Overview

This book is about Bristol's changing face. Written by an author who grew up in the heart of Bristol's ghetto, Palmer sheds light on the supposed 'renovation' that Bristol's poorer quarters have been undergoing. Growing up in Easton's neighbouring Whitehall, he would get into fights, be beaten up, be robbed at the end of a gun barrel, and experience the rough and ready upbringing that youths in these areas face the country over. After returning from university, however, he began to hear that Easton and similarly poor areas like St Pauls and Bedminster were 'up and coming'. To get to the bottom of this claim, Palmer interviews countless people and draws on much research to reveal the shocking reality that faces the type of people he grew up with: rent hikes, snobbery, institutional racism, homelessness, and removal from the communities they once loved.

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His is a reasoned and elegant 'voice from the street'... If you care about cities and want to understand why they have become far too expensive, and if you want to do something about it, then this is the book for you. Dr Tom Slater A superb foray into gentrification in Bristol, rich with instances, class-based situations, and evidence of the gentrifiers mindset.

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Henry Palmer grew up in Whitehall Easton in inner city Bristol. Some of his biggest inspirations when it comes to writing are George Orwell, Oscar Wilde, Lenny Bruce, and ""any of the angry young men writers from the mid-21st century"". He first heard the expression, ""one's reality is the extent of one's vocabulary from Oscar Wilde"", and has found that to be the key motivation of his writing and literature: to convey thoughts that revolutionise and change the mindset of readers and writers alike.

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