Why have the white British left London ?

[Insel affe]

Why did you leave? It's likely to be the same for the others in one shape or form.

To be completely honest.

I moved to Camden in 1996 only because of the amazing Rockabilly, Psychobilly scene with gigs going on nearly everynight of the week, It was always my intention to move back to Brighton.

I got married and we bought a one bedroom flat in camden and lived there happily for 7 years together.

We unexpectedly fell pregnant and we discussed the various pros and cons of bringing up a child.

1: we lived in a one bedroom flat could we afford a two bedroom flat with a garden. (london does have green spaces, but they are not your own)
2: Work - The wife works for Camden Council and has a well paid position / I am a trades person with a skill I can take anywhere health permitting.
3: Schools

I my very well get a roasting here for what I am about to say, but do you know what I dont care.

We came to the conclusion we could not afford to move to a bigger house or flat so we had to stay where we were, our catchment area was such that my daughter (we knew the sex) would be one of a handful in a predominatly black or asian area or to be even worse pikey white familys from council estates. Anyone who knows the estates of Camden and Summers Town will know what I am saying, gang fights, open drug selling and even murders take place.

It was a no brainer, we put the flat on the market which sold double quick and got a four bedroom house with a garden and exchanged before she was born, and moved back to Brighton when she was 3months old.

As I said I dont feel bad for saying the above, because until you have to make that choice and live where we lived and saw what I saw on a daily basis you can not judge me. I have witnessed racism from every race in London, I have worked in every races house I have seen Jewish people be rasist towards blacks, I have seen Asians be rasist towards blacks and visa versa, I have seen west indians be rasist towards africans and africans be rasist towards africans. None of it is right, and I did not want my daughter to be brought up in the enviroment with the threat of gangs, drugs in inner city London & I love my daughter and I think I have made the right choice, No I know I have made the right choice.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

just a place of no go areas at certain times of the day for certain types of people
regards
DR

 

[Dandyman]

, you probably come from sevenoaks and wished you came from south london.

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Surely no one on an Albion site wishes they were from Saaf London.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

So let me get this straight? your argument has boiled down to saying I do not live in London, or even born then I infact come from Sevenoaks. You are a funny little man

Welcome to the (narrow) world of Bushy. Unless you were born within earshot of Ray Winston in a Victorian terrace with an outside lav and listen to The Cockney Rejects every waking hour with a horse brass stuffed up your arse you cannot comment on London.

 

[sant andreu]

back to the OP's topic...

At London losing People,
See Society losing to Capitalism:
Anti-socialist behaviour runs rife, left unchecked buy
the denizens, enforcers and hordes sewn into
Capitalism's Capital ideas

(I know this can quite justifiably be discarded as sensationalist left wing lyrical nonsense, and it's not all that bad in London, there are loads of good things there, but I got inspired by the word play on capitalism = anti social(ism)

 

[portlock seagull]

Welcome to the (narrow) world of Bushy. Unless you were born within earshot of Ray Winston in a Victorian terrace with an outside lav and listen to The Cockney Rejects every waking hour with a horse brass stuffed up your arse you cannot comment on London.

I have to admit, this did make me Lol!

 

[Cheshire Cat]

London is a shithole - all of it - without exception.

 

[clapham_gull]

I moved to Wandsworth when Bushy moved out.

Does that count ?

 

[JJB]

London is fantastic... but the best thing about it is being able to leave it and being back in the New Forest in just over an hour!

 

[goldstone]

when asians want to live in their own communties or all in the same street,they're not considered racists

but when white people want to do the same,straight away they're labelled racists

That's a valid point. Anyone care to disagree?

 

[El Presidente]

That's a valid point. Anyone care to disagree?

Is anyone stopping them?

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

London is a shithole - all of it - without exception.

Parts of London would need to improve considerably before they could be called a shithole

 

[The Spanish]

That's a valid point. Anyone care to disagree?

you could add, that confusingly the label racists is often given to whites who WANT to live in a predominately white area, by people who DO or CAN live in predominately white areas. thats the most vile thing of all. British people will never ever miss an opportunity to slag off other less fortunate British people, and if you can feel like a massive humanitarian in the process without ever having your own tolerances tested properly, then what a fantastic deal!

 

[Snarkey5]

because london is awful

exactly, how anyone can live there is beyond me

 

[jakarta]

To be completely honest.

I moved to Camden in 1996 only because of the amazing Rockabilly, Psychobilly scene with gigs going on nearly everynight of the week, It was always my intention to move back to Brighton.

I got married and we bought a one bedroom flat in camden and lived there happily for 7 years together.

We unexpectedly fell pregnant and we discussed the various pros and cons of bringing up a child.

1: we lived in a one bedroom flat could we afford a two bedroom flat with a garden. (london does have green spaces, but they are not your own)
2: Work - The wife works for Camden Council and has a well paid position / I am a trades person with a skill I can take anywhere health permitting.
3: Schools

I my very well get a roasting here for what I am about to say, but do you know what I dont care.

We came to the conclusion we could not afford to move to a bigger house or flat so we had to stay where we were, our catchment area was such that my daughter (we knew the sex) would be one of a handful in a predominatly black or asian area or to be even worse pikey white familys from council estates. Anyone who knows the estates of Camden and Summers Town will know what I am saying, gang fights, open drug selling and even murders take place.

It was a no brainer, we put the flat on the market which sold double quick and got a four bedroom house with a garden and exchanged before she was born, and moved back to Brighton when she was 3months old.

As I said I dont feel bad for saying the above, because until you have to make that choice and live where we lived and saw what I saw on a daily basis you can not judge me. I have witnessed racism from every race in London, I have worked in every races house I have seen Jewish people be rasist towards blacks, I have seen Asians be rasist towards blacks and visa versa, I have seen west indians be rasist towards africans and africans be rasist towards africans. None of it is right, and I did not want my daughter to be brought up in the enviroment with the threat of gangs, drugs in inner city London & I love my daughter and I think I have made the right choice, No I know I have made the right choice.

You are not going to get a roasting from me, what you say seems very sensible. Indeed anyone that wanted their children to grow up in Inner City London (and no I don't mean Chelsea and Westminster) when they had the alternative of (most of) the lovely County of Sussex would be rather perverse.

 

[The Spanish]

You are not going to get a roasting from me, what you say seems very sensible. Indeed anyone that wanted their children to grow up in Inner City London (and no I don't mean Chelsea and Westminster) when they had the alternative of (most of) the lovely County of Sussex would be rather perverse.

i understand, conversely, why ethnic minorities would not want to move to sussex. I know a number of friends who looked at moving to Brighton and the lack of diversity and the fact their kids would be in a very small minority were cited as reasons not to, when I was championing the place to them. Now this is whats happening. The BBC bloke is a total bell end. its terrifying people like him are taken seriously.

 

[jakarta]

i understand, conversely, why ethnic minorities would not want to move to sussex. I know a number of friends who looked at moving to Brighton and the lack of diversity and the fact their kids would be in a very small minority were cited as reasons not to, when I was championing the place to them. Now this is whats happening. The BBC bloke is a total bell end. its terrifying people like him are taken seriously.

Your friends would rather have 'diversity' than the comparative lack of crime/violence and exposure to drugs that Sussex vs Inner City London life would present to their children - I say again perverse!

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

The BBC bloke is a total bell end. its terrifying people like him are taken seriously.

Quite. They should really be asking you and your pub mates for anecdotes.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

tcheuss.

Misspelt but danke.

By the way. My wife had an interview at a school today...which has pupils with 60 different nationalities. We're living the multicultural dream Bushy, living the dream

 

[BadFish]

why would i "pretend" to know what i'm on about ? are we playing a game of who is more london ?

yes, and you are losing!