What's the worst part of London?

South Peckham or Bermondsey,have cousins living in both of these places and have stayed with them for a few weeks over the years,some of the stuff that goes on is ridiculous.One of his mates was an unofficial taxi driver and he used to chaffuer unsuspecting tourists around in a stolen car every night!

Remember one other night the fella nextdoor had a heart attack,and the ambulance crew wouldn't come in til the police arrived cos another crew was lured in and attacked the night before,and only one policeman turned up at first so they had to wait for another patrol car,was mad,fella survived though fortunately.

Also hate the way everbody says bruv!

Dangerous Man wrote: »

No, there wasn't.

Should have included 'at one period' in my post to give context.

So yes, at one stage last year I distinctly remember there being at least one shooting per week in Finglas.

Not bothered to trawl through rte.ie to prove it to you, but it happened. :cool:

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).

Tottenham is rough as fcuk.

westendgirlie wrote: »

I dunno how anyone could put London down. parks, swimming pools, museums, theatres, street entertaiment, i could go on and on........

I wanna go home :(:(

Why oh why do some people try to say that London is so good, when in fact it's just not. It has fantastic parks, yes. There are so many better parks in the world, for example in New York, Melbourne, Montreal, Dublin. Theatres - no one goes to the theatre every week.. once a few months max, no loss if theres nothing on in the city you live in.

Swimming Pools? really?? there's a Lido in Tooting Bec - woo!!

It's like some people who are stuck in London get all defensive about it, even Dara O'Brian was trying to stick up for it in an Irish paper recently ('yes people are ignorant on the tube, if you don't like it, London's not for you' - pfft!)

I am living in London, been here over 2 years and prior to that I was just outside in Surrey.. While I have been having fun, I have also traveled around the world and I know for a fact that, while reasonably fun (the good slightly outweighs the bad), there are many many many better places to live in our world. Why not live in a place where the good outweighs the bad my 99:1??

London is the 53rd most liable city in the world, in 2 months time I'm moving to the 2nd most livable city

http://www.theage.com.au/travel/travel-news/melbourne-beats-sydney-in-worlds-most-liveable-city-rankings-20110221-1b29d.html

dooferoaks wrote: »

Not many people saying how great London is on this "Whats the worst part of London" thread.

westendgirlie did.

London is full of Fookin Foreigners

dooferoaks wrote: »

Although I am sure she is an awesome poster, she doesn't count as many.

She's probably one person, but who knows?

Anyway I said 'some' people, as in her and also some other people I have heard, but not on this thread.

LondonIrish90 wrote: »

Oh right, fair enough.

There was me thinking it was one of the most diverse, famous, iconic, influencial, and vibrant cities around.

Of course it has horrible areas. Every metropolis in the world has huge numbers of people living in very poor and rather unsafe surroundings. Sadly London is no different to the likes of New York, Paris, Los Angeles etc, but it doesn't mean it just "isn't good".

ah no it's still 'good', but not 'so good' if you get me!

I just think people go on about it like it's much better than it is. Commuting is horrific, people are grumpy (it's made me a bit grumpy), it's expensive.. yeah it's good craic for a few years but I'm just sick of it at this stage, and even though I'll miss it, I'll be glad to go. No more looking at horrible high rises and rough, intimidating chav teen gangs, frowning commuters and grim suburbs..

Also, Croydon = kip!

Near Wembley is Stonebridge Park, I wouldn't even stop at a red light after dark near there, and I have lived in Leyton & East Ham.:eek:

westendgirlie wrote: »

What's with all the digs at me???? Find it a bit strange that some people don't like the fact that I am proud of the amazing city that I was born and raised in. No offence Lima, but you are raving about other cities, why not talk about your own eh??

New York, Paris, Peckham isn't on the side of Del Boys Reliant for nothing you know!

Parks are in abundance, well maintained. Look at Greenwich Park it has great views, the observatory, the meridian line. Hyde Park - The Serpentine. Regents park - London Zoo. Every postcode in London I am pretty sure has a decent enough sized park.

Museums and Galleries galore most of which are free. You can go to the theatre every night of the week and see something different. Why are premieres held in London so often?

Had to be some attraction that led you there

Sorry I didn't mean to take a dig at you personally, I assumed you were one of the 100's of Irish who head over from Ireland after college to work in London and then go on about it like it's the best city in the world, even though they have never been out of UK&I.. I'm not a career-head but I just kind of ended up here in a career so I'm a bit grumpy as it was never part of the plan..

Totally different if you are from there! Sure I still think Dublin is only deadly!