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North/South Divide - the London Edition
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
Extol the virtues of your side of the River.
I am a north of the great River woman. I cannot imagine ever wanting to move to the other side but it's fine for a short visit every once in a while.
I've got the City just down the road, the best bits of the West End and we have road signs on the north side.  |
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over a year ago
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I always find this argument intrguing. In every country & major city there is a north south divide. I'm Irish born and bread in Northern Ireland. When I moved to London my criteria was simple north of the river. For what reason I've no clue! I just liked the thought of North London more. Then there is the North South England divide. Having lived in Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham I can tell you that the divide is Northern driven. I must visit South London sometime. Do they have web feet? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I always find this argument intrguing. In every country & major city there is a north south divide. I'm Irish born and bread in Northern Ireland. When I moved to London my criteria was simple north of the river. For what reason I've no clue! I just liked the thought of North London more. Then there is the North South England divide. Having lived in Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham I can tell you that the divide is Northern driven. I must visit South London sometime. Do they have web feet? "
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"I always find this argument intrguing. In every country & major city there is a north south divide. I'm Irish born and bread in Northern Ireland. When I moved to London my criteria was simple north of the river. For what reason I've no clue! I just liked the thought of North London more. Then there is the North South England divide. Having lived in Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham I can tell you that the divide is Northern driven. I must visit South London sometime. Do they have web feet? "
I haven't checked their feet.
I agree that the UK North/South divide is driven by the North.
There was a thread in the Lounge about London taking everything. It makes me want to argue that London should declare nation state status. |
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 that my face when I need to go south. It's just weird. No real tube network. Old trains. Ppl just looking wrong. House prices that are still affordable (Abbey wood)
Being called a darkie 
I just hate south. Even the men have no manners.
Am I the only one who feels dirty when in South? |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
" that my face when I need to go south. It's just weird. No real tube network. Old trains. Ppl just looking wrong. House prices that are still affordable (Abbey wood)
Being called a darkie
I just hate south. Even the men have no manners.
Am I the only one who feels dirty when in South?"
I don't feel dirty but a lot of it doesn't feel like the great City that is London.
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Not Londoner myself, just placed here by the football club that got us here ... North seems a little rough to me .. but to be honest, I don't know Inner London at all - rarely go into the city as usually working. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"Not Londoner myself, just placed here by the football club that got us here ... North seems a little rough to me .. but to be honest, I don't know Inner London at all - rarely go into the city as usually working. "
Rough! That's fighting talk that is.  |
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"Not Londoner myself, just placed here by the football club that got us here ... North seems a little rough to me .. but to be honest, I don't know Inner London at all - rarely go into the city as usually working.
Rough! That's fighting talk that is. "
Well compared to Croydon or Mitcham or East LA?  |
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By *rishman75Man
over a year ago
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I'm from the Republic of Ireland and been in West London for 20 years and all I can say that I live the south side of London and it's open spaces and polite people but when I go across the river I find the people rude and to pricey for everything! But London ladies are sexy as hell  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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" that my face when I need to go south. It's just weird. No real tube network. Old trains. Ppl just looking wrong. House prices that are still affordable (Abbey wood)
Being called a darkie
I just hate south. Even the men have no manners.
Am I the only one who feels dirty when in South?"
you are shitting me! Ppl still use the D term! Thats horrible! Big Irish hug your way! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I always find this argument intrguing. In every country & major city there is a north south divide. I'm Irish born and bread in Northern Ireland. When I moved to London my criteria was simple north of the river. For what reason I've no clue! I just liked the thought of North London more. Then there is the North South England divide. Having lived in Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham I can tell you that the divide is Northern driven. I must visit South London sometime. Do they have web feet?
I haven't checked their feet.
I agree that the UK North/South divide is driven by the North.
There was a thread in the Lounge about London taking everything. It makes me want to argue that London should declare nation state status. "
I tend to agree. I never liked London until I come here. I'm a northern boy at heart. Well Irish first, then northern but the south as in London South is creeping up! But defo a North Londoner. I think that makes me Irish, then northern Irish then favour northern England but love North London! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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" that my face when I need to go south. It's just weird. No real tube network. Old trains. Ppl just looking wrong. House prices that are still affordable (Abbey wood)
Being called a darkie
I just hate south. Even the men have no manners.
Am I the only one who feels dirty when in South?"
p.s I'm 1 year outside your age range pure rage lol |
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" that my face when I need to go south. It's just weird. No real tube network. Old trains. Ppl just looking wrong. House prices that are still affordable (Abbey wood)
Being called a darkie
I just hate south. Even the men have no manners.
Am I the only one who feels dirty when in South? p.s I'm 1 year outside your age range pure rage lol "
Are you referring to me? How did you know my specific age range  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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" that my face when I need to go south. It's just weird. No real tube network. Old trains. Ppl just looking wrong. House prices that are still affordable (Abbey wood)
Being called a darkie
I just hate south. Even the men have no manners.
Am I the only one who feels dirty when in South? p.s I'm 1 year outside your age range pure rage lol
Are you referring to me? How did you know my specific age range "
yes I'm referring to you! I know as i tried to send you a msg and I got computer says no! I'm gutted! I am being penalised for 24 days!! It's my birthday then! Could you mail me???    |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
" that my face when I need to go south. It's just weird. No real tube network. Old trains. Ppl just looking wrong. House prices that are still affordable (Abbey wood)
Being called a darkie
I just hate south. Even the men have no manners.
Am I the only one who feels dirty when in South? you are shitting me! Ppl still use the D term! Thats horrible! Big Irish hug your way! "
They do and worse.
On here some use racist terms in their messages asking for a shag! It beggars belief why they think I would want to.
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"Born and bred Brummie here, but I love London for the pure fact it reminds me of Birmingham, apart from the crap accent......apples and pears "
But you are on the north side of the River. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Born and bred Brummie here, but I love London for the pure fact it reminds me of Birmingham, apart from the crap accent......apples and pears
But you are on the north side of the River. "
Oh yea, darn, will keep my mouth shut then.........but I still love all aspects of London, I could go deep, but been on night shift and tired |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Born and bred Brummie here, but I love London for the pure fact it reminds me of Birmingham, apart from the crap accent......apples and pears "
Get up those apple and pears, let's me play with your thrupenny bits! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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" that my face when I need to go south. It's just weird. No real tube network. Old trains. Ppl just looking wrong. House prices that are still affordable (Abbey wood)
Being called a darkie
I just hate south. Even the men have no manners.
Am I the only one who feels dirty when in South? you are shitting me! Ppl still use the D term! Thats horrible! Big Irish hug your way!
They do and worse.
On here some use racist terms in their messages asking for a shag! It beggars belief why they think I would want to.
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I am in shock reference racist terms |
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NI contact me after your birthday 
I'm used to racist terms. They amount of times at work, I have had to pull older people into my office and inform them that I am not coloured.
I can forgive people of a certain age but the young ones get a nice warning email from HR.
I use BBBW on my profile to let people know that I'm black because I don't have a profile pic.
That is all!!!
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By (user no longer on site)
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"NI contact me after your birthday
I'm used to racist terms. They amount of times at work, I have had to pull older people into my office and inform them that I am not coloured.
I can forgive people of a certain age but the young ones get a nice warning email from HR.
I use BBBW on my profile to let people know that I'm black because I don't have a profile pic.
That is all!!!
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I had actually written that my Granny uses the D term. She's 90! She knows no better. I've a mate of Jamaican/Irish decent. Mums Irish (and white shocker lol). He has been called the D worded by my granny but he laughed it off. Same as you it's an age thing you "let slide".. But racism is horrible it's truly my pet hate. I am in London 4 weeks and already I've pulled one lady of racist term. It's just wrong! Now don't you go calling me Paddy or I'll be offended! And come stroke of 12 noon I'll be mailing you! |
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"NI contact me after your birthday
I'm used to racist terms. They amount of times at work, I have had to pull older people into my office and inform them that I am not coloured.
I can forgive people of a certain age but the young ones get a nice warning email from HR.
I use BBBW on my profile to let people know that I'm black because I don't have a profile pic.
That is all!!!
I had actually written that my Granny uses the D term. She's 90! She knows no better. I've a mate of Jamaican/Irish decent. Mums Irish (and white shocker lol). He has been called the D worded by my granny but he laughed it off. Same as you it's an age thing you "let slide".. But racism is horrible it's truly my pet hate. I am in London 4 weeks and already I've pulled one lady of racist term. It's just wrong! Now don't you go calling me Paddy or I'll be offended! And come stroke of 12 noon I'll be mailing you! "
You do that and I might give you a birthday treat. |
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"We are venturing North this Friday, to our favourite club, now its venue south of the river is no more ... its a trek, often two hours on a Friday evening after work, but totally worth it. "
Order, where are you guys going? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"NI contact me after your birthday
I'm used to racist terms. They amount of times at work, I have had to pull older people into my office and inform them that I am not coloured.
I can forgive people of a certain age but the young ones get a nice warning email from HR.
I use BBBW on my profile to let people know that I'm black because I don't have a profile pic.
That is all!!!
I had actually written that my Granny uses the D term. She's 90! She knows no better. I've a mate of Jamaican/Irish decent. Mums Irish (and white shocker lol). He has been called the D worded by my granny but he laughed it off. Same as you it's an age thing you "let slide".. But racism is horrible it's truly my pet hate. I am in London 4 weeks and already I've pulled one lady of racist term. It's just wrong! Now don't you go calling me Paddy or I'll be offended! And come stroke of 12 noon I'll be mailing you!
You do that and I might give you a birthday treat. "
thanks! A drink would be a lovely start! If I could interest you? |
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"We are venturing North this Friday, to our favourite club, now its venue south of the river is no more ... its a trek, often two hours on a Friday evening after work, but totally worth it.
Order, where are you guys going? "
Bi kink |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"I live in north in n8 & I'm about to move south... Feels strange just thinking about it but it'll be a new adventure in se22!"
Holloway to SE22! Do they even have a Waitrose there?
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I'm north West London. I'm not to keen on South of the river. It's different there. No disrespect to anyone that lives there of course. It just has a different feel to it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I'm a South London girl and love the South. Don't like the North, lived there and it wasn't pleasent. I agree that feels and looks rough too, lol.
Tasty, the question is do you like it rough "
23 days now!!! Come on treat me early!! Lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I live in north in n8 & I'm about to move south... Feels strange just thinking about it but it'll be a new adventure in se22!
Holloway to SE22! Do they even have a Waitrose there?
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holloway lady here! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"North for me.
I still gawp at wonder when on the rare occasion I have to cross the river, but once I'm on the other side, a part of me shudders. Different vibe
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it's true it is a different vibe. Could never move there |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I live in north in n8 & I'm about to move south... Feels strange just thinking about it but it'll be a new adventure in se22!
Holloway to SE22! Do they even have a Waitrose there?
holloway lady here! "
how the hell do you get access to a phone in prison?? |
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South London & proud here.
North London is so alien to me, it's like a different culture up there. So much so that sometimes I can tell when someone was raised North of the river just by their attitude and the way they speak. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"North for me.
I still gawp at wonder when on the rare occasion I have to cross the river, but once I'm on the other side, a part of me shudders. Different vibe
I thought I was the only one. "
22 days!! |
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North London born and now live in N11. Though I did spend much of my youth just outside in Herts. Come from a long line of Londoners(on my dads side) going back centuries(Clerkenwell,Holborn&StGiles) so feel a real attachment for this side of the water. Though I think all quarters of London have something that add to the city. Love this city with a passion and can honestly say I dont want to ever leave again.nhard at times with the prices etc. When I see what others out in Herts,Essex etc get for what I pay round here,it is tempting. But I love being able to get on a bus and have a beer where my grand dad,great grand dad and back further lived and grew up. You cant beat it. |
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We drove in and around London from ten am until seven yesterday, for various reasons, and that involved north and south. First time I have seen them in daylight, one after another .... north looked much grittier and the people seemed different, but also interesting ... felt a sigh of relief when we came back south. Seems much more relaxing to me with the streets more open and just cleaner. I am not London born and bred, only been here five years .... love where we are, but working hard to get out into the sticks. |
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By *igharryMan
over a year ago
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Used to go south a lot when i was in Uni and now i live in North. Have to say i agree with everyone about south just not feeling like London! And north is just so much cleaner and well maintained! Definitely a north kinda guy but maybe thats because I'm originally a northerner lol |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"I live in north in n8 & I'm about to move south... Feels strange just thinking about it but it'll be a new adventure in se22!
Holloway to SE22! Do they even have a Waitrose there?
holloway lady here! "
That should be reason enough for him to change his mind about SE22. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"I must be going to/through the wrong part of North London as it's grimy wherever I look ... of course, I shall consult with Mr Law who was born and bred here, so obviously knows better ..."
The bits close to the City are tighter, grittier and more densely populated. This was the direction in which London first extended so has centuries of development.
Go to Sutton House in Hackney and you can see a model of the rich and vast farms and grand townhouses that were countryside but soon became parts of London.
The current configuration of London is 50 this year. Many of the Outer London boroughs were created then, particularly in South London where there were areas that had not been seen as London. Those boroughs closer to the City, like Hackney were formed of the former smaller boroughs (Shoreditch, Hackney, Stoke Newington).
South of the River is a relative newcomer to the landscape of London.
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"Enfield on Saturday - I was surprised how rural it was ... "
It's only 50 years old. It was one of the new boroughs where it had been suburbia/countryside in 1964 and London in 1965.
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Enfield is in Middlesex even though it has a London telephone code and a Hertfordshire postcode prefix
I am north of the river and always have a small panic attack going over or under the Thames.
Now live in Herts (only just) but still able to get on a London bus but nearest tube station is a 20 minute (on a good day) drive away.
I love being here as countryside on my doorstep and a 40 min train ride to London.
Culturely diverse but very large ethnic communities.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"South London & proud here.
North London is so alien to me, it's like a different culture up there. So much so that sometimes I can tell when someone was raised North of the river just by their attitude and the way they speak. "
Same here. |
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"By the sound of some of the posts here I'm very glad I'm a south London girl, stuck up much?
I'm sorry. Didn't mean to hurt anyone's feelings.  "
I don't think you have.
It probably refers to me: I am a self-confessed North London snob. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"By the sound of some of the posts here I'm very glad I'm a south London girl, stuck up much?
I'm sorry. Didn't mean to hurt anyone's feelings. "
You didn't hurt my feelings, just childish comments like people look weird etc, bit pointless |
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"We've got the South Bank - end of! 
You're right, that's about as South as it's comfortable go before you enter the unchartered, There Be Dragons, south. "
I agreed to meet a guy from Fulham for dinner, said lets meet halfway - we looked at a map and both went...
But, luckily there is the oasis known as Dulwich Village where we had a lovely meal al fresco watching the urban foxcubs dodge the Ranger Rovers!
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By *icketysplits OP Woman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"We've got the South Bank - end of!
You're right, that's about as South as it's comfortable go before you enter the unchartered, There Be Dragons, south.
I agreed to meet a guy from Fulham for dinner, said lets meet halfway - we looked at a map and both went...
But, luckily there is the oasis known as Dulwich Village where we had a lovely meal al fresco watching the urban foxcubs dodge the Ranger Rovers!
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My bit of North London doesn't have the Range Rivers but we've got an abundance of wild urban foxes. Mating season is like living in a horror movie.
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"I'm moving to Dulwich... It's supposed to be nice. I'm gonna miss north London though. Any good west Indian restaurants?"
If not in the village there will be millions nearby!! There's even a Lido near Herne Hill - I gotta check that out one day! |
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" that my face when I need to go south. It's just weird. No real tube network. Old trains. Ppl just looking wrong. House prices that are still affordable (Abbey wood)
Being called a darkie
I just hate south. Even the men have no manners.
Am I the only one who feels dirty when in South?"
South London born and bred. I haven't heard "darkie" since the 70s!
I'm not a fan of north London and rarely go into the centre: too much people. Expensive houses with no outside space, garage or parking.
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