Unsurprisingly, as money is pumped into East London (around the site of London 2012 Olympics), property prices are rising and those locals who are at the bottom end of the economic pecking order are being displaced by a slow but steady wave of gentrification.
The legacy of the games, as espoused by the politcians, was meant to be that of improving the living conditions and environment etc of the local population.
The reality is that those who are disadvantaged will be displaced.
Not exactly the legacy that they were promised.
Olympic Medals won during the Beijing 2008 Olympics
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