[Misc] New Hackney (AKA Worthing)

[Herr Tubthumper]

Commuter town dubbed 'new Hackney' as young Londoners flock there

Houses are £320,000 cheaper than the East London borough

www.mylondon.news

 

[Comrade Sam]

What a load of bollox. I've visited regularly and lived in Hackney for nearly 30 years and known Worthing well for 50 years. The only thing they have in common is a Labour council and MP. Hackney has a long and radical history built on immigration and resistance. It's latest incarnation as a trendy hang out is built on endless Turkish, Vietnamese and West Indian eateries and culture - including an important role in the development of black British music. It is a long standing centre of Jewish culture, religious and secular. An old and vibrant Muslim community. A massive artistic community, strong left wing traditions, refugee support networks, mass social housing. Worthing has a beach? I'd be interested to hear from anyone familiar with both that sees similarities.

 

[B-right-on]

My brother in law has a business in Hackney and been there many times over the almost 30 years he's been my BIL and I can't see one thing that I would say that they have in common.

Apart from the most obvious, which is the ethnic diversity (47% ethnic diverse in Hackney vs 15% in Worthing) there's a hell of a lot of cultural differences as a result.

Pretty ridiculous tbh.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Commuter town dubbed 'new Hackney' as young Londoners flock there

Houses are £320,000 cheaper than the East London borough

www.mylondon.news

Sometimes it pleases me that the commuter links from Faversham to London are piss poor.

(And that most of the time I'm WFH)

 

[BN9 BHA]

What a load of bollox. I've visited regularly and lived in Hackney for nearly 30 years and known Worthing well for 50 years. The only thing they have in common is a Labour council and MP. Hackney has a long and radical history built on immigration and resistance. It's latest incarnation as a trendy hang out is built on endless Turkish, Vietnamese and West Indian eateries and culture - including an important role in the development of black British music. It is a long standing centre of Jewish culture, religious and secular. An old and vibrant Muslim community. A massive artistic community, strong left wing traditions, refugee support networks, mass social housing. Worthing has a beach? I'd be interested to hear from anyone familiar with both that sees similarities.

We will put it down as a maybe then

 

[Bozza]

Was the writer having a bit of fun with this bit?

"He added that 11 out of 14 people who viewed a property were all from Crystal Palace, showing Londoners are becoming increasingly interested in the West Sussex town."

 

[BN9 BHA]

Makes a change from reading newspaper links calling Hastings the new Shoreditch, whatever that means

 

[Comrade Sam]

I've just realised the similarities - Hackney has amazing music festivals in Victoria Park and today The Stein had it's Summer lookie likie extravaganza with pretend Billie Joel and Cher.

 

[POSKETT AT THE VALLEY]

I suppose Hackney has got its marshes. Worthing has got Hill Barn and the Rotary. In terms of a football match though it’s Worthing 4 Hackney 0.

 

[BN9 BHA]

I usually enjoy the comments section on newspaper story links

 

[CheeseRolls]

What a load of bollox. I've visited regularly and lived in Hackney for nearly 30 years and known Worthing well for 50 years. The only thing they have in common is a Labour council and MP. Hackney has a long and radical history built on immigration and resistance. It's latest incarnation as a trendy hang out is built on endless Turkish, Vietnamese and West Indian eateries and culture - including an important role in the development of black British music. It is a long standing centre of Jewish culture, religious and secular. An old and vibrant Muslim community. A massive artistic community, strong left wing traditions, refugee support networks, mass social housing. Worthing has a beach? I'd be interested to hear from anyone familiar with both that sees similarities.

I feel you are being a little to literal here Sam. People who may have been looking at Hackney as offering value for money in the property market are being tempted to look further afield for value and Worthing is one location that offers that. I don't believe anyone is suggesting that Worthing is becoming more like Hackney, just that there is a lot of interest in moving to the area.

I think it is definetly on the up as an area. I was walking through Hove on Friday and was wondering how all those tiny one bad flats are working out for people who may now be working from home. These were great when people travelled into London 5 days a week to work, but home working means people tend to want more space for their money and Worthing can offer that. If you only need the occasional journey into London for work, the distance is not too much of a problem.

 

[Comrade Sam]

I feel you are being a little to literal here Sam. People who may have been looking at Hackney as offering value for money in the property market are being tempted to look further afield for value and Worthing is one location that offers that. I don't believe anyone is suggesting that Worthing is becoming more like Hackney, just that there is a lot of interest in moving to the area.

I think it is definetly on the up as an area. I was walking through Hove on Friday and was wondering how all those tiny one bad flats are working out for people who may now be working from home. These were great when people travelled into London 5 days a week to work, but home working means people tend to want more space for their money and Worthing can offer that. If you only need the occasional journey into London for work, the distance is not too much of a problem.

If that is the case then virtually everywhere has been the new Hackney for over a decade apart from Hackney where house prices rocketed then slowly crawled for the last decade. (Fortunately I bought my flat in Hackney in 2001)

 

[Skuller]

I've just realised the similarities - Hackney has amazing music festivals in Victoria Park and today The Stein had it's Summer lookie likie extravaganza with pretend Billie Joel and Cher.

Mind you, on Saturday, in the heart of hipsterish Brighton I went to a Dolly Parton tribute concert.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

I've just realised the similarities - Hackney has amazing music festivals in Victoria Park and today The Stein had it's Summer lookie likie extravaganza with pretend Billie Joel and Cher.

Steyne Gardens - not The Stein! Anyway, you missed out the Bee Gees and Cliff Richard tribute acts that were also on the bill I drove past while the Bee Gee tribute were playing and there was a decent crowd in there.

The night before was aimed at a younger demographic with tributes to Dua Lipa, Pink, Ed Sheeran and Madonna

 

[Chicken Run]

Steyne Gardens - not The Stein! Anyway, you missed out the Bee Gees and Cliff Richard tribute acts that were also on the bill I drove past while the Bee Gee tribute were playing and there was a decent crowd in there.

The night before was aimed at a younger demographic with tributes to Dua Lipa, Pink, Ed Sheeran and Madonna

Sounds good, anyway let’s hope all those DFL types stay the hell away!

 

[Worthingite]

We moved away from Worthing last year, as these DfL's seem to have pumped the prices up beyond what was sensible. We've been up north (well, Derbyshire/Yorks border) for exactly a year last week, and the quality of life we have up here is beyond belief compared to what we could afford in New Hackney!

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

We moved away from Worthing last year, as these DfL's seem to have pumped the prices up beyond what was sensible. We've been up north (well, Derbyshire/Yorks border) for exactly a year last week, and the quality of life we have up here is beyond belief compared to what we could afford in New Hackney!

How is your quality of life improved? Purely a bigger property?

 

[Worthingite]

How is your quality of life improved? Purely a bigger property?

Bigger home, for sure, but we've got the Peaks on our doorstep, a quieter, and arguably friendlier pace of life (for the first 3 months my other half was terrified by the fact that "strangers" kept striking up conversations with her!), everything is cheaper (except the council tax, but that's our fault!), rail links to London/Birmingham/Manchester/Sheffield are incredible. We miss our friends and family, I miss going to the Albion of course, but we get down south at least once a month.

 

[CHAPPERS]

Steyne Gardens - not The Stein! Anyway, you missed out the Bee Gees and Cliff Richard tribute acts that were also on the bill I drove past while the Bee Gee tribute were playing and there was a decent crowd in there.

The night before was aimed at a younger demographic with tributes to Dua Lipa, Pink, Ed Sheeran and Madonna

Newer Lipa, Pinkish, Ed Nearan and Mad Donna are my guesses.

 

[sydney]

Sometimes it pleases me that the commuter links from Faversham to London are piss poor.

(And that most of the time I'm WFH)

i've been pointing that out for a while moosh.