Question about living in Central London

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I'm intrigued by the number of people on here who say they live in Central London, or used to, or were considering doing so.

As someone who grew up in the suburbs, I could never imagine living in Central London, but then how are all these people defining what is central? Personally I'd think of the West End and the City, or somewhere very near a mainline station like Marylebone or Victoria. But maybe people define it as zone 1, in which case somewhere like Angel/parts of Islington could be considered in the same category, which I wouldn't think of as absolute Central London.

So if you live in Central London or have done so, where exactly do you consider the boundary to be?

I lived on Vincent Square in Westminster,to me that was Central London.

Then when I moved to Battersea,I called it South London.

Zone 1

I lived on Vincent Square in Westminster,to me that was Central London.
We used to have our school sports days there.

I think the City is "central" - not a tourist area, no, but given it's the "core" of Old London, it doesn't make sense to me to call it not central! It even has central in the postcode, for heaven's sake!

Oh, and I would love to live centrally. Used to live on Bermondsey St, walking distance from London Bridge (and loved it too, that was an awesome spot) but never lived closer in than Zone 2. Am in Zone 4 now and very happy here. I know people call where I am "suburbia" but it's still pretty Londony. To me suburbia is... Surbiton, or Canada Water.

There is a lot of council and social housing around Southwark and Waterloo. Peabody Trust flats built in Victorian times. There was a big problem in that area of unscrupulous developers persuading people to sell council flats they had bought, as they are worth such big bucks now.

I spent a couple of years as a student living in Borough / London Bridge. However as my actual uni was on the Strand it was either a long walk in or a bus / riverbus so felt like a commute and didn't really feel "central". And we often had lectures in Bloomsbury so even further to go! I loved it though and always felt grateful to be able to live there for a while.

My actual house is in Woolwich (which isn't central, but feels very busy and city-ish) but my partner lives a short walk from Waterloo station, and that area feels more village-like somehow.

Living centrally doesn’t necessarily mean you’re wealthy. I lived in Victoria as a child, very near the station, we had a council house which my grandparents had lived in, then my parents moved into. We never had any money, it was just where my grandparents ended up when they first emigrated from Ireland.

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