10:29:08","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T03:29:08","slug":"lets-move-to-derry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-derry\/","title":{"rendered":"Let's move to: Derry"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIts true beauty is shining through at lastWhat’s going for it? I’ve never seen paving slabs like them. This city is awash in a new carpet of stone, glinting in the autumn sun. Derry (or Londonderry, depending on your position) is reborn. Streets have been repainted, buildings restored, red ribbons cut. Not that a lick of paint and a paving slab is going to erase the past, still all around in the geography of what broadcaster Gerry Anderson calls Stroke City on account of that grammatical and historical slash between Derry\/Londonderry and its two communities. Bogside is still there. The 17th-century walls of the city are still there. But this is a\u00a0city that’s turned a corner or two. It\u00a0looks almost normal, and that’s the key. In\u00a02013 it becomes the UK’s City of Culture, and the optimism is\u00a0palpable. Sure, it’s a delicate transition, and people have laboured to stitch it together, but it’s paying off. Derry\/Londonderry’s true beauty is shining through at last.The case against The obvious: the Troubles still simmer, as evidenced by the bombing last week outside the City of Culture office. Despite recent investment, it’s still on its uppers. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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