What's it like to live in Brixton / Brixton Borders

Flyn wif der angles :(((

Classical music shop makes me happy that I'm moving back.

You're coming back!

Yep, this weekend! Lock up yer owls.

I saw Ronnie O'Sullivan park an 8 Series BMW in the car park once then walk over to the snooker club. You can't tell me he was only popping in for an hour.
His number plate: CUE 80Y

#csb

Cocktail Bar on Dulwich Rd?!

Fuck me, does Joe know? He'll be pulling his hair out!

He'd better be careful with that.

At least it'd be over quickly

Deep level shelters to be opened up
always wanted to have a look in the Air raid shelters, isn't one a mushroom farm in stockwell?
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-35228529?post_id=405367712993959_405367706327293

#thatswhatshesaid

@hats yayyayayayyays

regent tomorrow night for those that fancy a night on the lol water.

What time from?

six... ish?

#dontblamemeifnoonepitches

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2016/jan/14/brixton-makeover-gentrification-then-and-now-in-pictures

So, basically, it hasn't changed much. Photographs of 'now' are shite too, but I suppose he was constrained with the point of view.

The local demographic has changed dramatically tho', there was a time, not too long ago, when you'd walk down any Brixton side street on a Sunday morning and people's home sound systems were still blasting out tunes from the previous night's party... Fucking loud!

When I left Dahlberg Road was mainly populated by blonde, ponytailed Carenzas out for a jog... Just saying...

Um, you didn't live on Dalberg Road but Effra Parade! My old house there has had builders hoardings on it for 9 months now - completely gutting it and replacing the roof etc.

Your old landlord's doing up your old place right now.

And my name's not Carenza thank you!

Bad syntax, needed a comma... Hi Chris! Yeah, I heard the old place is getting done up, I expect prices are still going up so yer man is probably just biding his time, no?

Owses are still going f*cking mental here.

We bought in SE23 well within our means three years ago and despite that property almost doubling in price since (making us riiiich in theory i.e. outside of the M25) we can't afford to buy anywhere with the extra room we now need for storing a small human in our neighborhood, anywhere even remotely nearby, and definitely not in Brixton.

Basically unless we're willing to mortgage up the hilt (we're not) then we're effectively priced out of the area we live in. Which means priced out of London. Which, considering our joint income is orders of magnitude over the average UK salary is INSANE.

I'm really not complaining because as dilemmas go, ours is undemanding. We're totally fine, if a tad pushed for space, if we stay where we are and could cash-in a move out. So we're by no means hard done by.

I just find it crazy that the next logical step for a young family the "trade up to a slightly bigger but still affordable place in the same area" option is no longer viable unless we're willing to gamble our future by signing up to a potentially crippling level of debt.

London's gone meh.

Have you looked in SE26?
I'm in Sydenham and our 3 bed maisonette seems reasonable now.

London is shit though.

you should see what our little shitboxes would buy us in perth now the exchange rate has bummed the aussoes for a change...

per exemplar:

http://www.realestate.com.au/property-apartment-wa-north+fremantle-121558094

Yeah. BUT AUSTRALIA.
Spiders, sharks, jellyfish, crocs, snakes, ocotopus.