Yes, yes, of course we have been unbelievably lucky that we chose to live somewhere that became gentrified and therefore have made a lot of money on our house.
However.
We now feel like we have less and less in common with the people who live here. We are 49 and 51 and have good but not outstanding incomes.
I have just discovered that my new neighbours (who paid an extraordinary amount for their extremely average terraced house) are newlyweds in their early 30s. They are going to be doing building works, so I am imagine an extension and a loft conversion.
We are going to have nothing whatsoever in common with them are we?
I sincerely yearn for more authentic London living. Either inner city or further out and less pretentious and overpriced than where we are now.
Such a pita to have to move though! And nothing on the market 
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AIBU?
to want to move house in London just because the area where I live has become extremely poncey?
Mintyy · 08/12/2013 20:21
We've lived around our area for 16 years and it has become very gentrified recently. So fast in fact that it has been used as an example of urban gentrification in the national press.
It's more divided than ever. There are schools that are very predominantly white middle class and schools that reflect the old, mixed demographic much more. Estate and terrace don't mix. The Sunday market sells enough retro, foraged, up cycled twattery to sink a cruise ship. It's papering over the cracks though imo; the dealers are still dealing outside my house at 6pm on a summer's evening while my DCs are playing out with their friends metres away and our (old, undesirable) car's still been broken into twice in the last 6mo.
Next year, we're moving. For lots of reasons but one being that I just don't like it here any more.
Our new neighbours are very friendly - as long as you're a middle class graduate family with naice children who go to the right school. If you're not, they're not interested.
Change happens; I don't like it so we're out to live somewhere a bit less extreme.
YABU OP! 
Look at him. Just look at him. Walking on the giant pavement. Like a wanker.
Oooh, there's a bus going past at one point. I'm probably on it shaking my fist and mouthing 'wankers'.
PMSL
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