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London's most desirable locations to live have been identified in a new Sunday Times guide.

The top five are listed as Richmond, Chiswick, Dulwich, Balham and Muswell Hill.


http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/new-guide-lists-londons-best-places-to-live-8533896.html



Winner announced on Sunday :)

I am guessing Dulwich - but, for me, it depends on age range. Friends of mine (30's) live in Dulwich but spend most time in ED. Their neighbours (60+) never leave Dulwich. I have lived in Acton and now live in ED so I can always sit back and think I nearly made it ;-)

numbers Wrote:

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> Peckham was featured as THE place to live in the

> Telegraph's weekend magazine, to be honest, it

> looked more like they were just focussing on the

> Bellenden Road area.


Funny how Bellenden Road Desparately wants to be part of East Dulwich..


...But is happy to be part of Peckham as soon as Peckham gets any Good Press.


Fox.

DulwichFox wrote:


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>>Funny how Bellenden Road Desparately wants to be part of East Dulwich..


...But is happy to be part of Peckham as soon as Peckham gets any Good Press.



What is the evidence for this? Does the road have its own consciousness? And do you not know how to spell 'desperately'?

swissjoel, why do you live in ED if you don't like it? And if you don't like ED, why are you on the forum?


Oh, and I realise your comment about white people may well have been deliberately provocative, but either way, it's still a fucking stupid thing to say.

swissjoel Wrote:

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> East Dulwich is a DULL place to live. No soul, too

> many prams and white (upper) middle class

> wannabes.



How do you become a middle class wannabe? I drive a Toyota, bang on about house prices and insist on the occasional Ocado delivery to liven up my dull life of working in the City and dealing with young kids.... Am I middle class or just a middle class wannabe? And how could I tell one way or the other?


And you are probably right... ED is probably boring for those who aren't middle class and / or don't have a pram... Although I'd heard that there is a right good laugh to be had at Bar Boho after 11pm (can't validate that though as am usually in bed)


:-)

swissjoel Wrote:

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> East Dulwich is a DULL place to live. No soul, too

> many prams and white (upper) middle class wannabes.


It always amazes me that people that would never, ever say "there's too many black people around here" can happily type this rubbish.

Gimme Wrote:

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> swissjoel Wrote:

> -n------------------------------------------------

> ------

> > East Dulwich is a DULL place to live. No soul,

> too

> > many prams and white (upper) middle class

> > wannabes.

>

>

> How do you become a middle class wannabe? I drive

> a Toyota, bang on about house prices and insist on

> the occasional Ocado delivery to liven up my dull

> life of working in the City and dealing with young

> kids.... Am I middle class or just a middle class

> wannabe? And how could I tell one way or the

> other?

>

> And you are probably right... ED is probably

> boring for those who aren't middle class and / or

> don't have a pram... Although I'd heard that there

> is a right good laugh to be had at Bar Boho after

> 11pm (can't validate that though as am usually in

> bed)

>

> :-)


I think you just proved his point. The way you describe your life, it does seem rather dull


:-)

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