My friend's landlady gave them notice so now they are desperate to find somewhere to leave. They want a 2 bedroom flat.
She called me yesterday asking for help because I have lived in the are for quite a long time and have moved whit in the area a lot too. Also I know lots of people and have experience searching in the rights websites and dealing with landlords, agencies, etc. They are new-ish to London and don't speak/read English very well.
So she was telling me that she would definitely not move to certain area of the town because there are too many Muslims there...
Now, our town is nice and is fairly mixed, it has people from so many different countries/cultures and backgrounds...but there is one part of the town where there are essentially white English people with money and she would have to move over there if she wants to avoid having Muslims leaving near by. Problem is she can't afford living in there.
She can't even afford to move TBH, they have no money for deposit or rent upfront and they currently live in a damp 1 bedroom flat (2 adults and 2 kids -7 and 1). Once she brought her buggy inside the flat for the night and it was full of mould following morning.
They will be extremely lucky if they find another decent 1 bedroom flat for what they pay (dodge landlady/crap property/ no contract, etc), never mind a 2 bedroom in a 'naice' enough area where there will be less Muslims around...
Anyway, I work full time, I have my family, my hobbies and interests. But I am always making time to help her out and she usually asks for a lot of help.
But this time, I think will pass, because I don't want to hear crap like this anymore and I am even concerned now to be seen as a friend of someone who has such shallow views.
I am not sure if she is pure racist and ignorant or just blinded by her own religion...also in the country where we come from, we don't get so many foreigners so maybe she is still getting used to the mixture in London...(not really an excuse I don't think...)