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

My point is, I think, that the only people I hear complaining about the place aren't here for the long term. So who cares what they think?

Been living in Brixton since '93; once I decided I was moving to London, it was the only place I considered and it's still my favourite place in this city.

Thing that narks me about the moaners is that the main thing which prevented a gentrification process, for a long time, was the inept destruction of the local economy. Biggest culprit was the council, which simply lost huge chunks of its budget at regular intervals (I kid you not - one year they forgot to submit their housing benefit receipts to central government) and sacked most of their workforce to compensate. So there was a big cost behind keeping Brixton cheap and "real".