It's fascinating to see 'buying a house in Erskineville' referred to as a fairytale. I remember once telling my Gran, who grew up in Sydney and the Blue Mountains in the 1920s and 1930s (before moving to Perth in the late 1940s) that Erskineville was considered a nice place to live and even fashionable and she was stunned. She remembered it as an 'absolute slum', terrible to look at even from the train. Urban character that NIMBYs are so keen to preserve has always been subject to change, usually for the better.
It's fascinating to see 'buying a house in Erskineville' referred to as a fairytale. I remember once telling my Gran, who grew up in Sydney and the Blue Mountains in the 1920s and 1930s (before moving to Perth in the late 1940s) that Erskineville was considered a nice place to live and even fashionable and she was stunned. She remembered it as an 'absolute slum', terrible to look at even from the train. Urban character that NIMBYs are so keen to preserve has always been subject to change, usually for the better.
Righteous anger is a good colour on you.