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Opinions on Hampstead - London - also, how to deal with rude drivers

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arabella2 · 08/09/2005 10:14

I am beginning to really dislike the place - my ds goes to nursery there (we live in Willesden) because my friend was happy with it and I like the people who run it a lot. Very down to earth and loving. I don't think the people on the street outside, especially in cars, are very down to earth and loving though! This morning two incidents with very arrogant rude men in cars getting annoyed with me over nothing. I don't react because I don't want to start a catfight in front of the kids and anyway what's the point? The only people who are polite on the roads are the working people in vans etc... Is it money that makes people so unfriendly, uncaring and rude??? If so I am glad we don't have much of the stuff. Came back to Willesden (which I normally slag off a bit because the high street is a mess) with a sigh of relief, don't feel as if I am going to be got at on the road every second minute. One of the men still playing on my mind - should have had a cutting retort for him but can't really think of one - any ideas???
Basically he glared at me really rudely over apparently leaving not enough space for his swanky sports car, tried to move and got too close and he hooted really loudly... Just the look on his face was totally dead and spoilt looking. Then annoyed another man because apparently I should have stopped for him to get out of his parking space (the road was at a gridlock) even though I had not even seen he wanted to come out (was not indicating)..grrr...

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arabella2 · 08/09/2005 10:23

Sorry to offend all the people who might live there and are NOT like that...

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Monstersmum · 08/09/2005 10:43

Parking at my DS's school is at total nightmare at the moment - new car park being built - and the school is on a narrow residential road. Some people are really nice and some are just HORRIBLE! And the ones who are horrible are the ones driving the big flashy sports cars or 4x4s. And for some reason around here loads of women drive those Porsche Cayenne 4x4s and cannot drive!

I stick my tongue out a lot!

suzywong · 08/09/2005 10:49

well you have now met half the rude and arrogant driver brigade in Hampstead, the other half are the mothers doing the run to FitzJohns in over sized SUVs which they cannot see out of and have no idea how to guage their size on the road.

I used to HATE driving in Hampstead for the reasons you mention. Awful isn't it?

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