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Why Live in Brixton?

Papingo said:
With the exception of getting the Stansted express, why on earth would one ever want to go to Tottenham Hale?
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I think you can get a free bus from Tottenham Hale to Ikea in Edmonton. It's much better than going to Ikea in Purley Way (at least if you have to use public transport).

It's the only reason I've ever been there.
 
i mean is there really still a big warehouse party scene there as well? the place sounds wicked i am going to visit on the weekend, have been only a few times before, for not very long...
 
xsunnysuex said:
My dad, bless his soul hated me living here. He worried about it until the day he died. Could never make him understand that the "Brixton" you see on TV is nothing like reality. You only see Brixton on the telly when rotten things happen. Never see the good side of it. None of my relatives will visit me here for fear of getting murdered. But to me, it's home. And always will be.
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Sunny Sue, sorry Im being nosey here, but are your family from London?

Did they have a problem visiting you when you were in Streatham? Seems to odd to say 'Streatham good, Brixton bad!'
 
Melinda said:
Sunny Sue, sorry Im being nosey here, but are your family from London?

Did they have a problem visiting you when you were in Streatham? Seems to odd to say 'Streatham good, Brixton bad!'
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Melinda my family come from Surrey. They never really visited me in Streatham either. But that's only because we lived in someone else's house, and being one room there wasn't really space for visitors. I think they worried less when I lived in Streatham because of the bad press Brixton had in the past. The riots ect gave Brixton the bad name it had. And people that don't know Brixton don't seem to be able to get past that. Unless you live here, you don't see how far things have come since those days. I love living here.
 
I lived in Brixton

for 4 or 5 years and have now moved back to Gods Own Country, ie Peckham

I moved back there because Lambeth is no longer crime central but Southwark apparently is - that wot that Melinda says but she lives in Lewisham and so is not entirely to be trusted - and I felt the "vibe" was no longer dangerous enuff for me.
I liked Brixton but lived virtually opposite the tube so it was a bit full on 24 hours a day - for all the nasty things said about the SW2 types, at least they get to rest a bit from time to time!!!!! - though they do seem to want it both ways, oh were really cutty edge urban said Hyacinthe, having to raise her voice over the chirping of the birdies, whereas in SW9 you raise you voice over the wail of the sirens/cop chopper/death fi all Irish Batty Bwoy dem sounds.
Market is ace its a fucking non-stop parade of the most fascinating oddballs on the planet, cool place and no mistake Guvnor:D
 
hipipol said:
for all the nasty things said about the SW2 types, at least they get to rest a bit from time to time!!!!! - though they do seem to want it both ways, oh were really cutty edge urban said Hyacinthe, having to raise her voice over the chirping of the birdies, whereas in SW9 you raise you voice over the wail of the sirens/cop chopper/death fi all Irish Batty Bwoy dem sounds.
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:D:D
 
xsunnysuex said:
Melinda my family come from Surrey. They never really visited me in Streatham either. But that's only because we lived in someone else's house, and being one room there wasn't really space for visitors. I think they worried less when I lived in Streatham because of the bad press Brixton had in the past. The riots ect gave Brixton the bad name it had. And people that don't know Brixton don't seem to be able to get past that. Unless you live here, you don't see how far things have come since those days. I love living here.
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Ah! Mr Mel is from Surrey and he thought Blackheath looked gangster. There are roads in Woking he wont even walk down for fear of not seeing Audis and Range Rovers.

Its not just home counties folk who hesitate about Brixton though, plenty of London people do too.
Even if you are familiar with the place you can find it too 'in your face' and too loud; a place to party or work but not to live.

hipipol said:
for 4 or 5 years and have now moved back to Gods Own Country, ie Peckham

I moved back there because Lambeth is no longer crime central but Southwark apparently is - that wot that Melinda says but she lives in Lewisham and so is not entirely to be trusted - and I felt the "vibe" was no longer dangerous enuff for me.
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Bitter man! :D
I merely pointed out that Southwark is officially sketchy! You, my friend, are living in some messy endz! Dont blame the messenger! :p

Hipipol, you're lucky I dont roll like a Southwark resident or there might be some postcode-based justice meted out for your calumny on Lewisham.;)

I liked Brixton but lived virtually opposite the tube so it was a bit full on 24 hours a day - for all the nasty things said about the SW2 types, at least they get to rest a bit from time to time!!!!! - though they do seem to want it both ways, oh were really cutty edge urban said Hyacinthe, having to raise her voice over the chirping of the birdies, whereas in SW9 you raise you voice over the wail of the sirens/cop chopper/death fi all Irish Batty Bwoy dem sounds.
Market is ace its a fucking non-stop parade of the most fascinating oddballs on the planet, cool place and no mistake Guvnor:D
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:D
*Emails hipipol's post to Lonely Planet for the 'Brixton page'!*
 
editor said:
... There's lots of reasons why people choose to live in Brixton. I moved here because I found it the friendliest place I'd ever been in London.
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To some people this may sound strange, but it's what I found as well. I like the fact I can just have a walkabout around Brixton and meet up with folks I know...
It's my kind of town - not pretty or grand -
The streets are all dirty, some houses fall down.
The street stones are cracked - and some of the folks -
The yardies have guns and deal out the smokes.

I know it's not Cheam - there's too much to dread,
It's poor and it's tough, but Brixton's got cred.
There's gay boys and girls (in all colours too)
There's mad men 'n' sad men and villainous churls.

Some Brixtish are good, they'll show you the tricks,
They'll find you a home, and fix the 'lectrics.
They tot and they squat, they duck and they dive,
You'll love 'em a lot, and hope they survive.

Desmond's like that - he's that kind of man -
But I'm rabbitting on - why don't we sit down?
A Guinness for me? A big pint for sure!
Let's settle down now - I'll tell you some more.

There's drinkers, thinkers, artists and dancers,
There's poets and painters and muscley physiques!
There's music and fashion, film and no-chancers,
Was riots, there's drugs and all sorts of freaks.

I drank in the Railway, and played in the Arch,
Got funding for projects; got ripped by a shark,
Got scarred in the face, and hard in the head.
But Brixton's my place, it gave me a bed.

It's not all like that - the kids go to schools
To be stuffed full of nonsense and fat-headed rules,
We've Poll Tax and social security spies;
But here in the ghetto, there's safety in lies.

I've known many friends; magic Dave with his tricks;
Little Richard computes; and Ant the artist;
Sal; Billy, once punk; and Peter, still drunk.
Saw Bob in a blue film; that's one way to bunk.

Rustyna the dancer - I gave her my heart...
She gave it right back - love can be hard.
Fiona who squatted the house where I live
And Eva, from Bydgoszcz, who's still heading west.

I wish that I could ... again see friend Jules -
Got took by the plague - for hanging round loos.
There's life and there's debt, you choose how you play,
It's my kind of town, with Brixton I'll stay.
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My my

Pointing out that Lewisham dwellers are so desperate to big up their large and very dull borough by insulting those nearby - on the premise that we may be shite, but look, they're even shiter is not a "calumny", it is simply fact.
I have on another thread pointed out that as a baby I lived in Lewisham and now I think of it, I did also live on Blackheath for about a year and have achieved my highest 10 pin bowling score at the lewisham bowling basement.
However it is worth noting that I no longer live in the borough as I have achieved a level of good sense down the years that prevents me from concidering so obviously deranged an action.
I will however say that Lewisham is still 1,000,000,000,000 times better than Hackney
 
Like a lot of folk on here I've lived in SW2 & SW9....... come to think of it, I've also lived in Dalston (fuck, I'd forgotten that). I gotta second the Minx with the sw2 fillip. Also, when the Thames topples it's banks (and it will...!), you are nearer to Clapham Common which is set to be a pre public announcement evacuation point for the emergency services (many of which are based at the moment in the potential flood zone). I'm not telling you the origin of my information because I'll be mocked to within an inch of my life, but I believe it to be true. At the very least it sounds cool. :)
 
Ultimate SW2 insult:
In future I will refer to SW2 as North Streatham:D

Perhaps I've missed vocation in Estate Agency:D
 
BrixiSteve said:
Like a lot of folk on here I've lived in SW2 & SW9....... come to think of it, I've also lived in Dalston (fuck, I'd forgotten that). I gotta second the Minx with the sw2 fillip. Also, when the Thames topples it's banks (and it will...!), you are nearer to Clapham Common which is set to be a pre public announcement evacuation point for the emergency services (many of which are based at the moment in the potential flood zone). I'm not telling you the origin of my information because I'll be mocked to within an inch of my life, but I believe it to be true. At the very least it sounds cool. :)
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Floods won't matter to those of us in SW2. Brixton Hill will just become the Isle of Brixton. We will build a little harbour somewhere around where the Mango Landing is, and all start a new life as fisherfolk.

We can also run submarine tours of central London for tourists.
 
teuchter said:
Floods won't matter to those of us in SW2. Brixton Hill will just become the Isle of Brixton. We will build a little harbour somewhere around where the Mango Landing is, and all start a new life as fisherfolk.

We can also run submarine tours of central London for tourists.
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excellent idea


















except I don't like fish :D
 
hipipol said:
SW2..... oh were really cutty edge urban said Hyacinthe, having to raise her voice over the chirping of the birdies, whereas in SW9 you raise you voice over the wail of the sirens/cop chopper/death fi all Irish Batty Bwoy dem sounds.D
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We have sirens too....

However here is a pic taken on Sunday on my pad in the country.
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You'd never guess it was brixton if you didn't know. :)



teuchter said:
Floods won't matter to those of us in SW2. Brixton Hill will just become the Isle of Brixton. We will build a little harbour somewhere around where the Mango Landing is, and all start a new life as fisherfolk.

We can also run submarine tours of central London for tourists.
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count me in. :D Mango Landing might not be far enough up though..
 
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