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

True. I don't really "drink" in brixton anymore, but Plan B still puts on some good nights, the albert is always funny, you can still drink until 5am, Eco's / Franco's in Granville Arcade does some of the best pizza I've ever eaten, the market's still cheap, Morley's is still an Are You Being Served throwback, BC is round the corner, the ritzy is still cheap-ish, Rosie's deli makes me laugh, blacker dread records could wipe out my bank balance in minutes, 198 gallery puts on some good exhibitions.

Solid recommendations there dude. I'd add the second hand bookshop on coldharbour lane as another place that I could sepend lots of money, fujiyama as a good place for a big, cheap meal, the BYO jerk chicken place on brixton hill, the BYO curry place next to the Hobgoblin and everything about Brockwell Park, bu especially the Country Fair. Went for a nice swim in the sunshine at the lido yesterday after work - quality.

Normally I don't encourage people to move down here; I had to endure some posh nob end in the pub last night explaining to his mate why he'd moved to 'edgy' herne hill and raving on about how the fact that his new house is on "the actual site of the actual brixton riots! ra ra" His parents were outraged that he'd moved south of the river and were worried he would die in a week*. He placated them by saying that he lived 'near east dulwich'. WAC.

• and I secretly hope he will.
  
  

W. A. C.

Herne Hill is about as edgy as a spoon. I have noticed more and more people like that over the years - I guess Clapham got too expensive so they're moving over. When I moved to Brixton Plan B was a Wimpy! I spent my first two years in Brixton living on the Loughborough Junction estate so have no illusions about edgy being fun.