{"id":77374,"date":"2018-01-19T23:30:28","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T16:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-finnieston-glasgow-youll-struggle-to-find-a-lampshade-in-the-modish-new-nitespots\/"},"modified":"2018-01-20T00:03:14","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T17:03:14","slug":"lets-move-to-finnieston-glasgow-youll-struggle-to-find-a-lampshade-in-the-modish-new-nitespots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-finnieston-glasgow-youll-struggle-to-find-a-lampshade-in-the-modish-new-nitespots\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Finnieston, Glasgow: \u2018You\u2019ll struggle to find a lampshade in the modish new nitespots\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMove there and open something useful. With no cocktails in jam jarsWhat\u2019s going for it? Bare lightbulbs. Yes, yes, I know they\u2019re very fashionable right now, thank you very much. I have read Living Etc. But, at the risk of sounding like my late granny, what\u2019s wrong with a lampshade? Once upon a time, bare lightbulbs in a window might have indicated poverty or dereliction. Now they mean quite the opposite. You\u2019ll struggle to find a lampshade in the windows of the modish new nitespots on Argyle Street, aka the Strip. Finnieston is yet another tale of gentrification. Where once dockworkers had their fish supper, yuppies\/dinkys\/hipsters\/whatevs now eat octopus with blood orange and drink in gin bars; where there were once actual docks, there are now \u201cluxury\u201d (you might want to speed-dial trading standards with that word) apartments. With wearying inevitability, last year saw Finnieston third in the UK for property price rises, at 14%. So perhaps it\u2019s a case of let\u2019s not move to. Or, if you do, maybe open something useful. With lampshades. And no cocktails in jam jars.The case against The much-documented problems of gentrification. The Clydeside half by the Expressway can feel bleak, unpopulated and Anywheresville. Few affordable options if you have a family. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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