I'm Moving to England!

There's not likely to be hostility towards a Canadian though, quite the reverse in fact, as long as you keep your maple-leaf button prominently on display and say "aboot" every other sentence, so they know you're not a Yank

 

This happens everywhere. Williamsburg, Brooklyn used to be like that, and now it's hardly recognisable. Same with Deep Ellum in Dallas; now just high rise yuppie condos...

keep on movin'....

 

Yep. My plan is just to find another place that hasn't yet been destroyed. And when that is destroyed, move on. There's an island here called Saltspring Island and although it's still full of free spirits, it's pretty commercialized. Where families lived in tents on the beach for generations, they're no longer allowed, etc. Development ... Gr.