Rua do Bemformoso

25 Nov

A estreita rua que corre na direcção norte-sul, liga o Martim Moniz – notório pelo comércio imigrante, lojas de roupa Chinesas, mercearias Indianas, cabeleireiros Africanos – ao Intendente – anteriormente associado ao narcotráfico e à prostituição, mas que se tem vindo a hipsterizar – tornou-se nos últimos anos a base de várias comunidades imigrantes, particularmente do sub-continente Indiano. Como tal, restaurantes Bangladeshi, talhos halal e alfaiates Paquistaneses tornaram-se comuns na Rua do Bemformoso, que também alberga dúzias de estudantes Erasmus da Europa, à procura de rendas acessíveis e envolventes exóticas numa Lisboa cada vez mais cara.

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The narrow street that runs in the north-south direction, connects Martim Moniz – an area notorious for immigrant-owned businesses such as Chinese clothing stores, Indian grocers, African hairdressers – to Intendente square – priorly associated with drug trafficking and prostitution, that has since been hipsterizing itself – has become, in the latest years, home to immigrant communities, mostly from the Indian sub-continent. As such, Bangladeshi restaurants, halal butchers and Pakistani tailor shops became a common sight in the Bemformoso street, which also houses dozens of European Erasmus students looking for affordable rents and exotic surroundings in an increasingly expensive city.

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