Why do you like living in Brixton?

[Structaural]

It seems most people raving about Brixton on this thread have moved into the area from somewhere else.

I was born and raised round here and tbh I have never liked Brixton. There is always an edgy air of menace, I find the people rude and the place is often filthy.

But I can say that as it's my home and everyone is like that about where they are from.

I spent my teenage years there (11 to 28, nearly grown up now). I miss me mates and Brockwell Park occasionally now I've moved a long way away. But that's about it, I wouldn't live anywhere in London now if paid. Being a teenager in Brixton wasn't that much fun...
It pisses on the surrounding areas though like Streatham, Camberwell and Clapham. I enjoy visiting my mum and my friends but I'm glad I get to leave.
Bermondsey though, now that's a shit-hole.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I think that's normal though...kids want to break free and move away from their parents.

 

[han]

I love living here mainly due to the people and community. Then add to that the atmosphere, the diversity, all the things going on, the Ritzy, the park, the excellent transport links....

 

[Julie]

I was told by an English dude that it's kinda like Newtown in Sydney.

Would that be a fair comparison?

 

[Structaural]

I think that's normal though...kids want to break free and move away from their parents.

I agree, if I'd stayed in Peterborough (where I spent most of my childhood) I think I would have moved to London as an adult anyway. I used to love visiting.
I reckon London is great place to move to as an adult, I can imagine the feeling having visited New York a few times and wanting to live there. It's the feeling I got visiting Amsterdam so 16 years later I finally managed it I've a mate who grew up in Manhattan and while she loves to visit, she wouldn't live there either...

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I'm a Londoner and I did move out of London for a while. I got fed up of no work, no public transport to speak of, 27 miles to the nearest library etc. I landed in Brixton completely by accident really. My home burnt down while I was in hospital having a miscarriage, was pretty ill and my first husband just brought me here when I got out of hospital....he's long gone, but I have remained.

 

[Belushi]

I agree, if I'd stayed in Peterborough (where I spent most of my childhood) I think I would have moved to London as an adult anyway. I used to love visiting.

Yeah, I spent my teen years in Peterborough and couldnt fucking wait to get to London.

 

[suzee blue cheese]

My wife and I seriously considered Brixton but often we come home separately after dark (in winter) and I would have had concerns. She is not a wimp or anything but I have heard of a lot of mugging incidents from people and she has twice been nearly robbed at cashpoints near the station.

I lived in Brixton for 14 years and have helped people in the aftermath of muggings but never experienced it myself. Followed by a couple of dodgy people late a night a couple of times but that was back when I first came to live in the area.

I moved out last summer because I'd had enough of the massively increased noise levels in my street, several years of trying and failing to embrace a succession of new anti-social neighbours and the decreased sense of community in my little area.

Where I live now is quiet and surrounded by green spaces. It may not have much in the way of night life but I'm still close enough to Brixton to drop in for an evening.

Result..

 

[bluestreak]

regarding what PacificOcean said, i felt exactly the same about Ilford. when my parents moved there it was an up and coming upper working class area witha good community spirit but by the time i was in my mid teens it was rife with the sort of street violence you see in any small bored town, dirty, rundown, and just generally a grey depressed place to live. brixton has dirt and violence but it also has life and love and friendliness on a level that i have never experienced anywhere else.

to be honest i don't think anyone wants to stay where they drew up anymore, but if the price to pay for getting away from ilford to somewhere as fun as here is being slated by people on uburn for being a blow in i think i can cope

 

[Structaural]

Yeah, I spent my teen years in Peterborough and couldnt fucking wait to get to London.

Yeah, it's pretty dire isn't it?
My brother still lives there so I still have to visit occasionally. It's was a good place as a under 10 - lots of forest and woods, but they're all Wimpey homes now probably...

 

[Structaural]

I'm a Londoner and I did move out of London for a while. I got fed up of no work, no public transport to speak of, 27 miles to the nearest library etc. I landed in Brixton completely by accident really. My home burnt down while I was in hospital having a miscarriage, was pretty ill and my first husband just brought me here when I got out of hospital....he's long gone, but I have remained.

that was a bad year Mrs Magpie.

 

[Cowley]

Everything. It has it's negatives but it's positives far outweigh it for me.

I have plenty of friends that live in the area who were brought up here.

I was brought up in Stockwell and although I prefer Stockwell to Brixton ....Brixton is fine.

 

[piff diddly]

oh yes, brixtin is wonderful, lived all over london, sw9 was by far worst,

 

[editor]

oh yes, brixtin is wonderful, lived all over london, sw9 was by far worst,

By Christ, your one-track endless whining/wannabe trolling is boring.

Change the fucking record.

 

[Dubversion]

oh yes, brixtin is wonderful, lived all over london, sw9 was by far worst,

you're a tiresome little cock, aren't you?

 

[Orang Utan]

Don't bite you two

 

[ovaltina]

I've lived in the suburbs before and it was a slow death. Much, much more depressing than having to dodge the occasional drug dealer, drunk or god botherer.

 

[passpat2]

brixton

I have travelled all over the country with work.. and my 4+ years in Brixton were ,by far, the most pleasurable of my life.. great people.. fantastic shops.. brockwell Park its wonderful in summer.. thers always something to do there.. but first and foremost.. .. its the people.. even though I'm a Northerner..Brixton always will be home for me

 

[bluestreak]

aw

 

[Mollymoo]

I love the Albert and the Dogstar. They're dead easy places to score and much safer than Mingles or the Effra. I like the loads of chilled peeps, squatters, artists and musicians etc around here. The Ritzy is well cool and alternative, they show foreign intellectual films as well as the popular rubbish. The market is very ethnic and a bit smelly, but in a nice way. Very handy if you're a vegetarian (though I eat fish and chicken if it is cut up into little pieces) or a student watching the pennies, mind you I get most of my stuff from the mini Sainsbury or Tesco. And there is always Marks and Spencers in an emergency. It is also quite exciting watching my friends' concern when they find out where I live. Some of them are so square and have no idea about real life in Brixton at all. But I like it. I feel like I fit right in here. You have to keep your wits about you and be able to tell which locals are harmless and which ones might rip you off. It is dirt cheap too, and that is important when you're a student, Fiat Pandas don't run themselves you know. Brixton, I love it.

 

[tarannau]

You know when someone tries a little too hard...

Capers anyone?

 

[goldenecitrone]

I lived there for two years about five years ago and had a great time. Stumbled around at all hours in all states and never managed to get myself into any bother. I always feel very nostalgic when I pop back for a visit. Around every corner there's a memory of some form of debauchery or another.

 

[clandestino]

I love the Albert and the Dogstar. They're dead easy places to score and much safer than Mingles or the Effra. I like the loads of chilled peeps, squatters, artists and musicians etc around here. The Ritzy is well cool and alternative, they show foreign intellectual films as well as the popular rubbish. The market is very ethnic and a bit smelly, but in a nice way. Very handy if you're a vegetarian (though I eat fish and chicken if it is cut up into little pieces) or a student watching the pennies, mind you I get most of my stuff from the mini Sainsbury or Tesco. And there is always Marks and Spencers in an emergency. It is also quite exciting watching my friends' concern when they find out where I live. Some of them are so square and have no idea about real life in Brixton at all. But I like it. I feel like I fit right in here. You have to keep your wits about you and be able to tell which locals are harmless and which ones might rip you off. It is dirt cheap too, and that is important when you're a student, Fiat Pandas don't run themselves you know. Brixton, I love it.

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