Places in London not wort a visit

[blainiac]

Wood Green is the pits (esp. Wood Green Shopping City which is just vile), followed swiftly by Palmers Green, Bounds Green -basically anywhere with a Green in it - quite fond of Golders though for nostalgia reasons

[bignumber5]

All the bits of london that aren't really london but pretend to be - Bromley & Sidcup (north kent), Croydon & Sutton (north surrey), whatever the south essex equivalents are etc...

And Dalston. Fairly certain there are no actual buildings, just traffic that finally gave up and died.

[daizie]

what about beckenham? doesnt everyone want to move there?

[bignumber5]

took me 18 years to get out...

[Moos]

Shit, I've lived in Dalston and Loughborough Junction, and now I live in Peckham.

I appear to be terminally misguided.

[Brendan]

You?ve lived in a station?

[bignumber5]

I'd say Dalston to L.Junct to Peckham shows a course of steady improvement, so pathologically misguided but with a potential for full recovery, rather than terminally... ;-)

[daizie]

anyone know wallington, would a move there be wise?

[Moos]

Brendan, it was a bad few years.

BN5, I'm not moving to East Dulwich, and you can't make me.

[bignumber5]

Reassesment: initial improvements noted, but now plateau'd - will be able to get by, but full recovery now appears unlikely...

[SeanMacGabhann]

daizie - I have friends and relatives down Wallington way. It's ooooohkaaaaay in the "suburb of Croydon down at heels" type of place it is but there is no reason why one whould choose it above anywhere else

[daizie]

i spent yesterday there sean, old town hall woodcote rd, and there seemed a really pleasant community feel to that part of wallington not down at heel at all, reminded me a bit of stepping back in time,

[sophiesofa]

My colleague lives in Wallington and I've visited once, it seems to be quite a family place and he likes it and can get the train into town fine on most days. Houses are cheaper too!

[Brendan]

Yeah but (and this was the exact argument my wife used when we were considering moving that way to be closer to her business) just think of how often you would have to go to Croydon.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Seem to remember the Dog & Duck [Youngs] was worth commuting to Croydon for.

[flapjackdavey]

Townleygreen Wrote:

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> Abbey Wood, Plumstead, Dagenham, Barking, Romford,

> Hornchurch, Ilford, Leyton, Southall, Feltham,

> Uxbridge, Merton, Brent, Harlesden, Wembley,

> Walthamstow, Leytonstone, Thornton heath, Penge,

>

> god, there are so many ghastly places!

blimey ... is there anywhere in London you actually like ?

though I do agree Thornton Heath is a bit of shithole ! NEWHAM ... East Ham in particular . all the streets look identical .. good Dosa cafe near the station though . Plumstead is weird , the Common is interesting .

[Sue]

At least it's not Alton (?)

:))

[Sue]

Thornton Heath is not a shithole, it's quite near IKEA :)-D

[charliecharlie]

North London.... (said only to remind people from North London how stupid they sound when the say "there is nothing in South London worth visiting"...)

yes... I know it's the middle the night but I can't sleep..... aahhhhh

http://www.infoniac.com/uimg/adolescent-insomnia.jpg

[????]

..blast from the past - any of these changed since or any new ones? Yes, I'm bored.

[Robert Poste's Child]

Since then Peckham has completed its arrival, Forest Hill is now something first-time buyers can only dream of and I'm told Deptford is pretty happening now. Haven't been to see for myself, obviously.

I would say that the South Bank is now no longer worth visiting unless you love crowds and eating overpriced food standing up.

[*Bob*]

East Dulwich can now be added to the list, obviously.

Everyone knows it peaked in 2010 / 2006 / 1998 (delete as applicable depending on which year you moved here)

[*Bob*]

.. or which year you moved away

[miga]

Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> I would say that the South Bank is now no longer

> worth visiting unless you love crowds and eating

> overpriced food standing up.

Disagree - fun for grown ups, fun for kids, such dense cultural content too (NT, BFI, Royal Phil, Meltdown), plus the freebies like Martin Creed's musical lift in Festival Hall for the kids, the terrace bar on the 4th floor for great uncrowded views etc etc And OK - eating isn't amazing, but the chains, given it's a tourist area, are pretty decent.

[????]

100 :)