good area in LONDON
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- soynutz70
thx for th info guys
- detritus0
How in any way would Stokie be interesting to a tourist?
I mean, really now.
- Its a bit more secluded, yet central and has Abney parkximeraLabs
- detritus0
Or, for that matter, most of Kingsland Road & Dalston.
They're only of interest to the gormless preening twats who reside their because it's cheap and all the other gormless preening twats in London flock there to preen and be gormless twats too.
Unless, of course, you're a budding fashion photographer, in which case, it's the perfect place for you to be.
But then, that's because, as a budding fashion photographer, you're top of the pile of gormless, preening twats.
There's a theme running through this post.
My advice? Fuck any 'area', and just do a round tour of the whole city - each bit's got its own niche. 'Areas' tend to be profoundly dull - I mean, they're just mostly just fucking buildings..
- ********0
I'd just like to point out that detritus lives in a communal live/work space for creatives somewhere in east london so knows exactly what he is talking about when referring to gormless, preening twats.
- North London, sweetie.detritus
- East is so passé.detritus
- detritus lives in seven sisters, yeah?schjetne
- Nope.detritus
- Detrius couldn't afford Hackney Wick so moved to Lewisham. Pretty close to Hackney though!clearThoughts
- Aw bless, clearThought.
You made it about money .
What a lovely chap you must be.detritus
- detritus0
Don't forget to mention that I've also set up offices in both Dalston and Stokie, skt.
- ********0
He has also set up offices in both Dalston and Stokie.
- hans_glib0
i agree with detritus - fuck east london and all the self-regarding tossers who live there. explore the city instead
here's a day in London:
Start at Sir John Soane's museum. It's free and extraordinary. Wander through Lincoln's Inn and soak up the dickensian atmosphere. Cross Fleet Street into Middle Temple and pop your head into the Templar church. Forget Dan Brown, this is real history. Back down Fleet street and pass by the Art Deco masterpiece that is the old Daily Express building. Duck through a back alley and spend some time in St Bride's Library - it's a fabulous library of printing and typography. Maybe grab a late lunch in the Black Friar pub with it's extraordinary interior. Walk on across the Millenium Bridge and there's the Tate Modern, if that floats your boat. I'd give the Tate a miss and walk along the river to London Bridge, past the replica Golden Hind, through Borough Market and go see the Old Operating Theatre - straight out of Elephant Man.So now you need a drink - hop onto the Jubilee Line at London Bridge and head off to Green Park. just round the corner is Dukes Hotel, St James`s, where you can tuck into what most people agree are London's best Martinis, before heading off to the Blues Bar in Kingly Street and get up close and personal with some live blues band until the small hours.
Apart from the drinks and travel this is all free.
- Nicely done sir!ximeraLabs
- this sounds awesome. thxsoynutz7
- LukeO0
Profoundly dull! I didn't realise Morrissey was on the QBN boards.
I would recommend going to Stoke Newington because it's got the best music scene and the area has a real unique feel that I haven't found in any other part of London. And this chap who asked the question doesn't sound like he wants visit London Dungeons.
I've just moved back to London after a few years away and this thread has quickly reminded me of how many bitter lemons reside in London! I was hoping you would of all left by the time I came back.
Just get Lonely Planet or Time Out London soynutz, more facts, less bias.
- ximeraLabs0
Brick Lane is only fun on a Sunday when you can sample food from all the stalls (going from spit-roast pork, bison burgers, horse meat to thai, japanese,...), browse some CDs at Rough Trade East, stroll around Brick Lane (its busy though, and full of hipsters), or look around for some clothes and useless junk at Spitalfields Market (its very, very sanitized now compared to a few years ago) - but might be fun to do. Then you can stroll through a deserted City of London (i.e. the financial district), go look at the Lloyds building and The Gherkin and make your way to St. Pauls (by then you're pretty much in the area that hans_glib recommended).
- brick lane is always fun if you like to get drunk, play darts and eat cheap bagels and curry.********
- Brick Lane bagel FTW!ximeraLabs
- brick lane is always fun if you like to get drunk, play darts and eat cheap bagels and curry.
- ********0
If you cross the globe to visit London and end up taking the advice of a bunch of transplanted 'slumming it' bourgeois hipsters and end up trudging the streets of Dalston, frankly you deserve what you get.
What you get will be the same vapid disappointment one gets from seeing the same raggedy bullshitter hipster art fags in any city across the globe. Totally predictable, undeniably false, inherently soulless.
- Or maybe you could walk around anywhere in zone 1 and think exactly the same thing.LukeO
- you're right of course, he should just go to stokey.********
- COME TO LONDON AND VISIT THE AMAZING STOKEY CHURCH STREET! hHAHAHAHA how absurd you are********
- ********0
YAY GO TO STOKIE AND WATCH TURKISH MEN SMOKE CIGARETTES AND MAYBE FIND A PUB!
- WANDER THE SWATHING RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND EVEN RIDE A BUS!********
- get real you fucking plebs.********
- SEE REAL LITTER AND VOMIT STAINED PAVEMENTS!********
- How about Seven Sisters and Tottenham, for that authentic Slum/Etnic chic?ximeraLabs
- indeed. BUY MOULDY PLANTAINS! HEAR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE!********
- WANDER THE SWATHING RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND EVEN RIDE A BUS!
- ********0
Make (or get in contact with) friends who live in London. Make it their job to entertain you and show you the sites. Return the favour next time they're in your neck of the woods.
- LukeO0
Ouch! I shouldn't of touched this topic with a barge poll! Whenever I visit a new city I always like to get out of the centres and go visit the surrounding neighbourhoods - I swear that's where the best fun is to be had. That's my personal opinion, only that. Writing about what I know.
btw – I'm London born & breed. Also, I don't wear designer glasses, I don't live in Clerkenwell, I don't want an iphone, I don't call myself a web designer/part time DJ or write in CAPS like I'm Kanye West. There's no lump sum from daddy to buy my first house. All those thinks I consider wanky London, yet I'd bet my bottom dollar the bitter lemons above are in knee deep in it.
I'm off now to an illegal rave in Mile End with MAX PROPHET. We got our ray bans, our neon colours, our bad pills and our pointy shoes. Mad for it!
- schjetne0
max_prophet seems a bit angry.
I bet he got ass raped on the corner of Stamford Hill and Manor Road.
- and enjoyed itclearThoughts
- more disturbed than angry, it couldn't be considered raoe as the attacker had no penis, just a ginger mangina and a head resembling the cookie monster.********
- resembling the cookie monster.********
- Aaah haha I just now realised who max_prophet is. Sorry about that rape, man.schjetne
- ********0
All that said then, that leaves Oxford Street. I'd suggest a slow shuffle down that street on a Saturday afternoon, perhaps momentarily stopping for no reason. It's the best stroll one can have in London.
- itstimefortea0
shoreditch
- FallowDeer0
all depends on how much you want to spend
- flashbender0
don't listen to the rest of that rubbish, Milton Keynes is where it's at.
But if you want a Williamsburg level of douchebaggery and hipsterness, I think shoreditch and surrounds would be hard to beat.
- FallowDeer0
gf rented a place on hoxton street and it was pretty good, expensive but good
- DaveO0
SO much venom on here for Williamsburg / East London, but I'm not sure why!
If these areas are full of preening twats, where's the best place to live then? I quite like being around like minded people, decent book shops and the like.