Chilavert
Undermining strikes :-(
Behind Bethnal Green apparently.
Bethnal Green ffs?! I think this is a slight we can all oppose.
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Bethnal Green ffs?! I think this is a slight we can all oppose.
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hiraethified
I've had a Kombat Explosion about it.
http://www.urban75.org/blog/more-de...it-as-one-of-britains-coolest-neighbourhoods/
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Yes: Not least because I moved here from Bethnal Green/Whitechapel
Chilavert
Undermining strikes :-(
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Me too!
We're clearly ahead of the hipster game.
We lived by the Blind Beggar, one of the largest pubs in the world, so the joke goes.
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hiraethified
Generally, young/young-ish people with more money and free time than you.
Chilavert
Undermining strikes :-(
I know it well. I was up by Bethnal Green tube station.
Enjoyed living there at the time, but it really isn't a patch on Brixton; in my view there were two very seperate communities divided along ethnic lines and not a great deal of interaction between the two. That isn't the case where I am now thankfully.
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hiraethified
An awful lot of London is like that, usually with 'blocks' of ethnic groups enjoying very limited engagement with their neighbours.
pissflaps
i've got a headache in my pants...
you forgot 'better haircut'
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hiraethified
Everyone's got a better haircut than me.
Chilavert
Undermining strikes :-(
True. I just found it to be particularly pronounced in Bethnal Green.
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hiraethified
A lot of east London is like that, sadly. Manor Park is particularly grim.
Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
for now.....
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
I will slap it up in an hour or so.
pissflaps
i've got a headache in my pants...
can you upload a copy of the times article as well?
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hiraethified
Thanks for that.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Here you go: Top ten then Brixton at 25. This site won't let me post the whole article as it's too long
30 coolest places
By: Anne Ashworth
When hunting for a home, it pays in every way to follow the cool crowd, either to the city, the suburbs or the countryside. They are the first to find the locations that are upwardly mobile and have that certain swagger. The most obvious signs of cool may be culture, coffee bars, gastropubs and independent shops, either on the doorstep or not far away.
We dug deeper, however, to find the 30 places already populated by the cool people — or where they'll settle next.
Our analysis is based on the latest prices and the assessments of housing experts. So, grab a flat white or a cup of builder's tea (the hippest hot beverages) and take the tour of these areas with us. Anne Ashworth, Property and Money Editor
1 Hebden Bridge West Yorkshire why is it so great? A market town in the Upper Calder Valley doesn't sound that cool, yet Hebden Bridge has been voted one of the quirkiest places in the world thanks to its artists, musicians and New Agers. It is also reputed to be one of the most gay-friendly towns in the country. The music scene is great — the Trades Club is an institution. who lives here? Creative types and those with a hippy streak.
house prices: Buy an out-of-town country house or barn with a couple of acres from £600,000, or a family-sized stone-built semi in the town centre from £250,000. Smaller terraces start at about £150,000.
2 Bethnal Green East London why is it so great? Contemporary sparkle and a whiff of old-school East End. Nearby Broadway Market is a cauldron of fashion and food on Saturdays. On Sundays, the Columbia Road Flower Market is full of hipsters clutching lilies. Bethnal Green Working Men's Club offers club nights, burlesque and film.
who lives here? Alexa Chung (left), plus artists, designers and architects. And it's only 15 minutes from Oxford Circus. house prices: Two-bedroom conversion from £300,000; a three bedroom house will cost from £450,000.
3 Stockbridge Edinburgh why is it so great? Period housing and the main road, Raeburn Place, which is a confection of shops, cafés, bars and restaurants. The latest excitement is that Michelin-starred chef Tom Kitchin is to open a gastropub. who lives here? Comedian Dylan Moran. Lots of young singles. house prices: A two-bedroom Victorian flat costs from £250,000, says Andrew Ogilvie, of estate agents Connell and Connell. In stylish Anne Street, Georgian semis go for £1.4 million making it one of the most expensive areas in the city.
4 Totnes Devon why is it so great? Time magazine declared the town, which sits on the River Dart 20 miles from Exeter, to be the capital of New Age chic. Cool credentials include a great market and a successful fight to stop a Costa Coffee shop opening to compete with locally run cafés. who lives here? Laid-back actors, musicians, writers and artists. house prices: A family-sized Georgian townhouse is under £400,000 or a town-centre cottage is about £250,000. Flats can go for less than £150,000.
5 Folkestone Kent why is it so great? Just another dying seaside resort until billionaire Roger De Haan put millions into his home town, establishing a creative quarter with live/work/sell spaces for artists and designers. The seafront is set for regeneration, too. who lives here? Mark Sargeant, who won a Michelin star at Claridge's, has a seafood restaurant; an increasing number of Londoners.
house prices: A two-bedroom terrace is £110,000-plus. A period four-bedroom house in the smart West End costs from £350,000.
6 Frome Somerset why is it so great? Fashion designer Pearl Lowe (left) left London for Frome (which rhymes with "broom") and raves about the great vintage stores as well as the summer market. Up the road is hip Bruton and the popular media set hang-out Babington House. who lives here? Folk singer Cara Dillon and commuters from Bristol and Bath. Kevin McCloud of Grand Designs has a farmhouse nearby. house prices: Buy a period family home for about £350,000. Terraced houses come in below £250,000.
7 Aigburth Liverpool why is it so great? A classic urban village where trendy mums run yoga classes and browse craft markets. It may be a leafy suburb (a walk beside the river at Otterspool Prom is particularly pleasant) but Aigburth isn't staid: there's plenty of nightlife in the cute bars on Lark Lane.
who lives here? Ecofriendly families who take their recycling awfully seriously. house prices: Buy a spacious Victorian semi for less than £250,000. Grand, detached houses, modern or period, are inching up towards £1 million.
8 Kelvingrove Glasgow why is it so great? An upmarket enclave next to the city's heaving West End. Kelvingrove itself is laid-back: it has a popular park that straddles the River Kelvin and is home to the world renowned Kelvingrove Art Gallery.
who lives here? A slightly older crowd. Academics and performers with Scottish Opera rub shoulders with students who have generous parents.
house prices: Property is grand with prices to match. Mews houses are £300,000 to £500,000, while two-bedroom flats cost about £160,000.
9 Clementhorpe York why is it so great? Clementhorpe was once a rather boring suburb south of the city centre. Then cafés and a deli opened in Bishopthorpe Road (Bishy Road to locals), giving it a joyful and hip atmosphere. The estate agent William H. Brown calls it York's answer to Notting Hill. The al fresco dining is great in the sunshine. who lives here? Professionals like its walkability; small-scale entrepreneurs appreciate its value. house prices: A Victorian two-up, two-down costs about £200,000, or a three-storey house with three or four bedrooms is £300,000.
10 Upper St Giles Norwich why is it so great? This is Norfolk's answer to Brighton and it is stacked with boutiques, vintage clothes shops, antiques and crafts as well as delis and restaurants. The location is just half a mile from the town centre.
who lives here? Students and professional families. "They are normally quite trendy, open-minded people who perhaps lived in London for a while," says Mike Rix of Savills. "It is not for people who like to shut their gates at night and have total peace and quiet." house prices: Period cottages, terraces and converted flats — mostly Georgian — range in price from £150,000 to £500,000.
then brixton
25 Brixton South London why is it so great? There's a fine line between gentrification and standardisation. Unusually for somewhere so urban Brixton has a great range of independent shops. Brixton Village in the market has become a foodie destination. And it's on the Tube. who lives here? A mix of singles and young families thanks to the relatively affordable houses with gardens. Anyone not quite ready for suburbia.
house prices: Pay £685,000 for a three to four-bedroom bayfronted terrace or £350,000 for a two-bedroom conversion.
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
leanderman can you split it over two or three? I know it's generally against the faqs to do long C&P but this is OK.
colacubes
Mr Hot Cookie
Boots is shut as well.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Here is 11 to 19
11 The Northern Quarter Manchester why is it so great? Are you an artist, fashion designer or musician? If so, the Northern Quarter is the only place to be, says Jennie Platt, of Manchester City Sales and Lettings. The area is full of design studios and art galleries — seek out Afflecks (formerly the legendary Affleck's Palace), an emporium of indie stalls and boutiques.
who lives here? Creative types and students. house prices: This is warehouse apartment central. Prices range from £160,000 for a one-bedroom flat to £650,000 for an all-singing, all-dancing trophy triplex.
12 Louth Lincolnshire why is it so great? While high streets nationwide are flagging, Louth's is flourishing. Forget trendy gewgaw shops — this good-looking Georgian town is about food, from award-winning artisan cheese to rare-meat butchers and organic delis and bakeries. Locals' loyalty to these institutions has kept the supermarkets at bay.
who lives here? Actor Jim Broadbent lives nearby, but this is fundamentally a locals' town. house prices: Find a manor house for less than £500,000; Georgian townhouses cost £350,000 and town-centre cottages £150,000.
13 Malvern Worcestershire why is it so great? This spa town deep in the Malvern Hills has an affluent feel — its fine Regency buildings are a reminder of when fashionable ladies would take the waters. Sir Edward Elgar lived here, and a festival of music, poetry and film is held each autumn.
who lives here? Violinist Nigel Kennedy as well as boffins who work for the tech firms at Malvern Hills Science Park.
house prices: Family houses cost from £215,000, or live above a town centre shop for £90,000.
14 Jesmond Newcastle why is it so great? Jesmond has long been upmarket but now it is cool. Not only is it an easy stagger from city-centre nightlife, but the shops are coming into their own. Vogue magazine recommends Jules B for bespoke suits, and there is a thriving café culture. Jesmond Dene House has a great cocktail lounge. who lives here? More young professionals than anywhere else in the North, according to a Lloyds TSB study.
house prices: Four-bedroom houses on one of the grandest streets sell for £1 million and Victorian terraces for £350,000.
15 Hockley Nottingham why is it so great? Slap in the city centre beside the swish Lace Market apartments, Hockley is a mecca for cool types.
Besides its art galleries, New Age outlets and café culture, the beating heart of Hockley is the Broadway cinema, which hosts regular festivals.
who lives here? Designers, fashionistas, artists and would-be screenwriters. house prices: Two-bedroom warehouse-style properties sell for between £100,000 and £150,000.
16 Whitstable Kent why is it so great? This is the first beach you hit going east from London. There's a range of superb seafood restaurants around the harbour, and a charming period town centre that is enjoying a zeitgeist moment. It is the secondhome location of choice among arty and media types from London. who lives here? DFLs (down from London), water sports enthusiasts and those priced out of the Cotswolds. house prices: Ed Church of Strutt & Parker says a fisherman's cottage will cost £400,000 to £800,000 and large family homes sell for up to £2 million. The town average is £249,748.
17 Chorlton-cum-Hardy Greater Manchester why is it so great? Four miles from the city-centre (a few stops on the Metro), this leafy and smart suburb is an outpost for musicians, actors, writers and artists. Beech Road and Chorlton Cross are full of specialist shops and cafés, and there is a busy night-time bar scene. who lives here? Musician Damon Gough, aka Badly Drawn Boy, and Mark Collins of the Charlatans. house prices: These reflect the well-heeled locals. A detached family house will cost £650,000 to £800,000; pick up a two-bedroom flat for slightly less than £200,000.
18 Montpellier Cheltenham why is it so great? Just south of the centre of this delectable spa town is where the young and cool convene. The most interesting shops are clustered here and the Georgian architecture for which the city is justifiably famous doesn't hurt matters.
who lives here? Well-heeled young professional couples and London commuters. house prices: Georgian townhouses sell for more than £1.5 million but it is possible to find three to four-bedroom terraces for £650,000, and two bedroom flats for just below £250,000.
19 Stroud Gloucestershire why is it so great? Designer Jasper Conran said Stroud is the "Covent Garden of the Cotswolds" thanks to its cute boutiques, art galleries and bookshops. Handy for beautiful countryside — and its farmers' market wins awards.
Damien Hirst works here.
who lives here? Savannah Miller, sister of Sienna (both left), commuters from London, Bristol and Bath and rural types.
Community spirit is strong. Locals stopped the BNP setting up its media centre in town. house prices: Detached family homes are £350,000 to £450,000 and two-up, two-down cottages sell for £200,000 or less.
leanderman
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and the last ten (Brixton, in the top post, was no 25):
20 Jericho Oxford why is it so great? If you can overlook the tourists on Inspector Morse tours, then Jericho's gaily painted cottages are a delight. There are restaurants and shops in Walton Street, and houseboats on the Oxford Canal add colour. who lives here? Simon Beaufoy, scriptwriter of Slumdog Millionaire, and Mark Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, as well as academics and postgrad students.
house prices: Three-bedroom Victorian terraces are up to £450,000; two-bedroom flats are £250,000 to £300,000.
21 The Dockside Leeds why is it so great? The Dockside is now the place to have a Leeds pied-à-terre, thanks to a range of warehouse conversions and riverside developments such as Brewery Wharf, the Quays and Number 1 Dock Street. The Oracle bar is trendy, and there are stacks of cafés and shops. It's a ten-minute walk to Harvey Nichols.
who lives here? Leeds United chairman Ken Bates and city slicker professionals. house prices: One-bedroom flats cost from £90,000, says Stephen Berson of Hunters estate agents. Prices range up to £600,000 for the swankiest penthouses.
22 The Pallants, Chichester West Sussex why is it so great? Chichester's top postcode is The Pallants, which is quiet and traffic-free. The cobbled town centre is an easy walk away and full of cafés and boutiques. There's plenty of nightlife, too. Seek out the Amelie and Friends restaurant. The Chichester Festival lures A-list actors every year.
who lives here? Academics and commuters to Portsmouth, Brighton and Southampton. house prices: A two-bedroom cottage is £350,000; pay £2 million for a classic three-storey town house with five bedrooms.
23 Pontcanna Cardiff why is it so great? With its leafy streets and grand architecture, Pontcanna is home to the city's chattering classes. Cathedral Road and Pontcanna Street are lined with cafés and restaurants, where well-connected Welsh-speakers are known as "crachach".
who lives here? Journalists, arts supremos, TV execs, rugby players and politicians.
house prices: One of the most expensive parts of Cardiff. Handsome Victorian semis cost £500,000 to £800,000, while terraced cottages go for about £250,000.
24 Kemp Town Brighton why is it so great? The gay capital of Brighton, it's the nightlife that is the attraction. While cynics suggest the city centre specialises in meat-market megaclubs, in Kemp Town you're more likely to enjoy a drag act in an intimate underground (literally) venue. There are plenty of quirky cafés and shops, too.
who lives here? Straight and gay couples, and London commuters who like the cosmopolitan vibe.
house prices: Estate agent Justin Lloyd says two-bedroom cottages go for £350,000 to £400,000 and big seafront flats sell for £600,000.
26 Mill Road Cambridge why is it so great? This is the front line for town and gown — Mill Road divides smart Petersfield, a favourite with university staff, from homes in Romsey built for railway workers. Today the area has a vibrant array of independent shops and a strong community spirit. Thousands of people come to the winter fair. who lives here? This is the heart of the Muslim and Hindu communities and it also attracts students seeking a down-to-earth college experience as well as old-school lefties.
house prices: Terraced houses off Mill Road sell for between £320,000 and £350,000.
27 Glastonbury Somerset why is it so great? We know Glastonbury has a particular claim to fame, but forget the muddy delights of the festival: the town is cool all year round. Its cute centre has shops selling everything from pagan items to artisan bread and handmade jewellery. The ancient lanes around Glastonbury Tor are great for walkers, and there is a thriving pub culture.
who lives here? Spiritualists and alternative therapists. house prices: Avoid the faceless new-build on the fringes. You can buy a town centre cottage for between £120,000 and £140,000.
28 Kirkcudbright Dumfries and Galloway why is it so great? This is a classic fishing village but what sets it apart is its colony of painters and craft workers drawn by its quaint atmosphere and wonderful light.
Kirkcudbright's artistic bent is obvious the minute you walk its streets. Check out the summer festivities.
who lives here? Creative types. house prices: Three-bedroom houses from £200,000; two-bedroom terraces for £125,000.
29 Leigh-on-Sea Essex why is it so great? This former fishing village on the Thames Estuary is far removed from the tacky world of TOWIE. The waterfront of Old Leigh is glorious, and is speckled with fishing boats that artists find irresistible. Last year's art trail saw 50 painters, sculptors and craftspeople put their work on show in shops and cafés in the town centre. There's a regatta and a folk festival.
who lives here? Comedian Phill Jupitus (left), born-and-bred types, London commuters.
house prices: Seafront family homes cost £800,000-plus, but you can buy a good 1930s' semi for about £400,000, or a central two-bedroom flat for less than £250,000.
30 Montpelier Bristol why is it so great? A tiny patch of streets close to the city centre and a few minutes' walk from chichi Clifton, Montpelier has long been Bristol's bohemian district (perhaps because it is near to St Paul's, the centre of the city drugs trade). Montpelier itself has pretty period houses, many brightly painted, and some great cafés and bakeries. Vegetarians are particularly well catered for.
who lives here? Artists, musicians and right on types. house prices: Robert Pain of Kendall Harper says Georgian town houses cost about £500,000. You can buy a two-bedroom flat in a modern block from £160,000.
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