soho + causeway coast (CS)

Question 1

key challenges in victorian london

Answer 1

• Population explosion
• Economic growth but wealth concentrated with the bourgeoisie ; poor lived in slums.
• poor living conditions
• Sanitation crisis
• Life expectancy
• threats

Question 2

Population explosion

Answer 2

from 1 to 6 million, driven by the Industrial Revolution

Question 3

Poor living conditions

Answer 3

children worked, dangerous factory conditions, and coal-fired power stations.

Question 4

Sanitation crisis

Answer 4

Raw sewage in the Thames, leading to disease outbreaks (Cholera, Smallpox, Typhoid).

Question 5

Threats

Answer 5

High crime, vagrancy (wandering homeless), drunkenness, and prostitution.

Question 6

How were the issues of Victorian London addressed?

Answer 6

Proper sewage system built along the embankment.

Metropolitan Police founded in 1829 to improve law and order.

New homes built for working-class people.

Wealthy areas like Regent Street and Belgravia maintained separately from slums.

Sanitation and medical improvements spurred by cholera mapping and medical research.

Question 7

How did Soho evolve from Victorian times to today?

Answer 7

Historically: Known for poverty, prostitution, and an edgy Bohemian vibe.
+ now known for john snow

Cultural hub: Important for LGBTQ+ communities and John Snow’s epidemiology work.

Gentrification: Soho became a successful media and shopping district (e.g., Carnaby Street).

Now home to major companies like Snapchat, Sir Paul McCartney’s HQ, and Agent Provocateur.

Question 8

What challenges does Soho face today?

Answer 8

• Gentrification: Increased rents are pushing out long-time migrants and making it too expensive for young people.
• Crossrail: Makes Soho more accessible, but also brings in more tourists, impacting the area’s “special feel.”
• Council’s goals: Westminster City Council aims to make Soho cleaner and safer.
• Big Tech presence: Investors and companies like Snapchat set up HQs, but this increases inequality.

Question 9

the positive features that contribute to the ‘rural idyll’ in Northern Ireland

Answer 9

• tranquility
• natural landscapes ; rugged coastlines, Giants causeway (basalt columns tied to legend of finn mccool)
• Cultural heritage: Small historic towns like Old Bushmills with traditional whiskey production
• Some prosper : Increased for some due to tourism and local enterprise.
• Agricultural life: Potato & beef farming, kelp harvesting, and marginal mining/fishing.

Question 10

the challenges that counter the idea of a perfect rural lifestyle (‘myth of the idyll’

Answer 10

• Community services in decline, marginalising elderly and other groups.
• Tourism issues: Seasonal traffic, congestion, pollution, and perceived safety concerns (e.g. overcrowded bus stops)
• Seasonal, low-paid jobs with little stability.
• Inflated house prices: Second homes and Airbnb raise local costs.
• overlapping traditions + sectarian divides
• Agricultural smells and isolation may deter some.
• Narrow economic base – limited opportunities.