The Gentrification Of Brixton: Find Out What Has Really Changed

A Shocking Transformation

Alex Mark from UPROXX took an adventure to Brixton, London one of the capital’s most vibrant and multicultural neighborhoods to answer one question. Does gentrification always have to be a negative? Since it tends to have that reputation.

If you haven’t heard anything about Brixton, it’s important to know that Pop Brixton is a community initiative that has transformed this huge plot of land into a pioneering space that showcases the most exciting independent businesses from Brixton and we have to say it’s pretty cool! Brixton is a fascinating community as it is a working class borough of London with a large Caribbean community.

So before the recent process of gentrification, Brixton was infamous for its long history of crime, high unemployment and racial tension which ripped the community apart. People were intimidated by the area, but now it has transformed.