Recommend me an area of London to move to

nesslei · Post by **nesslei** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:47 am

Magma wrote:Stokey's nice, but no Tube.

i live in stokey and this really doesn't bother me. it's a 10min bus ride to finsbury park station (victoria/picadilly lines), and the stokey train station means you are at liverpool st in 15 mins (and travelling overground is way more comfortable anyway). it's sweet as

triky · Post by **triky** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:49 am

i'm also moving to london next september. going to uni in the Strand. i was looking at flats on the net but shit, i really need a map or something coz with all these NW and SE, its well confusing... anyways, gonna keep some of the advice in mind...

wil blaze · Post by **wil blaze** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:01 am

triky wrote:i'm also moving to london next september. going to uni in the Strand. i was looking at flats on the net but shit, i really need a map or something coz with all these NW and SE, its well confusing... anyways, gonna keep some of the advice in mind...

What uni u going to mate?

dubluke · Post by **dubluke** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:06 am

oh man, if you can afford it, look for somewhere in greenwich, its really nice around there, nice pubs and a market at weekends etc. - you've also got one of the nicest parks in london, and its right on the river. for getting into town there's the 53 all the way into the centre, and you have a DLR station at Deptford Bridge (about 5 mins. from greenwich) and a Jubilee line station at North Greenwich.

neka · Post by **neka** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:22 am

dubluke wrote:oh man, if you can afford it, look for somewhere in greenwich, its really nice around there, nice pubs and a market at weekends etc. - you've also got one of the nicest parks in london, and its right on the river. for getting into town there's the 53 all the way into the centre, and you have a DLR station at Deptford Bridge (about 5 mins. from greenwich) and a Jubilee line station at North Greenwich.

yeah nice area, zone 2 too. allow the amount of christian wanderers knocking on your door at 10am on a sunday morning looking for a chat. my mates were paying about £500 per month each for a nice 2 bed flat.

magma · Post by **magma** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:17 pm

Yeah, Greenwich is nice. I always feel it's a little bit separate to London, though. A mate just got a flat around there and it's very much it's own place... not that that's a good thing... and it does still have decent transport links to the centre... but didn't the OP say he wanted to live more centrally?

funky stanton · Post by **funky stanton** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:40 pm

anywhere north, east or south. Avoid west London as it is very shit and borang.

Dead Rats · Post by **Dead Rats** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:45 pm

Boi betta kno' about da E4 Flow.

dr ddd · Post by **dr ddd** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:48 pm

Funky Stanton wrote:anywhere north, east or south. Avoid west London as it is very shit and borang.

i used to live in acton/hammersmith and loved it

wicked night buses, decent pubs near the river, easy tube......
or maybe its just boring now cos i dont live there anymore

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:49 pm

Funky Stanton wrote:anywhere north, east or south. Avoid west London as it is very shit and borang.

hahahaha yeah these are my sentiments exactly. Also, try to stay away from clapton of you do decide to move to hackney. Far to many upwardly mobile aspirational twats who have been priced out of Islington/Stokenewington moving in around here.

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:51 pm

Dead Rats wrote:Boi betta kno' about da E4 Flow.

E5 you might not leave alive. LOL

james fox · Post by **james fox** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 1:21 pm

hackney

i live next to hackney downs station and it's great.

dr ddd · Post by **dr ddd** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 1:28 pm

actually, dont move to london at all - move to brighton instead because

a) it's only an hr away by train and it takes that long getting across london half the time. (last train at night = 1.30am, first one in the morning 4.30am)
b) it's chilled and laidback
c) the police actually have agreements with rig owners that allow free parties
d) we have awesome sound systems
e) the beach has pebbles and wifi so you dont get sand in your laptop
f) when you go out, the only rough housing you get is cos someone is dancing about and steps on ur toe by accident... for which they are very sorry and offer you a pill to make up for it

london weighting allowance covers the train season ticket

triky · Post by **triky** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:03 pm

Wil Blaze wrote:
triky wrote:i'm also moving to london next september. going to uni in the Strand. i was looking at flats on the net but shit, i really need a map or something coz with all these NW and SE, its well confusing... anyways, gonna keep some of the advice in mind...
What uni u going to mate?

kings college. actually im already a student there, but i'm thinking of moving there now coz im tired of working here and i wanna be a student again (plus ive saved enough to pay all my tuitions til the end, that was my biggest worry since i didnt get a grant or anything)...

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:10 pm

isle of dogs? tower hamlets is right cushy...

triky · Post by **triky** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:20 pm

Diss04 wrote:isle of dogs? tower hamlets is right cushy...

isle of dogs? sounds ... erm... doggy!

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:25 pm

triky wrote:
Diss04 wrote:isle of dogs? tower hamlets is right cushy...
isle of dogs? sounds ... erm... doggy!

lol poor.

neka · Post by **neka** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:28 pm

dr ddd wrote: e) the beach has pebbles and wifi so you dont get sand in your laptop

pebbles AND wifi?!!?

sold.

triky · Post by **triky** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:29 pm

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Fri Dec 19, 2008 2:39 pm

james fox wrote:hackney

i live next to hackney downs station and it's great.

You ever go to the the Biddle Bros bar on Lower Clapton Rd?

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