[Loukas]

I live in what is described to a 'village in a city' with the nightlife of Dalston and Shoreditch like 10/15 minutes away

My 'Village' -







Dalston -

Rudimental are from my area and they decided to use this peace mural for their album cover in Dalston.

Spoiler:

Roof top cinema/park/bar at night


Dalston is the birthplace of Alan Spenner, bassist with ABC, Roxy Music, The Grease Band and Joe Cocker. It was also home to Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie in the 1980's. Dalston was the setting of the third series of the aforementioned comedy The Mighty Boosh, with Noel Fielding still living there to this day. It used to be a tad on the rough side to say the least, but is now probably one of London’s coolest spot (The Mighty Boosh’s Vince Noir says so, so it must be true). Dalston is also home to what Vice Magazine call the 'London's Celebrity Hipster Elite.' Mainly this seems to be down to Cara Delevingne, Harry Styles, Rita Ora, Steve Jones, Miquita Oliver and Nick Grimshaw. Who tend to go to Dalston's clubs quite regularly, their favourite is called 'Birthday's'

[Me. I Am Salman]

My borough is one of the poorest boroughs in the whole of the UK but because of regeneration projects there's pockets of rich areas like Canary Wharf, so it's like living in two worlds. Also the original big brother house is a 15 minute walk from my house

Spoiler:

Canary Wharf



Robin Hood Gardens, a lot of random historians or whatever are campaigning for it to stay but one of my friends that lives there says everyone that lives in it wants it broken down lmao



Some famous public baths thing that closed decades ago



Some place where boxing events/small concerts/parties are held, it used to be a massive Mecca bingo before



Victoria Park







The iconic Gaylord



Town hall/gym/other irrelevant buildings



Ragged School Museum from like the Victoria era ;o



Rich people live here





Poor people live here











Where the old BB house was. No one comes here because it's rapey

Majority of these are 1-2 miles from my house. The contrast is unreal

[Mrluvaluva]

I thought Robin Hood gardens had been demolished?

[Me. I Am Salman]

omg no it's still there they're gonna demolish my building though so I'm moving out in the next one or two years ;(

[Mrluvaluva]

They started demolishing it in April though. Are they just doing it bit by bit over a long period of time? I know it's quite a huge complex.

And why is The Gaylord iconic? Is it because Cliff Richard etc dine there?

[Me. I Am Salman]

I have no idea but it's not being touched atm. How do you know so much anyway, did you live around there once or something

and because of the name lmao

[Mrluvaluva]

I had read it started in April?

http://www.wharf.co.uk/2013/04/demol...robin-hoo.html

I lived on the Isle of Dogs for about 10 years (until a few years ago) so I recognise a lot of places, like the old swimming baths at Poplar, and The Gaylord at Island Gardens etc.

[Me. I Am Salman]

well maybe they've done something but it's not really visible right now. I don't go round Robin Hood Gardens much so I dunno a lot about it tbh. But omg the image in the link you posted



They're breaking down so many homes including mine and replacing them with those ugly things it's perfectly fine how it is

And wow that's so cool you used to live here I have my whole life

[T*]

Originally Posted by anniek76

Where do you live Cuda? Is that southport?

Yes

[Apple202]

sal are u a rich or a poor

[Me. I Am Salman]

Originally Posted by Apple202

sal are u a rich or a poor

I'm working class so poor
but the estate I live in is actually really decent looking

[Jordan.]

this doesn't look safe

[Apple202]

is the block on the left like toilets or something

[BBfanUSA]

If I posted pics of my hometown it would be trains trains trains and more trains. I'm serious, I live nearby a train station and traintracks, There's train horn sounds all the time.

[Apple202]

how would you escape in a fire situation it looks like a death trap

[MeMyselfAndI]

wow, that is scary

[BBfanUSA]

There's stars on the other side as well.

[Mrluvaluva]

Originally Posted by Salman!

well maybe they've done something but it's not really visible right now. I don't go round Robin Hood Gardens much so I dunno a lot about it tbh. But omg the image in the link you posted

They're breaking down so many homes including mine and replacing them with those ugly things it's perfectly fine how it is

And wow that's so cool you used to live here I have my whole life

I used to live off Manchester Road. Opposite Pier Street where the main entrance to Mudchute Farm is. And before that off Westferry Road. They will not rest until they have knocked down all the older buildings there and replaced them with more modern ones.

[Me. I Am Salman]

Originally Posted by Jordan.

this doesn't look safe

QUOTE=MeMyselfAndI;6409620]wow, that is scary[/QUOTE]

It's so fun omg, me and my friends used to take the lift up to the top floor after school in like year 7 and then race down the stairs

Originally Posted by Apple202

is the block on the left like toilets or something

It's the stairs

[Me. I Am Salman]

they sometimes take tourists up there it's really tall

[Me. I Am Salman]

Originally Posted by Mrluvaluva

I used to live off Manchester Road. Opposite Pier Street where the main entrance to Mudchute Farm is. And before that off Westferry Road. They will not rest until they have knocked down all the older buildings there and replaced them with more modern ones.

omfg they used to take us to mudchute farm in primary school

[swinearefine]

My town is offensively small. There's only 332 people and there are no stores or traffic lights. There are plenty of moose and trees, however. It's basically cut off from the rest of civilization because to get to the nearest large town you have to go through about 100 miles of practically uninhabited forest.



Thank god I'm leaving this place in a few months and moving to the big city (big for the state of Maine, anyway)...