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Forest Gate is posh now.
We lived there and then couldn't afford it any more, and even when we lived there people's reactions to hearing where we lived switched from wincing to "la-di-dah". Obviously bits of it are still deprived and crime-ridden (it's in London) but the property market is ridiculous, and the new places that are opening (Italian deli, bars in the arches) seem to be able to sustain a clientele.
East Ham/Manor Park (where we are now) is a bit different. More affordable houses, but probably more extreme poverty as well - more homelessness and street drinking. Even so, since we moved here in 2019 there are now two places within a 3 minute walk where I can get a proper coffee and a croissant, and the community initiatives that Newham have allocated money for means that there are community gardens, tree planting and mini libraries sprouting up.
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more homelessness and street drinking ... Newham have allocated money for ... community gardens, tree planting and mini libraries
Sorry to snip your post but sounds like a real misallocation of resources!!
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Iirc you're thinking of hoisting anchor and moving in due course ?
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Thanks to you and @princeperch for this - I was down that way on Saturday and couldn't quite believe how leafy and nice it felt, and I wondered if we were just lucky in getting a sunny day for it. I'm clearly going to need to upgrade my London psychogeography map!
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Alright kiddos. Those of you who've moved Further Out East (I'm talking anything from Forest Gate to East Ham really, as far out as you can get without going outside the A406) how're you finding it?
I grew up in East London and when I was a kid, if Forest Gate was a dog, you'd shoot it. But now that victorian housing stock and Aldersbrook is looking more tempting. Is it really worth 500 large for a two bed freehold tho? It's still Forest Gate even if it does have a tap room round the corner, surely?