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Previously on "Move to Hounslow its lovely this time of year!"

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  • SueEllen
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    Originally posted by kevpuk View Post
    Just finishing up in Brentford, plenty of plane-spotting and decent curry from nearby Southall - been a blast!


    Too much information!

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  • kevpuk
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    Just finishing up in Brentford, plenty of plane-spotting and decent curry from nearby Southall - been a blast!

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  • bobspud
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    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
    That's like the whole of London though.

    Houslow is great if you like plane spotting.
    Boring fact of the week. Hounslow has the highest proportion of deaf people in London...

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  • SueEllen
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    Originally posted by bobspud View Post
    Parts of it are very nice but some of it less so...
    That's like the whole of London though.

    Houslow is great if you like plane spotting.

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  • Bunk
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    Originally posted by PEEL View Post
    The place certainly looks nicer, but even still the number of thieves, generic hoodlums and prostitutes in Canning Town far exceed the number of decent folk.
    Hmm, yes, but what are it's bad points?

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  • bobspud
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    Originally posted by Jog On View Post
    Ealing? Really?
    Parts of it are very nice but some of it less so...

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  • Jog On
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    Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
    ...AND THE PLACES THAT HAVE BEEN SHUNNED BY PROFESSIONALS

    Hounslow

    Wembley

    Ealing

    Wood Green

    Walthamstow

    Streatham Vale

    Norbury

    Barking

    Ilford


    Have a look round, and you will see these places look like downtown <insert 3rd world Asian/African country here>

    Ealing? Really?

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  • PEEL
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    Originally posted by Troll View Post
    Can't believe Canning Town is on the list of gentrified towns that was a tulip hole and to be avoided at all costs when I lived in the East End
    The place certainly looks nicer, but even still the number of thieves, generic hoodlums and prostitutes in Canning Town far exceed the number of decent folk.

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  • amcdonald
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    The all look like sink estates in rough bits of Africa/Asia..
    FTFY

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  • bobspud
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    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    The all look like sink estates..
    Thats putting it very mild.

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  • Troll
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    Can't believe Canning Town is on the list of gentrified towns that was a tulip hole and to be avoided at all costs when I lived in the East End

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  • scooterscot
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    The all look like sink estates..

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  • BrilloPad
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    The only reason they are moving to the gritty suburbs is f**king foreigners buying up belgravia and all the other good bits. Then they pay f**k all in tax.

    Time to send them back to Russia and Southern Europe.

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  • DimPrawn
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    ...AND THE PLACES THAT HAVE BEEN SHUNNED BY PROFESSIONALS

    Hounslow

    Wembley

    Ealing

    Wood Green

    Walthamstow

    Streatham Vale

    Norbury

    Barking

    Ilford


    Have a look round, and you will see these places look like downtown <insert 3rd world Asian/African country here>

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  • vetran
    started a topic Move to Hounslow its lovely this time of year!

    Move to Hounslow its lovely this time of year!

    The gentrification of inner city London: How high-earners have flocked to once-deprived boroughs from the suburbs | Mail Online


    nice (mis)use of data!

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