Comment on Discussion Thread đ˛ Saturday 5 April 2025
tone212_@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠agoItâs changed a lot, the signs of gentrification all over but the old Footscray is still very much there. Itâs a unique place.
Comment on Discussion Thread đ˛ Saturday 5 April 2025
tone212_@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠agoItâs changed a lot, the signs of gentrification all over but the old Footscray is still very much there. Itâs a unique place.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
itâs so run down itâs scary and sad
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Used to go there a bit when I was a teen (over 30 years ago). It was very Asian and cool back then, not a worrying place to be. Some of those shops were grouse, not at all like the plastic-filled $2 shops of now, with exotic and niche goods. The only time I went there recently with the kids we were on the tram that goes through there and a messed up guy (drugs) got on and asked every person on the tram for money while intermittently ranting. Other people got on and off the tram who were of a similar disposition. Kids were not impressed. He then got off the tram at an intersection and I had to distract the kids from looking out the window because he weaved over to a light pole, pulled out his Richard in broad daylight and started peeing on it.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Yeah it somehow feels more gentrified and less safe now. Now head there for Cheaper by Miles. And thereâs a slow food market in west Footscray once a month. But thatâs about it âŚcom.au/âŚ/slofo-wefo-farmers-market/
dumblederp@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨weeks⊠ago
Reminds me of St Kilda in the 80s.