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Nonsense: "You might as well live in proper London".
If I could buy a spacious two bedroom flat with loads of storage closets, space in the hallway for several bikes, a secure underground car park and a garden, in Hackney, then I probably would. But it would cost £400k more than it does here.
As for restaurants, entertainment etc, it's not exactly a black hole here. I'm in central London every day for work. And it's only 20 minutes on the train to London Bridge when you want to go to town.
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I paid £2.50 for a sourdough loaf in bromley market the other day ! Also went to the new LBS: http://www.bromleybike.co.uk/ SO much bling in there.
amey
Grove Park isn't even London. You're living in a commuter suburb and there is nothing there.
That's fine, but you're still paying a huge premium to do so. You might as well live in proper London.
Places like Bethnal Green and Hackney Central command a premium because they offer a hell of a lot. Green space, a real community rather than an estate-agent-generated one, good places to eat, drink, see films, go clubbing, shop, and good transport links to everywhere. I'd quite like a proper house with a nice garden. Originally I was going to move out to Surrey to get it, but like Fox my other half is not keen. So finding that in spitting distance of Hackney will be interesting.