London culture is dead. What killed it?

Hoodrats like Abdulkarim

Seriously when I look at the culture,the arrogance,the swagger we had and how bad things have turned out I think its a damn shame tbh.

For me london will always be at the forefront when it comes to fashion and music etc but it seems we've lost our soul.

For instance look at the 90s and early 00s and then compare that era with our current era.

We had our own "fairly thriving music industry.
the drum n bass era,uk garage, the grime scene

There was a core underground element as well.

We had pirate radio stations,illegal raves,Soundsystem Culture and thats just the music.

The other thing we had was our own look,our own style. -
matching pattern Moschino outfits, Versace, Iceberg,akidemiks,ralph lauren polos,evisu jeans,D&G,burberry caps this was before the ('chavs' got hold of it), Nike TNs,Reebok Workouts,the odd new era hat,nike caps etc.
no one ever sported these brands the way we did in the 90s/early 00s

We even had a bit of a Car Culture -
when we all got our first cars people were getting the ****test cars and fixing them up. fitting new exhausts, big alloys etc,black tints etc.

We had our own slang, the cockney accent with the occasional black street slang word being thrown in

now what have we got

Hipsters with beards?
Wanna be essex boys with gel in their hair.
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there is no culture any more

who killed it

Immigration

This is how I dress

Well the top and the shoes are nice.
Oh and the face.

are you kidding, london still has all that, it's just changed.

stop fantasizing about the past, it's making you blind, seriously. you're just fixated on how things once were. now that some things have gone out of fashion, london culture has died apparently. are you listening to yourself?? contemplate for a good long time before you make another thread.

Lol mate what about the trousers? Parachute capris!

We had our own "fairly thriving music industry.
the drum n bass era,uk garage, the grime scene

They just want to be American. Plus how many good albums actually came from these combined? I can only think of one and that's Dizzee Rascal's first. Mike Skinner on his own has done more than that.

If you compare it to other cities and the trends they've set it's actually poor in comparison.

So solid crew? artful dodger? dj luck n mc neat, ms dynamite?

I'm aware of the acts. More Fire Crew, Pay As U Go, Roll Deep, Oxide & Neutrino... I grew up on it all.

There are no good albums between them, it's pretty poor, Dizzee's is the only one. They just want to be American. The early guys actually used American accents.

its "Changed" is another word for we have lost our identity and the culture is fading.
We are no longer trendsetters were once were face it.