Living in London

[Rich_L]

Don't live in the Docklands

North is better than South.

I'll answer properly tomorrow when I have a bit more time

[Garp]

Originally Posted by Feek

I've always considered south of the river to be 'the wrong side'

Agreed

[Dymetrie]

Originally Posted by Fayshun

There's only 3 odd proper tube stops south of the river, say no more.

Fixed

[Wryel]

Originally Posted by Fayshun

Another vote for Norf Lahndahn, Wood/Bounds/Palmers Green are all awesome.

I live in Bounds Green, safe, quiet and 20 minutes to Kings Cross on the tube and 25 minutes to the City by train. Oh and I pay £317/month rent for a nice flat. Girlfriend lives in Finsbury Park, closer, (much) more expensive but on a quiet road.

Edit: London is swarming with pubs, clubs and gyms. A lot of places have their own gyms now too.

[semi-pro waster]

Originally Posted by Knipples

Jeez with all these north/south headaches, are you sure you want to move there?!?

Never mind that, it's down in En-ger-land to begin with, I might even have to speak to some English people. Still, it's not like they'll understand what I'm saying anyway with this pesky Scotch accent of mine.

Thanks for the answers so far folks, I'll probably end up picking at random as it is because almost all places have their positive and negative points. I just wanted to see if there was any sort of consensus about where to go or where to avoid.

And cheers Dym, I might well take you up on that offer, it'll be good to put faces to names and meet some more people.

//edit rent is remarkably more reasonable than I expected if that is the sort of price I should be looking at, I'm currently paying about that here although it is a big flat.

[Will]

South is more rural and a more pleasant IMO. However there are some wonderful places in nw London. I live in Dulwich at the moment and might have a spare room and am close to a good gym (I train there ). Train takes 12mins to victoria or blackfriars in morning. Don't live in central London it's a PITA.

[Garp]

Originally Posted by Will

Don't live in central London it's a PITA.

Stupidly expensive, too, to boot.

Out where Dym and I shared a house over in Leyton I could get to Holborn in <30 minutes, along with fair stretches of central London and rental was cheap.

One huge advantage with London is the public transport infrastructure, as much as people moan about it, it's actually very good and far more complete than you'll probably find in any other city in the country. You can live in most areas of London and have a reasonably easy commute to work.

[Will]

It just shuts down at night - so you have to make sure you get the last train/tube home, or book a taxi, or brave a night bus which takes you on the most cicuitous route known to man! Though where I am, it's pretty easy to get home even in the wee hours of the morning.

[Wryel]

Originally Posted by semi-pro waster

Never mind that, it's down in En-ger-land to begin with, I might even have to speak to some English people. Still, it's not like they'll understand what I'm saying anyway with this pesky Scotch accent of mine.

Thanks for the answers so far folks, I'll probably end up picking at random as it is because almost all places have their positive and negative points. I just wanted to see if there was any sort of consensus about where to go or where to avoid.

Well if you see anywhere that takes your fancy for whatever reason I'm sure we'll all have a strong opinion!

Oh and I doubt you'll see any English people in London

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