A Neighborhood with a Bad Reputation. Walking, Drinking and Eating in Brixton

The areas south of the Thames have been tough enough at all times. While in the north political and economic passions were stirring, palaces were being built and museums opened, in the bleak south everything was simple: here the working class lived, working all week in the factories of industrialisation, and spending their weekends over a pint in the pub. Hence all the working class entertainment: alcoholism, prostitution, crime and robbery, which took root around the railway stations and gradually made their way deep into the city. Eventually they managed to creep into an area with one of London's worst reputations, Brixton.
Here even now there are no famous monuments, no beautiful mansions, no expensive shops, only absolute straightforwardness bordering on working class rudeness and perfect multiculturalism, which largely gave rise to rumours of local horrors. The rebirth process doesn't stand still. Locals smile enigmatically when the next mate grimaces when they hear the phrase, "I live in Brixton," and selfishly try to say as little as possible about the area's pros. South London is on the verge of gentrification, which means it already has its quirks, but it hasn't yet attracted the big money and large holdings that can destroy identity. Daria Konurbaeva talks about what to see in the still distinctive Brixton.