Definitely been discussed on this subreddit before but I agree with this guy. I have a colleague who lives near Bow and is upset about all the festivals and events that will be in Victoria Park now that the weather is picking up. Sick of people complaining about noise when living in busy parts of a major capital city.
by FontsDeHavilland
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People have been priced out of fun.
Chumps like him are killing nightlife by pricing & contracting out the startup promoters.
Prime example is people moving next to Pubs which have been pubs for century’s – and complaining about the noise. I don’t know what it is, be it post Covid self appointed sheriff-ism, social media rewarding and encouraging people to be more self involved than ever.. I don’t know, but it’s absolutely fucking mental.
Until I moved a few weeks back I lived close by Oxford Circus for a fair few years and was out in Soho multiple nights a week… I can’t tell people how genuinely accurate this is. Soooo many bars that have operated for years (talking multiple decades here) late through the evening, are now getting hounded with noise complaints. It’s madness. You’ve got people moving into Soho with primary school age children?! Then expecting Soho to then become family friendly for them. It’s a whole different level of entitlement (and bad parenting).
I really hate when people have an attitude that they can move know an area and thay the area should then change for them… rather than just finding a suitable area for them to live to their lifestyle.
“These planes are too loud” says the man who moved to Heathrow
By the way this post is not an endorsement of Sacha Lord, but I agree with the sentiment of the video.
There should be a law that say if you move in after something exists, you can’t complain about it unless it gets substantially worse.
The big issue with Vicky park is the privatisation of our public space. Victoria park is the largest piece of public owned land in London, yet it is unusable for the majority of the summer, and even this winter we had Burberry take over a section of it for 2 weeks.
If the Tower Hamlets mayor wasnt so corrupt we’d be likely be more accepting of it, but when it is done to plug a financial hole he has created by populist spending, its fucking rank.
TH is more than happy to let money pour in from the parks free public space, but REFUSES to grant licenses past 11pm on Roman Road, or most parts of the borough – speak to any landlord.
The only people who support it are those that dont live in the local area and understand our local issues.
I’d much rather cancel all the park’s festivals and have a booming club / pub scene on Roman Road, beneath my flat; yet we dont have a single club in the east of the borough.
I refuse to pay £8 for a pint, simples. NO, prices didn’t go up that much, before you try to make me take mu tiny violin out..
They probably had people who moved into the area during Lockdown and the pandemic who thought it would stay that quiet forever, and then got a rude awakening when the bars and clubs reopened and people (ugh) returned. Then they’ll moan about ‘loss of character’ but why would anyone bother paying £10 a pint only to be chucked out at 11 pm?
I went to a very old pub last week somewhere north in zone 2 and the pub garden closed at something like 7, and banned children, smoking/vaping, groups of more than four AND standing, all because a barrister had moved in next door and started suing the shit out of them constantly since moving in. Madness.
Similar issues with people who move into a house next to a Racetrack that has been operating for many decades, and then complain that someone is driving a noisy car. That’s bizarre behaviour
The worst is Notting Hill complainers imho
Living in Manchester City centre must be grim
My favourite bar in London has a noise device up near the ceiling that cuts the power to the DJ when it exceeds a certain threshold. I assume it was put in place by the council to reduce noise levels from local resident complaints. Whenever it’s triggered, the first person to jump up and hit a button that resets the fuse and restarts the music gets a free drink.
London nightlife has always sucked compared to places like New York in regards to late night opening hours.
Ok, it must be my turn to say that he is mistaken about London being dead at 10.30. It is in fact bustling and there are loads of places if you know where to look, and also Soho is hardly central London is it? /s
Sorry but Manchester is not bouncing Monday through Sunday lol
7-8 quid a pint I don’t blame anyone knocking it on the head early
Random person moved onto my dad’s road in London and got a pub that had been there for hundreds of years shut down. The landlord who has operated that pub as a freehouse for decades booted out of the community because one person who had just arrived complained about the noise.
Absolute NIMBY bastards the lot of them.
How many bars or clubs in Soho have actually been forced to close or limit their hours because the council wants them to be quieter?
Every story I’ve ever seen about noise complaints seem to say:
– People have complained about the noise
– The council visited and found a bunch of other violations not related to noise
– The bar is still operating as it was before.
Can’t think of any examples of places shuttered because they make too much noise, nevermind an ongoing trend of this happening.
Honestly I’d say the same thing about all these road restrictions in south east London too. You’re moving to the biggest city in Western Europe but you don’t think cars (other than your own) should be allowed to drive down the street you live on? Like who do you think you are?
“Don’t live in soho”
I mean, where else would I spend my £69,420 monthly income for rent?? You’re kidding me