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Louisa

Louisa

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What I find funny in the North/South debate is that Bromley, which I guess could and should still be considered SE London, is the third wealthiest postal district in the Gtr London area. It also is one of the most rural and one of the most affluent. But the good old folk of ED who like sitting outside trendy bars and cafes thinking they are in Kensington fail to notice this. North London has the central belt on it's side, but apart from the really crappy inner sections of the south side, the suburbs are far wealthier south of the river than they are north. East London is a horrid place, with a beacon of hope in Shoreditch and Hoxton (for the young trendies), while west/north west London is just a suburban sprawl of nothingness. At least we maintain our ancient villages south of the river and remain relatively green compared to the north side. We also have wealthy Surrey and Kent bordering us, as opposed to chavy Essex and grotty Hertfordshire.


Louisa.

*Bob*

*Bob*

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I'm surely it (Bromley) has it's wealthy parts, but then so does Guildford - and I don't want to live there either. Or Kingston. Or Richmond. Or New Malden, or Croydon and definitely not Mitcham.


These are suburban towns outside London, not suburbs of London - despite what it says on the map. I've got plenty of time to live somewhere like that when I'm old, fat, bald, wear pink jumpers with a rhomboid pattern in summer, barbour jackets in winter, trapped in a loveless marriage and don't have any friends.

PeckhamRose

PeckhamRose

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Bromley is in Kent. I never think of Bromley in London.


Anyway, so I have to say - as someone whose work takes them all over London regularly, and mostly back streets not just main roads - I would have to say that South London has a lot more, and nicer, small areas. Difficult to explain this one, but here's a small example: I worked with someone last week who said he lived in Walthamstow Village. When I asked him for street names, I realised the area he was referring to. Village my arse. It's just a row of streets boundaried by main roads. Only estate agents called it Village. Nothing at all special about it. But there are many such small areas in north London which are equally not that special (and I mean outside of the obvious Hampstead Kilburn type sprawls).


Yet when someone drives up Lordship Lane and sees the little independent shops, or drives into Nunhead and sees the Green and the little independent shops, or even around Lee, or even that small area (Bolingbroke?) south of Clapham, they just seem to look nicer and stand alone. Difficult to describe! I'll have another coffee and come back to this.

TradingDownFromE8

TradingDownFromE8

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Yeah, you get none of those little independant shops and communities north of the river, certainly not in H******y.


Broadway Market, Stoke Newington Church Street, Hoxton, Victoria Park north side. No vibrant atmosphere or quality independant shops to see there. No siree.


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DaveR

DaveR

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In London, you find the neighbourhood that suits your current lifestyle (and deep-seated prejudices) and stick with it, until something changes (bit more cash, wife, kids, new found love of shopping centres etc.) and then you move on. But each step along the way you insist that there is nowhere else you'd rather live.
Nicholas

Nicholas

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Tony.London Suburbs

Tony.London Suburbs

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Nicholas/Honk/TLS/Asset...who said what to whom...?

Horsebox

Horsebox

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He was like "Yo" and she was like "Woah! No way" and I was like "Whatever."

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