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Sorry, no offence intended!
Yep, we have some of all that, but I'm not sure it's disproportionately high given the concentration of people (lots of high rise blocks). The rubbish and state of the streets is more down to the couldn't give a fuck attitude of Veolia, and Lambeth's inability to manage them, than anything else. Noise isn't really an issue, certainly not in my street. Reading the "bastard neighbours" thread, it seems that it's Victorian houses poorly converted into the flats they were never meant to be are much more of a problem. Nice to be surrounded by families too.
I was about say crime isn't an obvious problem, until my 13 year-old ironically had his phone stolen off him at the bus stop about two hours ago :(
Personally, I'd live here over what I'd get for the same money in a bland, anonymous residential street at the other end of Brixton - any proverbial day of the week. But I do have the aforementioned dog, just in case... (kidding).
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None taken! You are right about Lambeth / Veolia. Fly tipping is an obvious consequence of charging £20 to pick up bulky rubbish in an area with very low car ownership and no tips nearby. Plus now we have a green bin we are sharing one bin between 7 flats. Yuck
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crime isn't an obvious problem, until my 13 year-old ironically had his phone stolen off him at the bus stop about two hours ago
Probably happens any proverbial day of the week in London/Anytown (except Leicester of course :) )
My teenage son and daughter had phones 'nicked' off them via threats of violence*. They appear to just accept it as 'normal' but parents don't necessarily feel the same way.- SE12
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NickCJ
not4sale
Haha, I'm certainly one of those cunts.
Without sarcasm, do you ever have the problems that people (like me) associate with that location? General anti-social behaviour, crime, graffiti, loud music, fly-tipping etc etc? Any more so than any other bit of London?
I ask because our flat backs onto an LA block and we do get kept up reasonably frequently by loud noises, whether music from cars / flats, arguments etc etc. Enough to make me think about avoiding it if I move.