What's the worst part of London?

s20101938

Just watched Harry Brown and have spent the last few days going around saying:

"Ya feel me, blood? Ya feel me? Aiii"
"Boyakasha, on de roads ya need ta be tooled up ya know wot a meen, innit bruv? This is reel 5hit. This is how we roll. Westside..."

etc...

So just wondering where to go to become Ali G?

Slough?

RichT

s20101938 wrote: »

Just watched Harry Brown and have spent the last few days going around saying:

"Ya feel me, blood? Ya feel me? Aiii"
"Boyakasha, on de roads ya need ta be tooled up ya know wot a meen, innit bruv? This is reel 5hit. This is how we roll. Westside..."

etc...

So just wondering where to go to become Ali G?

Slough?

Ali G hails from Staines, Middlesex.
Slough is in Berkshire.
Neither is in London.

Swampy

Slough is from The Office

busyliving

s20101938 wrote: »

Just watched Harry Brown and have spent the last few days going around saying:

"Ya feel me, blood? Ya feel me? Aiii"
"Boyakasha, on de roads ya need ta be tooled up ya know wot a meen, innit bruv? This is reel 5hit. This is how we roll. Westside..."

etc...

So just wondering where to go to become Ali G?

Slough?

I worked in London for a summer once and I must say I didn't see a whole lot of London but out of the places I saw Lewisham scared the sh!te out of me...a lot people who were living there where on or below the poverty line, also judging by the size of the police station (about 4 times of Henry Street Station in Limerick), would suggest crime rates were high.

Azureus

Croydon.
Lived there for awhile, ghetto-tastic

tman

s20101938 wrote: »

Just watched Harry Brown and have spent the last few days going around saying:

"Ya feel me, blood? Ya feel me? Aiii"
"Boyakasha, on de roads ya need ta be tooled up ya know wot a meen, innit bruv? This is reel 5hit. This is how we roll. Westside..."

You seriously just walked around the place spouting that **** and didn't get punched in the face?...

I've lived in some pretty ropey areas of London (Brixton and Peckham) and worked in Slough for a while (including shift work, so I'd occasionally have to come home at 11-12), but never felt as threatened as I have been when in certain areas of Limerick!

Claasman

tman wrote: »

but never felt as threatened as I have been when in certain areas of Limerick!

adare is a rough spot alright

keano_afc

Staines is actually in Surrey, I think they're trying to change the name of the town to disassociate themselves with Ali G.

As for the question in the OP, anything east is usually pretty bad. Lots of gangs, huge crime rate. Lewisham, Bermondsey and Stratford are pretty awful. Although Stratford is where the Olympics is going to be, so it might improve the place.

Micky Dolenz

Worst part of London? Probably all the English that are there :P

ROCKMAN

keano_afc wrote: »

Staines is actually in Surrey, I think they're trying to change the name of the town to disassociate themselves with Ali G.

As for the question in the OP, anything east is usually pretty bad. Lots of gangs, huge crime rate. Lewisham, Bermondsey and Stratford are pretty awful. Although Stratford is where the Olympics is going to be, so it might improve the place.

No just creating job opportunities for the locals ,



Muggers ,Pickpockets and Drug dealers are really looking forward to a brighter future....

stovelid

Bermondsey would be up there.

problemchimp

Stonebridge park NW London. Used to buy grass there in the late 80's, a ****hole.

Luxie

I lived in Streathem for a spell.

Truly depressing.

holystungun9

Azureus wrote: »

Croydon.
Lived there for awhile, ghetto-tastic

Yep, went there once. Had walk around and thought 'hmm, this is a bit different'. Next time I'll be tooled up.

dpe

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Worst part of London? Probably all the English that are there :P

Oh, ho ho ho. My sides are splitting.

Daegerty

Peckham

Kevin Duffy

Daegerty wrote: »

Peckham

Fack off you caaaaaant, nuffink' wrong wiv my old manor. Lively, but quite cool if you know your way around.

I managed pubs in some of the worst spots in Lahndan. Brixton is dangerous if you don't have your wits about you, Tower Hamlets is pretty grim. The Aylesbury Estate in Walworth may win the prize though, it's not known as skag city for nothing. It's only one estate, but so big it's an area all of it's own.

Slough, as pointed out earlier, is in Berkshire, not London. I lived in it for about 4 years and it's just a bit of a kip, not really rough for the most part and you can walk to some lovely places around Windsor in 20 mins.

Dub Ste

All of that there London is a shìthole,a kip of a place,go up North,that's the best....

Naikon

Brixton.

bigneacy

problemchimp wrote: »

Stonebridge park NW London. Used to buy grass there in the late 80's, a ****hole.

Why would you buy grass? There's loads of it free it the countryside. Oh, problemchimp you're such a silly billy!

Duff

Croydon for me. Had the pleasure of staying in it for a few nights, even the Nando's was intimidating.

endabob1

Croydon, Slough etc aren't really London as pointed out and are just dumps as opposed to actually scary places;

Some of the estates in SE London are scary & Stonebridge Park Estate used to be a real sh!thole, full of Yardies & wannabe Yardies but I did hear they were cleaning it up.
Most of the council estates in East London are rough too, I worked with some blokes who wouldn't let me come their flat, "not safe for a white dude" apparently.

COYW

Am based in West London when I am there and it is lovely. Roughest place in London I ever visited is Bermondsey. However, I have visited some depressing spots elsewhere in England. Middlesbrough, Liverpool (L4) and Wigan were a real throw back in time.

getz

endabob1 wrote: »

Croydon, Slough etc aren't really London as pointed out and are just dumps as opposed to actually scary places;

Some of the estates in SE London are scary & Stonebridge Park Estate used to be a real sh!thole, full of Yardies & wannabe Yardies but I did hear they were cleaning it up.
Most of the council estates in East London are rough too, I worked with some blokes who wouldn't let me come their flat, "not safe for a white dude" apparently.

i have never had a problem,every city has its scumbags,but as long you are friendly you will be OK,smile and dont look scared, but as a earlier postie said,go north young man the natives are not to bad

COYW

Duplicate post.

dpe

Lewisham is statistically the place you're most likely to get stabbed.

Personally, I lived in various parts of London for 15 years and as big cities go, its not that bad (I suffered one burglary, because my housemate was an idiot who left the front door open, and two attempted robberies, once from a pickpocket on the tube, who got a slap for his trouble, and once from a bunch of hoodies on bikes, who didn't get anything either), but its not a case of rough bits are dangerous and posh bits are safe; you can as easily get mugged in Knightsbridge as Brixton.

The run down bits and the concrete jungles like Croydon and Hackney are more depressing than dangerous, and even then there are worse outside London; Bracknell, Basildon, Luton, place like that, are all feckin horrible.

sensibleken

cant stand london myself. love the resk of britain but london aint for me

Ouchette

I had a mate from Leytonstone - a real born and bred East End type - and the only place in London he was scared to go was Canning Town. I'm not sure if he's ever been to Walworth though and I've got no intention of going there either, so probably one of those 2. I think south Peckham deserves a mention too.

Croydon's ugly and chavvy but not generally in the same league as these places.

Brixton's not bad at all these days, apart from all the hipsters.

Stratford's an unpleasant breeding grounds for fried chicken shops and loud, rude, fat people but definitely not the worst.

Streatham, meh, I've wandered into it by mistake before. Depressing place, but felt safe enough in daylight.

cson

tman wrote: »

but never felt as threatened as I have been when in certain areas of Limerick!

Shenanigans.

Unless you were frequenting Southhill, St Mary's or Weston then that's absolute shite you're talking. You'd have no reason to go into those areas unless [a] You had relatives there or You were looking for gear/yokes/whatever. A positive answer to either one of those means you should know what to expect.

The violence in Limerick is all localised for the most part, the stab city thing is a comfortable myth perpetuated by the media when in reality its far from true. There was one guy being shot a week in Finglas when I was working in Dublin yet no 'Wild Wild East' headlines.

I've spent 4 years in Uni in Limerick, live in Galway and worked in Dublin for a year and out of the three Galway is the one place where I've been/nearly been in more fights and felt threatened. Check out Supermacs @ 3am if you want to genuinely feel threatened.

On topic; went to a pub in Circklewood... didn't stay too long.

orourkeda

Any football fans who've ever gone to the den as an away fan (bermondsey) will know that that tunnel is quite possibly the most intimidating part of London you could find yourself in.

Theres a pub near Upton Park called the prince of wales which I thought I was going to die in.

Kentish Town is a tad depressing, as mentioned earlier Hackney is hugely depressing.

I've never had any major problems in London aside from that

orourkeda

Our father who art in Hendon
Harrow Road be thy name
Thy Kingston Come
Thy wimbledon
In Erith as it is in Hendon

rorymcgrory

Without a shadow of a doubt......barking

As far as I remember Edmonton in east london has the highest rate of stabbings in the London.

bronte

Got off at Bow road by mistake once and saw some nice drug dealing in the 3 minutes I was there.
Wood Green scared the crap out of me.
Seven sisters is pretty grim.
A friend of mine lives in E17 and I freaked out one night after hearing someone had been stabbed to death. Couldn't rest until I knew it wasn't him.

Some definite crap holes worth avoiding alright.

lastlaugh

Can't say I've ever been, but Shoreditch sounds like a right shi-tsole.

DrumSteve

London Forum tbh

El Weirdo

Take a spin along the Old Kent Road and you'll see why it is the cheapest property on a Monopoly board.

ejmaztec

getz wrote: »

i have never had a problem,every city has its scumbags,but as long you are friendly you will be OK,smile and dont look scared, but as a earlier postie said,go north young man the natives are not to bad

You forgot to mention "run like hell!", that being an important part of city-life.

westendgirlie

Why is everyone picking on Peckham ?????

That's where I was brought up and I got through the riots just fine. Knew the neighbours, played out in the evenings, said hello to the market traders.

Went to school in Lewisham. Came out of school just fine. 6 Science labs, 5 music rooms, 2 gyms, use of Crystal Palace olympic size pool and track.

Worked in Brixton and came home on the bus (through the riots) with my wages still in my pocket.

Went to Dublin - Got my bag nicked
Was in Cranmore, Sligo - Got followed
If I go to Limerick - Who know what could happen

westendgirlie

orourkeda wrote: »

Any football fans who've ever gone to the den as an away fan (bermondsey) will know that that tunnel is quite possibly the most intimidating part of London you could find yourself in.

Theres a pub near Upton Park called the prince of wales which I thought I was going to die in.

Kentish Town is a tad depressing, as mentioned earlier Hackney is hugely depressing.

I've never had any major problems in London aside from that

Crap! Us Millwall fans are pussycats :P

who the fug

westendgirlie wrote: »

Worked in Brixton and came home on the bus (through the riots) with my wages still in my pocket.

Should have stopped and done some shopping, like everyone else.;)


have lived in London for the last 25 years, love it and have never come across the narkiness that is cork city.


By the way peeps St Reatham has its nice bits

El Weirdo

westendgirlie wrote: »

Was in Cranmore, Sligo - Got followed

That was probably students from the Spy School in Cranmore just doing a practical.

anto2

Too many to mention .There are a lot of nice areas though in fairness .I used to live on the borders of Crouch end and Highgate in North London .A really nice area .Within walking distance of Holloway Road which was /is very Irish .

endabob1

getz wrote: »

i have never had a problem,every city has its scumbags,but as long you are friendly you will be OK,smile and dont look scared, but as a earlier postie said,go north young man the natives are not to bad

I lived in London for 7+ years and agree that every city has its goods and bad, the upsides of living in London outweigh the downsides by quite a distance, as long as you have cash.

Whoever said Wood Green really needs to get out more, nothing wrong with Wood Green at all, close to Ally Pally on a good tube service and a bus ride to White Hart Lane, what more could a man want in life??

who the fug

anto2 wrote: »

Too many to mention .There are a lot of nice areas though in fairness .I used to live on the borders of Crouch end and Highgate in North London .A really nice area .Within walking distance of Holloway Road which was /is very Irish .

The Archway is owned by Indians now days.

westendgirlie

who the fug wrote: »

The Archway is owned by Indians now days.

No way!!! Always went there for lunch when I worked on Upper Holloway Road.

Also remember trekking over to the Mean Fiddler on a Sunday afternoon.....Good Times

HavingCrack

What's Tottenham like these days? I've only been the once but I've a lot of relatives who used to live there and they said it was a pretty sketchy spot (we're talking late 80's-mid 90's here).

orourkeda

HavingCrack wrote: »

What's Tottenham like these days? I've only been the once but I've a lot of relatives who used to live there and they said it was a pretty sketchy spot (we're talking late 80's-mid 90's here).

The high road is ok. White hart lane should be levelled but apart from that it seems alright

bronte

endabob1 wrote: »

I lived in London for 7+ years and agree that every city has its goods and bad, the upsides of living in London outweigh the downsides by quite a distance, as long as you have cash.

Whoever said Wood Green really needs to get out more, nothing wrong with Wood Green at all, close to Ally Pally on a good tube service and a bus ride to White Hart Lane, what more could a man want in life??

Think I'm just too sheltered!
My best mate studied there for a year and he didn't have any bother in fairness.
I just felt kind of intimidated being a lass and all.

orourkeda

westendgirlie wrote: »

No way!!! Always went there for lunch when I worked on Upper Holloway Road.

Also remember trekking over to the Mean Fiddler on a Sunday afternoon.....Good Times

Did you work near highbury and islington tube or down the other end near arsenals football ground.

lima

s20101938 wrote: »

Just watched Harry Brown and have spent the last few days going around saying:

"Ya feel me, blood? Ya feel me? Aiii"
"Boyakasha, on de roads ya need ta be tooled up ya know wot a meen, innit bruv? This is reel 5hit. This is how we roll. Westside..."

etc...

So just wondering where to go to become Ali G?

Slough?

Sluff is not in London