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Moving from South-west to East.. possibly Bethnal Green or down the road to Brixton

Bethnal looks like it got more places but it's pricey. Brixton seems like it got nothing for rooms or flatshares - everything is actually Tulse Hill or Streatham way. Might go Balham or Tooting cos its much cheaper but thats faaar out.

Any tips/site ppl use when movin area apart from friends/spareroom/moveflat?? You happy in your area or looking to move some different in LDN?

Peace.

I live in Toooting Bec, been there a year now and i really like it. It is a bit distanced from central but only take me 25 mins to get to green park (where i work) or 30 mins to Bank for example.

Perks include:

tasty food
nice pubs
Nice people

+1 on the Tooting shout...Balham is a lot more expensive for what it is. I'm further down in Colliers Wood...you're inside Merton instead of Wandsworth, so council tax is slightly higher, but you get a shit ton more for your money.

I would instantly move to something called 'Tooting bec', don't even care where it is.

AxeD wrote:I would instantly move to something called 'Tooting bec', don't even care where it is.

Tooting Bec, Tooting Broadway...Tooting in general is fucking ace, as this early propaganda video shows;

wub wrote:

AxeD wrote:I would instantly move to something called 'Tooting bec', don't even care where it is.

Tooting Bec, Tooting Broadway...Tooting in general is fucking ace, as this early propaganda video shows;

I'm gonna take a stab that the blank space where my work are blocking YouTube above is a clip from Citizen Smith...

TOOTING POPULAR FRONT!

Hoo toot toot

wub wrote:+1 on the Tooting shout...Balham is a lot more expensive for what it is. I'm further down in Colliers Wood...you're inside Merton instead of Wandsworth, so council tax is slightly higher, but you get a shit ton more for your money.

I am on Lambeth council tax now so Wandsworth band>>>>

Good to know they're is some faith in Tooting, I like Balham and have heard good things.

dreamizm wrote:

wub wrote:+1 on the Tooting shout...Balham is a lot more expensive for what it is. I'm further down in Colliers Wood...you're inside Merton instead of Wandsworth, so council tax is slightly higher, but you get a shit ton more for your money.

I am on Lambeth council tax now so Wandsworth band>>>>

Good to know they're is some faith in Tooting, I like Balham and have heard good things.

Wandsworth is the cheapest in the country, mostly because they've fucking sizan when it comes to parking tickets. But yeah, Tooting is a fucking ace place to live. Clapham walking distance, Wimbledon 15mins on the bus, Kingston another 10mins from there...plus the common/lido is mint in the summer.

Is being within walking distance of Clapham a good thing? I went there on a friday night for the first time recently, and it was a bit like being in Islington while having root canal surgery.

Tooting seems nice, though. Awesome looking food.

Slightly confused by the first post being about 'east' though...

slothrop wrote:Is being within walking distance of Clapham a good thing?

Bus links wise, yes...you can get pretty much anywhere in the south half of London from Clapham on the buses.

wub wrote:

slothrop wrote:Is being within walking distance of Clapham a good thing?

Bus links wise, yes...you can get pretty much anywhere in the south half of London from Clapham on the buses.

Ah, okay. It's good because it has good transport links so you don't have to stay there for very long...

Tooting restec-pa

slothrop wrote:
Tooting seems nice, though.

LOL! are you joking mate, tooting is grim. Streatham is also pretty grim, no offense to anyone that lives there. i visited most weekends while my mates were there and it was loooonggg.

Wimbledon / Clapham / Balham are much nicer.

Perej wrote:LOL! are you joking mate, tooting is grim.

Tooting is nice, lived there/Colliers for about 3yrs and never seen anything I'd consider proper grim.

Perej wrote:Wimbledon / Clapham / Balham are much nicer.

And a lot more expensive.

I'm flat hunting at the moment. Brixton is pretty much my ideal area.

It's self contained enough and has enough cool shit for you to not have to leave if you were having a lazy weekend, but it's quick enough to get anywhere if you do want to leave (Victoria line: best line).

Awesome food there (Brixton Market/Village has arguably the best Pizza and one of the best Burgers in London), nice bars, the Ritzy Cinema (nice and cheap), good market and it's just really vibrant and feels like London, unlike say, Clapham which feels like a fucking uni campus for pricks in their mid to late 20s desperately hanging onto the threads of a life that they should have let go years ago.

I hate Clapham.

Oval/Kennington/Elephant and Castle aren't bad places either. Not as much going on, but location wise, they are insane.


EDIT: Also, fuck Balham, it's ridiculously over priced.

meanmrcustard wrote:(Victoria line: best line)

Except the weekends when its shut, then you're talking a bus to either Stockwell or Clapham to get anywhere.

Here's a nice promotional vid on the benefits of living in Dalston

I didn't mind living in Tooting, but now that I have moved out of that area I don't think I'd move back, its nice having more options than just curry or chicken shops for tea.

Balhams really nice tho