Hi Simon, That last paragraph encapsulates what I had in mind when I said in another thread
On the other hand, seeing Exarcheia primarily as an ‘anarchist zone’ would be the view of a moral panic inducing media frenzy that precedes a police operation 
. I’ve only been as a visitor, but Exarcheia has been many things: a live music hotspot (An club etc.), a bookshop paradise, and other things you would expect from a neighbourhood close to university buildings.