Hackney – Be careful what you wish for…

Living in Hackney, East London

I used to live on the Hackney/Lower Clapton border a few years ago, before gentrification. Even back then, I used to think it was rough. Although I used to take a kind of sadistic pleasure in informing any out of town friends visiting, that we were driving down the North London murder mile while on […]

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Brighton: ruined by Trustafarians & middle aged hippie consumers

Living in Brighton, East Sussex

If you’re looking for a place by the sea that pretends to be a mixture of San Francisco and France, you’ve come to the right place. Brighton has the truly unique and incredible selling point of being home to pockets of easy-to-identify clans. I won’t bore you with details of the homeless crack beggars (you […]

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