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Got those London too. I believe at some point there used to be seven “American Candy Land” shops on the same one mile on Oxford Street. I think they replaced the shops selling cheap tourist trinkets and souvenirs that used to be all over the place.

Min you, not only is rent on Oxford Street horrifically expensive, but they all sprouted over Covid where, contrary to tourist trinkets, they could claim to be providing an ‘essential’ service as they’re technically selling food. And the Oxford Street location allows them to claim absurd amounts of foot traffic without anyone batting an eye (despite the stores mostly being empty).

Also they tend to change ownership every year so they don’t have to file tax statements to HMRC.

Edit=foot traffic, not food traffic…

As mentioned using a metonym makes the article more engaging by avoiding repetition. But I want to point out that it is often not the Capital per se that is being referenced but the city parliament is seated in.

For instance, the Netherlands’ parliament is based out of The Hague, so it would be odd to reference to Amsterdam (the capital) when referencing it’s government as there is no clear link with that city. Similarly, you don’t often see London referenced in this regard, more likely Westminster, an area within London.

The worst kind of slave owners were those who were kind to their slaves, and so prevented the horror of the system being realised by those who suffered from it - Oscar Wilde

First time reading your ‘rant’ - love it! Keep it up!