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@hippy
Yeah, every area has good and bad spots. I live in an area where there's lots of deaths... yeah... OAPs having heart attacks! :)
But, just around the corner from me was where I saw the dude legging it with the stereo, so you know it's not perfect.
I've only lived in Ealing or West Ealing since I've been here. Compared to where I was in Melbourne (and that had a bad rep) all London is rougher.
Think it's just the fact there's more people so the percent of dodgies goes up. I was planning on moving east for the rent but my gf works in Greenford so I couldn't really leave the west. Pity, coz it'd make the commute bucketloads quicker. (I'm sure we've had this conversation before. Someone else can search for it though).
I also wanted to move closer to Herne Hill at one stage just so I could ride track! How daft! I think I'd just read Matt Seaton's book about south london and kent racing.. it's too fscking hot in this office so I'm just going to continue typing randomly okay? La la la..