| Comment | > This is causing overpopulation
What do you mean?
> long-standing businesses in Partick (shops, restaurants etc) are having to shut down
Why on earth does having more people in the area mean places have to shut down? Surely if the area is 'overpopulated' this means more trade, not less
> being replaced by East Asian restaurants and shops
I recommend you never visit St Georges Cross or Pollockshaws
> I don't mean this to sound racist at all
Then you could have just said 'international' students, because it really isn't just east asians coming to study here, it's just that they're the most obviously foreign.
> A large part of Partick's identity is in it's local business
But I note you're not complaining about Celinos, Fika, Partick Duck Club, West Barbers, Cafe Monza, etc etc etc or all the other businesses which have 'pushed out' established places recently but are run by white people. The area is gentrifying fast due to housing pressures and the international student population is but a small part of that.
I mean, you've got a couple of small chinese shops and 3 or 4 restaurants appeared over about the last 5 years. That's hardly a cultural hegemony.
Go and eat some dumplings and chill out. Maybe even try talking to some of your new neighbours. |
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