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London's Notting Hill is famous for Portobello Road market and its annual carnival - the biggest street party in Europe. Today it is a rich area, but, like many neighbourhoods in big cities, its character has changed over time. Originally, it was built in the mid-nineteenth century as a new development for professionals and upper-class people, but it was right next to one of the roughest parts of the city, where there were very poor houses, criminals and even pig farms. Because of this, many of the lovely new houses built on Portland Road, on the edge of the neighbourhood, could not be sold and were rented cheaply to poorer people.
