quimcunx
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Here. On the High Street.
Tell me where to live in London
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Here. On the High Street.
quimcunx
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Pickman's model
sunset spires and twilight woods
of course you don't need to spend long south of the river to appreciate how truly marvellous north london is. an hour or so is usually enough for me.
bluestreak
HomosexualityIsStalin’sAtomBombtoDestroyAmerica
Land of my birth *dewy eyed sniffles*
The only places in London worth living are based around Brixton or Bethnal Green.
Pickman's model
sunset spires and twilight woods
what about bromley? or other places beginning with 'b'?
EastEnder
Brixton Barnacle
North of the river is great, I can see myself retiring there one day, the south is no place for an old man who can't take the pace any more.
ace!
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
LOL... who was it that got on a bus with someone playing a banjo on the top deck?
*looks for thread*
pootle
little moran
Actual Finsbury Park, where you come out of the station is a bit on the grim side, but there are lots of nice residential streets a few minutes walk away. Stoke Newington isn't far too for a sorta East Dulwich experience for resaturants, trendy wine bars and shops that sell lots of stuff you don't actually need. No co-op though, as far as I know
Grr, Hackney's much better than Tower Hamlets bluey. Much more green space for one thing. 
TitanSound
Mr Beardy Drummer
Dalston/Bethnal Green/Highbury/Stoke Newington are all nice areas with good transport links.
Boycey
juvenile rave slut
...is full of cunts, the pubs are all shite and everything costs too much. AVOID.
seven sisters/south tottenham, manor house, finsbury park, stokey, dalston, london fields, bow, homerton, clapton and mile end are all good in a north/east london type way.
south's alright, nice place to visit but the inhabitants defend it with the kind of vigour that means you know there must be something wrong with it- like a used car salesman trying to push an utter lemon on you IYSWIM.
goldenecitrone
post tenebras lux
Another vote for Hackney where you could have the one and only Diane Abott as your local MP.
Stoke Newington is a bitch to get to!!!
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
nonsense - loads of buses, and trains, plus it's walkable from manor house, 10 mins on a bus from finsbury park
Pickman's model
sunset spires and twilight woods
eh? where from?
TitanSound
Mr Beardy Drummer
Like these guys said.
I live just down the road in Newington Green/Canonbury and I can get to Central London in about 20 mins on the buses!
Pickman's model
sunset spires and twilight woods
on a fucking good day! when there's a fucking x in the month!
takes 15 mins from the angel to euston at half seven in the morning: no way you can better that from newington green
Paulie Tandoori
shut it you egg!
not when you live there is it?!
hackney is still wonderful, avoid anywhere west (snobs), south of the river (plain wierd) and most places out chingford way (bit stand-offish to say the least).
east dulwich has a damned fine co-op apparently......but croydon has trams and mystery guest as well!!!!
Paulie Tandoori
shut it you egg!
sunny dalston is the centre of all life and will one day be the destination for pilgrims seeking to understand the mysterious complexities of life's rich tapestry.
TitanSound
Mr Beardy Drummer
on a fucking good day! when there's a fucking x in the month!
takes 15 mins from the angel to euston at half seven in the morning: no way you can better that from newington green
Your right. As I only have a 15 min walk to work I do tend to get the buses outside of rush hour!
Still, when it has been busy it's never taken me over 45 mins to get to Tottenham Ct Rd.
Paulie Tandoori
shut it you egg!
is that down SE23 way then?
ericjarvis
give a feck for the feckless
Places I've liked living, or have thought I might like living.
Brixton, Elephant and Castle, Harringay, Finsbury Park, Stepney, Shepherds Bush, Westbourne Park, Stoke Newington, Tooting, Crouch End.
Places I've not liked living.
Bermondsey, Acton, Hammersmith, Clapham Common, Camden, Harrow.
Places I have deliberately avoided living.
Harlesden, Peckham, Battersea, Fulham, Hoxton, anywhere too far out from the centre.
Things I have learned about choosing a place to live. The most important things are decent neighbours and a flat that isn't either falling down or infested with pests (cf decent neighbours). Commuting for more than an hour each way is a right royal pain in the arse. By and large covering these essentials doesn't leave a lot of choice.
Brixton, Elephant and Castle, Harringay, Finsbury Park, Stepney, Shepherds Bush, Westbourne Park, Stoke Newington, Tooting, Crouch End.
Places I've not liked living.
Bermondsey, Acton, Hammersmith, Clapham Common, Camden, Harrow.
Places I have deliberately avoided living.
Harlesden, Peckham, Battersea, Fulham, Hoxton, anywhere too far out from the centre.
Things I have learned about choosing a place to live. The most important things are decent neighbours and a flat that isn't either falling down or infested with pests (cf decent neighbours). Commuting for more than an hour each way is a right royal pain in the arse. By and large covering these essentials doesn't leave a lot of choice.
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