Rudi Hedman
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- Caterham
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A few years ago some cvnt tried driving through the post match crowd straight after a Saturday 3pm match by The Clifton. Some minor vandalism followed.
Croydon
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PalazioVecchio
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there seems to be a ton of Eagles, on here, who once lived in South London and escaped to greener pastures. Myself included.
The vibe i am getting is that very few of you entertain the prospect of returning long-term to our manor.
Willo
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I have never entertained such a prospect.
I am very honoured and privileged to reside in a delightful and sought-after location but the drive to and from 'Selhurst Park' can be challenging and a chore on occasions !
chris123
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- hove actually
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England
The club I used to play for had an annual cricket match against Norwood at the ground near the lake, they were always very competitive and a good wicket as I remember.
Moved out of london when I was about 35, would never ever consider moving back, Croydon is a complete dump tho due to rising house prices, I do see it massively improving and it'll be a decent area in about 20 years, surrounding towns like Tonbridge, Crawley, Guildford, Slough, will become absolute dumps, even worse than anything the uk has now.
OneStevePerrin
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- Coulsdon
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England
I live in the south part of the borough and because of the ease of getting to Palace wouldn’t want to move further away. Plus of course the free bus / tram and train rides into London for theatre, concerts and walks is a great reason for staying. But yes, central Croydon and north of the borough is not worth (safety) the visit these days sadly. I much prefer my trips into Bromley these days for shopping which saddens me as central Croydon when I started work for the Council in 1971 was superb for lunchtime and nightlife. I even lived in the north of the borough back then which was safe. Makes me sad now thinking how bad things have become :-( But, I’m a Croydonian and proud of it 🙂
.... and they say distance makes for enchantment. I just love your positive attitude a real tonic.Croydon's answer to Judith Chalmers ,you sell it so well.
Rudi Hedman
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England
Which area or direction have you moved?
Croydon being a complete dump due to rising house prices is an interesting theory. I have an idea why you might think that but what’s your reasoning? And it could change if Westfield becomes a success.
Im in Wokingham and no, I belive rising house prices will see massive change, the rich decided they wanted to live closer to the city, the only affordable places in london left are places like Croydon, Hounslow, Edmonton, which have all become the worst places in London but in about 20 years they will all become affluent suburbs again.
chris123
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- hove actually
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England
A lot of good pubs are no longer.
Rudi Hedman
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- Caterham
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England
I agree that lots of things are cyclical but what’s your theory these shithole town centre suburbs will become affluent again in 20 years?
Just off how long it took to transform the inner city slums, places like Hackney, Brixton and Peckham are unrecognisable to what they were 25 years ago, look at Streatham, id actually class it as a pretty posh area now. Mitcham, Norbury, Norwood and Lewisham next and then hopefully Croydon will become a habitable town again.
cryrst
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England
Not when they are full of people who don’t know what civility and pride of your surroundings is ! Happy to live amongst the crap and rubbish they throw in the street.
Rudi Hedman
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- Caterham
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England
Thing is these are quite fake communities. They’re full of privately educated brits from everywhere and higher educated people from Europe and afar. You then have the 3rd worlders arriving to live in social housing.
Rudi Hedman
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England
Because it’s near Aldershot?
The world has moved on, with the Internet and how we communicate and how accessible everyone is, you will never get the communities we had in cities, 40 or 50 years ago.
PalazioVecchio
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Gentrification :
whether a place transforms into wealthy Shoreditch or a Kip. Its surely all down to money and Government Policy. When the Tories brought in 'the Benefits Cap'...it transferred a lot of the longterm unemployed off to kips like Stoke-on-Trent and Middlesborough.
I can never understand how places like Newham are on the doorstep of the greatest Labour market on Earth ( the City ) and yet seem to be full of longterm unemployed types. Meanwhile all the accountants & Lawyers commute in from 60 miles away, every morning - at an enormous cost of money, effort, and time.
i reckon , to get to live in one of the great World cities should be a privilege. Send all the never-worked scumbags off to dormitory accommodation on the Shetland Islands.....until they get a job at least.
East Croydon is only a 15 minute hop to London Bridge.....should be all city workers ( & Palace players) living in our 'hood.
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whether a place transforms into wealthy Shoreditch or a Kip. Its surely all down to money and Government Policy. When the Tories brought in 'the Benefits Cap'...it transferred a lot of the longterm unemployed off to kips like Stoke-on-Trent and Middlesborough.
I can never understand how places like Newham are on the doorstep of the greatest Labour market on Earth ( the City ) and yet seem to be full of longterm unemployed types. Meanwhile all the accountants & Lawyers commute in from 60 miles away, every morning - at an enormous cost of money, effort, and time.
i reckon , to get to live in one of the great World cities should be a privilege. Send all the never-worked scumbags off to dormitory accommodation on the Shetland Islands.....until they get a job at least.
East Croydon is only a 15 minute hop to London Bridge.....should be all city workers ( & Palace players) living in our 'hood.
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Eagleman13
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. . . & what's this got to do with Croydon? You know, the title of this thread.Gentrification :
whether a place transforms into wealthy Shoreditch or a Kip. Its surely all down to money and Government Policy. When the Tories brought in 'the Benefits Cap'...it transferred a lot of the longterm unemployed off to kips like Stoke-on-Trent and Middlesborough.
I can never understand how places like Newham are on the doorstep of the greatest Labour market on Earth ( the City ) and yet seem to be full of longterm unemployed types. Meanwhile all the accountants & Lawyers commute in from 60 miles away, every morning - at an enormous cost of money, effort, and time.
i reckon , to get to live in one of the great World cities should be a privilege. Send all the scumbags off to dormitory accommodation on the Shetland Islands.....until they get a job at least.
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PalazioVecchio
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Streatham is now posh ? jeez, i really am out of touch with Sarf Landon.