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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostI'm guessing you haven't been to Kent.
The "funny" thing is I completely get that statement having lived in Plymouth for 5 years, again early 90's.
Lets just put it this way, at that time, shocking things happened down there that never made the national news.
Different game down there, I'm sure parts of Kent are/was just the same.
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Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View PostTrue, obviously a lot less dodgy now.
I knew a few lads who always went up to estates Hackney way, to buy party items, in the early 90's and you wouldn't go up without knowing someone who was known locally.
Mexico City was the place in the world, that kept me on point at night, as it were, but fantastic place all the same.
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostThe areas of London I wouldn't have walked around in London alone at night are very few - parts of Somers Town and a couple of estates in Hackney.
I knew a few lads who always went up to estates Hackney way, to buy party items, in the early 90's and you wouldn't go up without knowing someone who was known locally.
Mexico City was the place in the world, that kept me on point at night, as it were, but fantastic place all the same.
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Originally posted by shaunbhoy View PostTo be fair to him, his contributions are generally well-spattered with mirth-inducing gibberish from start to finish. Hardly a surprise when you reflect upon the inescapable reality that he has less intellectual capacity than most people's sock drawer.
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Originally posted by The_Equalizer View PostI had to chuckle at your first and last lines.
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostTalking about London as a whole is meaningless.
I wouldn't walk after dark in Harlesden, say, or parts of East London, but quite happily in most parts of central/West/South West London.
Saw more violence living up North in one year than a lifetime in London, as Greg says, alcohol fuelled.
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostTalking about London as a whole is meaningless.
I wouldn't walk after dark in Harlesden, say, or parts of East London, but quite happily in most parts of central/West/South West London.
Saw more violence living up North in one year than a lifetime in London, as Greg says, alcohol fuelled.
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Talking about London as a whole is meaningless.
I wouldn't walk after dark in Harlesden, say, or parts of East London, but quite happily in most parts of central/West/South West London.
Saw more violence living up North in one year than a lifetime in London, as Greg says, alcohol fuelled.
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostMaybe it's what you're used to. When I lived in London I found it a very safe place and most violence seemed to be between criminals who had had a business misunderstanding. When I moved to Manchester, I was astonished by the random Saturday night carnage in the street - bottlings etc. Never saw any of that in London.
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Originally posted by The_Equalizer View PostThat's it. Any trouble I've seen/dodged has been random in London. In Belfast you'd normally get told of f*** off first. That, and they'd kindly paint the curb stones and put up flags. This is post Good Friday agreement though.
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostLikewise in Glasgow. You know how to spot trouble or avoid it a mile off, never random like London.
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Originally posted by The_Equalizer View PostThat map does contain murders back to the 1970s, but I'm with you about feeling safe in London (or not). Ironically, I always felt safer in Belfast than I ever did in London.
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Originally posted by scooterscot View PostNot sure what the fuss is about. I'd not feel super comfortable wondering the streets of London alone at night compared to Munich, say.
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