In which bit of London would you choose to live?

[spacemonkey]

I moved to Islington in the summer. As I expected, it's a very mixed area - some posh bits, some rough bits. I know the whole of London is like this, pretty much, but this area seems particularly polarised. Anyway, to get to the point, I am thinking about moving again in the new year, in fact I'm going to look at a flat in Bayswater this weekend, and from the minimal investigations I've done it seems to me that Bayswater will suit me much better.

I'm loving living in London, and ideally I want to be somewhere central, buzzing (i.e. not quiet residential but lots of shops/restaurants etc), not too posh, not too rough and preferably further west.

Any recommendations for me? Where would you choose and why?

which rd spacemonkey? i used to share a place in Hatherley grove

it's hereford road

v posh methinks

it's up the talbot road end, tbh i prefer the moscow rd end but the whole neighbourhood seems nice

there's a lovely greek orthodox church in moscow rd, isn't there? i was at the top end nr the porchester baths bit. loved getting the no.23 bus to work and being able to stroll to the park and pick up something lovely from whiteleys

ooh i do hope it's nice inside - it'll certainly be smaller than the place i'm in, but now there's just the 2 of us i don't need as much space really

dp was doing a job up there and just rang me to describe it from the outside - he said it has big windows, high ceilings and a balcony on the lower floor.

LOVE the idea of being so near kensington gardens. Earl's Court within easy distance but not too close

yes, lou and i went up there the other week and there is a greek orthodox church there

dh spent many of his childhood years growing up in hereford road

db and dsil surely must have some idea as they have residences in nearly every part of london . Can't believe you're going to give up that fab house!

Loved living in Ealing but place i would go back to is Chelsea/fulham good vibe loads to do.
Have fun looking!

Hello DG, well I won't give it up unless I find something that I like just as much, but I'm quite happy to have something smaller and no garden if the area's right. Must say though, this house is great so I won't be heartbroken if I have to stay here.

she wants to be closer to her swain

Something'll turn up soon enough

Chelsea is nice too although probably a bit lah-di-dah for me. I got all annoyed last time I went out down the Kings Road after being jostled by hoorays, it wasn't much better than being jostled by chavs tbh.

And at this rate I'll only be needed a bedsit - just spoke to the kids and dd is saying that xh is going to lodge an appeal with the LEA to get her back into her old school.

"be needing" that should read

yeah, and you won't be able to take your trolley for a stroll either . And you'll be missing out on that fab organic pub, 15 & carluccio's! When we went to that pub for the 1st time, my bro said he'd be happy to have a place with no kitchen and he'd just go and eat there everyday but then he says that about alot of places.

well i can always visit islington for the good bits!

especially one bit in particular

can't believe I've lost all my children

true! But what about the trolley, dolly

I'll turn into a mad old lady wheeling a tiny tears doll around bayswater in my old woman shopping trolley

sorry I missed that. Does dd want to go back to her old school then or is xh just trying to p&ss you off?

She wants to go back I think, in fact they both want me to move back to Colchester, but I really don't want to.

sorry, but HAHAHAHAHA. I can see you doing exactly that!

They will be back btw, when they get fed up with catching chicken legs thrown over enery VIII's shoulder, and mucking out his horses.