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I sort of see what you mean, but if you buy a nice house in Catford or local area you can quite easily live your life avoiding the signs of deprivation.
My opinion is largely based on two of my friends who each have a net worth over £5m+ who chose the area because they like it and the sort of house that their money can buy them there. Neither of them spend any time hanging out in Catford though. They tend to do most of their socialising in swankier parts of town.
Edit: Personally I find the idea pretty miserable. Bring involved in the local community is pretty important to me.
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Islington has the greatest disparity between haves and have nots in the UK, yet people pay serious money to live there.
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Is Crouch End really that 'nice' (if nice is being able to avoid seeing deprivation)? Big areas of Catford are, not £1M nice, but genuinely nice feel, neighbourly, lots of community stuff, and also lots of curtain-twitching and tutting about hilariously minor things. Strangely I find more 'desirable' areas often more uncomfortable because the disparity is more in your face.
I don't know Crouch End and assumed it was a bit like Harringey, which is fine and doesn't feel wildly different to suburban catford except it takes longer to get to a shop. However looking at the map, if it's actually more like Highgate, then fair. That place is a magical island. Not long after I moved to London, living in Plaistow, someone recommended me a dentist in Highgate village, and I found going there a very weird experience.
Thinking about it, I guess catford just feels fairly 'normal' to me.
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There’s a bit going unsaid in this Crouch End vs Catford conversation, which is that people will generally pay up to be far away from obvious signs of deprivation, and if you have £1m you probably want to live around other people that have £1m.