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[โ€“] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There was (maybe still is) a cake shop in Southgate, North London. About a minute from my old flat.

The cakes in the window display rarely changed, if ever.

The guy running it looked like if you imagine the toughest prisoner at a prison, only wearing an apron.

About 50/50 whether the glass would be smashed whenever you walked past.

It was often "open" and had people coming in and out of it at 2-3am when I came back from nights out.

And there was a drive-by shooting right in that area while I lived there, that I always assumed was related. ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like half of London could be listed here. Everyone knows about the American candy shops around Oxford St. I live in South London and every other shop is a vape shop or mobile phone accessory/repair shop. Not saying they are all fronts but they feel like it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The fact that vape and phone accessory shops are often combined into one is particularly fishy...

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Lately I've been seeing CBD and vape products get added to the shelves of small local businesses that are otherwise unrelated. Like a small consignment store that specializes in kids clothing (i love that place because I can replace my kids entire wardrobe when they hit a growth spurt for about $100)

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's a movie idea right there, starring Vinnie Jones and Matt Berry