| Older London blues. What areas of London were rough in the 90s? 17:00 - May 9 with 2484 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
Was having a beer last night locally and a bar tender was telling me this area was literally a war zone thirty years ago. Gentrification does seem to push the problem areas further out.
Obviously a bit of a different scale out here in terms of safety/violence but just got me thinking. London surely had some very dodgy areas back in the day? I know Kings X has gone from a bit shady to a Tech Hub. Where else would you be be going for brunch in between strollers this weekend where you might have been mugged years ago? I only lived in the city 15 years ago in the SW and it was almost annoyingly trendy everywhere. Not that you ever want to be near crime but a bit of grit makes city life more real sometimes.
Don't think I have ever fairly unsafe in London (which is obviously a good thing) but I do remember there being some fairly rough estates though even in the West.
Incredible there was over 2k murders in NYC alone in 1990 and in those same Brooklyn streets you can't buy an apartment for under $1.5M now! |  | | |  |
| Older London blues. What areas of London were rough in the 90s? on 12:04 - May 10 with 215 views | WeWereZombies |
| Older London blues. What areas of London were rough in the 90s? on 11:59 - May 10 by turtle2 |
i wouldnt go anywhere in London - compared to the 90's London is an absolute hell hole - its totally unsafe and thousands of people are moving out - lived there in the 1990's - it was a joy ..... now overcrowded with immigration out of control and totally unsafe - take a word of advice and stay out |
I guess it's the Russian oligarchs on the south west side of Ladbroke Grove you are talking about, isn't it... |  |
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| Older London blues. What areas of London were rough in the 90s? on 12:07 - May 10 with 193 views | giant_stow |
| Older London blues. What areas of London were rough in the 90s? on 12:04 - May 10 by WeWereZombies |
I guess it's the Russian oligarchs on the south west side of Ladbroke Grove you are talking about, isn't it... |
Or all the French - 400,000 of them in London apparently. Bludy French. |  |
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| Older London blues. What areas of London were rough in the 90s? on 12:07 - May 10 with 190 views | Churchman |
I worked in Wandsworth and Putney in the early 90s for a few years. The contrast for two places next door to each other and within Wandsworth’s itself couldn’t have been greater.
The Arndale Centre flats opposite the Brewery was filled with the scum of the earth and if the lift worked you needed a gas mask. On one occasion a complete window and frame landed 10 yards away from my colleague from an upper floor. All sorts of stuff used to hit the pavement.
On another occasion an idiot parked his Porsche behind it. It didn’t look quite the same half an hour later. Wandsworth had its fair share of nutters. Garret Lane had its not very nice areas too. Loads of pubs though and a cracking chip shop near the brewery.
Oddly I never thought at that time Brixton, despite its reputation, was too bad. [Post edited 10 May 13:20]
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| Older London blues. What areas of London were rough in the 90s? on 12:14 - May 10 with 175 views | WeWereZombies |
| Older London blues. What areas of London were rough in the 90s? on 12:07 - May 10 by giant_stow |
Or all the French - 400,000 of them in London apparently. Bludy French. |
And then there is that lot from Schleswig Holstein in the big house at the end of The Mall. [Post edited 10 May 12:16]
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| Older London blues. What areas of London were rough in the 90s? on 12:30 - May 10 with 135 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Older London blues. What areas of London were rough in the 90s? on 11:59 - May 10 by turtle2 |
i wouldnt go anywhere in London - compared to the 90's London is an absolute hell hole - its totally unsafe and thousands of people are moving out - lived there in the 1990's - it was a joy ..... now overcrowded with immigration out of control and totally unsafe - take a word of advice and stay out |
Do turtles live in holes, maybe there's one you could crawl back down? |  |
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