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post #1 of 22
5/24/11 at 9:10am
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Whats it like? Might be moving there by summer's end.

Excited to finally get to watch the cricket and both rugby codes again.

Don't really go out anymore, would prefer access to cheap restaurants, rent may be taken care of.

I know I'd have to give up my plants which I'm not excited about.
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post #2 of 22
5/24/11 at 9:40am
Depends where you're living.
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post #3 of 22
5/24/11 at 9:44am
London is the only other city I could see myself living in besides New York.
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post #4 of 22
5/24/11 at 10:25am
Moving to where in London exactly?
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post #5 of 22
5/24/11 at 12:21pm
Cool, Edina. I'm almost jealous of you. You'll have to post pics and keep us updated of life in London.
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post #6 of 22
5/24/11 at 12:22pm
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Originally Posted by Pantisocrat View Post
Moving to where in London exactly?

This. London can vary quite a lot. Used to live in West Kensington/Hammersmith which was quite pleasant, decent local pubs and restaurants and easy access to the river, Chelsea and the centre of town.

Circumstances have now forced me to live in Beckenham, which is barely London at all and is the epitome of suburban mediocrity. While not necessarily bad, it has only one positive quality and that's that a train into town takes 20 minutes.

London can be very patchy though, with nice areas next to pretty rough ones. A lot of places aren't necessarily that bad though.
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post #7 of 22
5/24/11 at 1:03pm
Have a few cousins in Maida Vale. Also a friend in Moorgate just by the Thames. Those seem to be quite nice areas.
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post #8 of 22
5/24/11 at 7:48pm
I sincerely hope your rent will "be taken care of"
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post #9 of 22
5/24/11 at 7:54pm
The places where I'd want to live in London are outrageously expensive. All of them.
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post #10 of 22
5/24/11 at 8:20pm
Don't mean to hijack the thread, but I'm living in London two months this summer. I got an apartment near the Hoxton tube station.

Is this a suitable place for a 21 year old? Any cool restaurants/bars/clubs around there I should know about?
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post #11 of 22
5/24/11 at 8:28pm
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I know I'd have to give up my plants which I'm not excited about

what kind of plants are we talking bout here?

either way ive always wanted to go to london. if you do go safe travels and godspeed.
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post #12 of 22
5/24/11 at 9:29pm
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Originally Posted by edinatlanta View Post
Whats it like? Might be moving there by summer's end.

Excited to finally get to watch the cricket and both rugby codes again.

Don't really go out anymore, would prefer access to cheap restaurants, rent may be taken care of.

I know I'd have to give up my plants which I'm not excited about.

Awesome and at times truly disturbing.
I lived in Islington ( North London), for 9 years - only a stones throw from Highbury (Arsenals home ground). If you can put up with the shite weather, a lot of the year, it has a lot to offer.
An abundance of great restaurants and produce ( both affordable and insanely expensive), cultural diversity, a great cultural centre etc. Oh and if you wake up on Saturday morning and fancy dinner in Paris it is easy to do. Cheap flights to a lot of the secondary European cities on the Budget airlines also.
Did I mention the shopping?
It can be hellishly expensive, though it sounds as though you are covered on that front.
We purchased our place in 2000 and Sold at the height in 06'.
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post #13 of 22
5/25/11 at 12:51am
A little cold for my taste.
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post #14 of 22
5/25/11 at 12:55am
So you'll have to change your sf handle, then? Somehow edinalondon doesn't have the same ring to it
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post #15 of 22
5/25/11 at 1:33am
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So you'll have to change your sf handle, then?







Somehow edinalondon doesn't have the same ring to it

edinalandofbadteeth
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