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More crime in the area, from just this morning: http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,523886

It's fair enough if people don't agree with me, but to tell me to f##k off out of East Dulwich is a bit extreme to say the least. 1. The original poster needs to hear a balanced argument. There is too much of this 'London is great' , 'isn't East Dulwich amazing' on this forum. 2. I suspect that the vicious defensive reactions that I have been subjected to in this thread stem from the fact that the truth hurts. Here we have a bunch of people facing up to the fact that they have proably paid way over the odds for a house / flat in a pleasant but nothing special area that is surrounded by urban decay and deprivation, where there is nothing to do but eat out in restaurants and drink in pubs, there is a high chance of being mugged and daily life is made nearly impossible by a utterly useless public transport system and gridlocked roads. It is difficult to face up to ones mistakes, I have had to and am living with the consequences. 3. I am particularly concerned with Showboat, I will spare him the embarrasment of quoting the private message he has sent me, however I will say this, as a Mancunian, it is my DUTY to be 'racist' to scousers!

Tulse Hill, Brixton and West Norwood not close enough? 1-2 miles is a long way though I suppose. Well here's a couple more, from this very forum in fact.... http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,523127 http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,512348,516939#msg-516939 And a special one for Buggie, (who seems to somehow know who the perpetrators of my perviously listed crimes were, quite how I have no idea), here's a stabbing on Overhill Road, from less than two months ago, that was apparently a completely random attack. http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,489132,495280#msg-495280 To the original poster, I suggest you enter things like 'stabbing' , 'mugging' and 'murder' into this forum's search bar. The ones I have listed are just the tip of the iceberg. Do that and you will reveal this area's true colours.

This site give you a good idea of the scale of crime in the South London area: http://spotcrime.com/uk/london It looks like it relies on user reporting for London which would account for it only showing a fraction of crimes, e.g. the recent violent muggings on Dekker road are not shown, nevertheless it does give a good indication of the frequency of crime in London. What I find shocking is the nature of the crimes shown: 12-8, Brixton road..."A mother and daughter were found stabbed to death..." 01-08, Tulse hill....."A 15 year old was arrested after a man was stabbed 5 times." 2-07, West Norwood..."A 15-year-old boy was stabbed to death outside his school by four men who pulled up outside in a car." It is not I who is living in fantasy land.

For your first two questions, why don't you just come down here and have a look about?! 3. Is this area fairly crime-free? (By this I mean, is it average, or am I moving to one of the rougher areas of London. As I say, new to London (am from Sweden, actually) and I would hate to move to an area that is well known for violent crime, mugging, theft, or general misbehaviour of some local gang or something) London as a whole is the most crime ridden city in Europe, and that's saying something when there is a city full of half a million scousers anout 200 miles up the road. Whilst some parts of the city may be safer than others, nowhere could be described as safe. There were for example recent muggings reported in Dekker road in Dulwich village, one of the most expensive and exclusive areas of the entire city. The area by ED train station is particularly notorious for crime, due to the vast expanse of council housing just over the road and the close proximity of Brixton, Camberwell and Peckham, three of the most deprived neighbourhoods in the whole of the UK. 4. Is East Dulwich generally a nice place to live? Are there nice local amenities like restaurants, pubs, parks, entertainment? Well no to be honest. If your only aim in life is to get drunk, spend your Saturdays stuck in traffic and go to work, then it may suit you. If you are looking for any kind of quality of life, avoid.

I wouldn't touch any of the wild berries round here, if they haven't been pissed on by some filthy mutt they will be so impregnated with pollution, they will be unfit for human consumption.

Same thing happened to me about a year ago, some idiot left ?20 hanging out of a cash machine near brick lane. Bought me my dinner and a couple of beers that night!

How much do houses cost around that area? ?1 million and you still get mugged on the street!

Once found my dog 4 miles from home. Was driving along when I saw this dog in the road, craftily dodging cars to get across. Closer inspection revealed his identity, was amazed! "IN THE CAR, NOW!" I shouted. He sheepishly obliged.

Fair do's, if you can't beat him, join him. Do a deal, get some cones of your own and you, him and the other neighbour can run a cone maffia on the street. All three of you would be guaranteed a parking space and you'd have this 'hardman' backing you up. The long term solution of course is to move out of this dreadful town. If something so simple as parking near to your own house is a daily drama, I think you should take the hint.

Sounds like he was out sniffing for bitches, probably knew exactly what he was doing. Glad to hear he has been re-united with his owners, I recommend them to chop his conkers off, stops the problem instantly.

What kind of arrogant cock does this! 1. Set up hidden cctv / web cam looking at parking space. 2. Move the cones. 3. Park your car there. 3. When the prick either attempts to beat you up or vandalizes your car, the whole thing will be on CCTV, so you can haul him up in court. Out of interest, why are you too scared to move the cones? Be brave, move them and see what happens you bunch of middle class, London softies. You have assumed that this guy is some kind of maniac, I imagine without ever having speaken to him... grow some bones and deal with the situation. If you are a girl,I can understand your fear, if a bloke, you dissapoint me big time.

Please PM me the address of this prick, I will go round there with my henchmen and kick the shit out of him on your behalf. I am not joking.

Good,slap her in irons.

Only two words to describe people who carry knives, COWARDLY SCUM. If you're not hard enough to handle yourself with your bare hands, as is mainly the case with the soft,high pitched voiced, whinging teenages of London, then don't go around carrying knives to back up your wannabe hard man image.

It sickens me that this wretch has tried her scam in front of poor innocent children. For those parents who wish to bring their children up in peace and away from such foul elements of society, there is only one solution. Move out of this vermin infested city! No matter how many hundreds of thousands of pounds you pay for your detached house with garden in Dulwich, you will still be plagued by scum like this plying their deceptive and immoral trade on your doorstep. What kind of foul being picks their festering scabs in order to beg others for a few quid? By all accounts it seems like this particular piece of filth does not have long for this world. Another life wasted.

That thread made for essential reading! Please put it back, with foul language removed!

I think we've spotted our local manager / friend of manager of Dulwich Medical Centre. HonaloochieB,could you give me an example of something that would warrant calling somebody a bunch of c@@nts then? Because if this isn't a classic example, I don't know what is. Only in London would such a 'f###k you' policy not only be dreamed up by an organisation whose remit it is to serve the public, but also backed up by somebody like HonaloochieB. A) You've descended to sack donger's level of language by calling him a w*nker. B) Why do you attempt to belittle the poor guy / gal by drawing attention to a minor spelling mistake, when your own posts are themselves riddled with gramattical mistakes! Your over reaction to dongers use of a naughty word and attempting to intellectually outwit him / her on the oh so important battle ground of spelling are classic examples of middle class pomposity. Now, assumming that you are in some way involved with the running of DMC, rather than further insulting an ill and already wronged patient, take heed from this thread and sort your surgery out! It is quite clear from this thread that a lot of people are more than unhappy with the service it is providing.

They have a problem with answering the phones, also. There was a time last year when I was repeadedly calling in the morning to try to get an appointment, no answer. Most have called about 10 times in the space of half an hour. I ended up having to trapse round there to see them in person. When I was talking to the receptionist I secretly called them on my mobile in my pocket to see what they would do with the resulting ringing phone. Guess what, it went completely ignored, dispite there being several people in the office behind the reception desk. Absolutely pathetic.

You wouldn't happen to be the owner of the secret guitar shop and music emporium would you gez?! The music shop in Brixton on Coldharbour lane has as much stock as the Charring Cross road shops, but is a bit cheaper.

Pointless trying anything in London, you'll be stuck in a traffic jam as soon as you leave the house/office. If not then stopping at red lights every 400m will completely ruin the whole exercise. Worse, if you wear lycra and do it on a racing bike (I assume that will be the case?) you'll end up joining the ranks of those competetive self righteous pillocks that buy themselves an un un-necessarily expensive racing bike just to ride to work, insist on wearing clip in shoes and trying to balance at red lights,bother to actually stand up from their seat when moving off at lights to 'beat' other bikers, curse other riders for getting in the way of their deadly serious 'training' and give cyclists a bad name the city over. You're better off going to the gym or getting one of those indoor training wheel attachments. For a pleasant bike ride your best bet is to get on a train with bike in tow to somewhere like Dorking and have a pleasant un-interrupted ride around the sweet rolling hills of Surrey. With the light evenings at the moment you could probably get there in half an hour after work from Oval station and have a lovely time.

Did you read my post? Operations to catch fare evaders are fair enuff, but when they are conducted in the way this one was / is,i.e. broadcasting their presence from a long way off allowing fare evaders the chance to turn round and escape un-noticed,THEN they become a complete waste of police time and taxpayers money.

What's with the presence at HH station over the last couple of days? Today I counted 6 police and four boneheaded goons. The thing is you can spot the cop's bright yellow outfits as soon as you come down the stairs, about 10m before you get to them and certainly far enough off to turn round without them seeing you. Any fare dodger worth his salt would just turn round and do one! The fact that 3 of the cops were stood leaning against the wall chatting to each other and not even looking at the fiasco that was occurring illustrates just how much of a waste of time this was. A complete and utter waste of taxpayers' money. Whichever inept idiot that is responsible for orchestrating this shambolic operation deserves nothing more than demotion to a job more suited to their intellectual capabilities.

I have encountered this despicable scum at both Brixton and Herne Hill stations. One of many that inhabit the squalid and rancid streets of this decaying and doomed city.

It will have been blown up by now.