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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Cat Olley

Why I live in Thornton Heath: Yomi Adegoke on the south London area that’s ‘holding out’ against gentrification

My family moved to West Croydon when I was two, so when I decided to move out a few years ago I saw it as my chance to escape the area.

Call it Stockholm syndrome, but I couldn’t leave. I’m a suburban girl and I’ve got a lot of memories here.

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