Leyton is coolest place to live 2019....

[Leyton53]

[Smendrick Feaselberg]

*London's coolest place to live

[BelgianO]

shared it in Belgium! Most people have never heard of it!

[bobo66]

I live just off Francis Road and have done for over 30 years now. We moved here because it was a cheaper part of London when we wanted to buy a house. I like it but wouldn't describe it as cool. Francis Road is deserted most day especially since they pedestrianised part of it in an effort to make it 'cool'.

Mind you I'm not a hipster. Hipsters love it. They have all moved in over the last 2 or 3 years because they can not afford Stoke Newington. I assume they will make all these changes and then move on.

[Esteban]

Like Bob, I live by Francis road.

However I’ve noticed that it’s less “hipsters” and more middle class professionals. Presumably driving up house prices in what was not so long ago an affordable area. The trendy cafes on Francis Road are full of mummies and buggies.

Fully suspect that my rent will be hiked up this year.

[Lucky7]

I’m Leyton born and bred so can the hipsters f*** off thanks

[tuffers#1]

I live just off Francis Road and have done for over 30 years now. We moved here because it was a cheaper part of London when we wanted to buy a house. I like it but wouldn't describe it as cool. Francis Road is deserted most day especially since they pedestrianised part of it in an effort to make it 'cool'.

Mind you I'm not a hipster. Hipsters love it. They have all moved in over the last 2 or 3 years because they can not afford Stoke Newington. I assume they will make all these changes and then move on.

Its not the cant afford stoke newington hipsters.
Most of those are in E.17
You have what is now a new breed of hipster .
Silicon Roundabout tech city types .

[Lucky7]

Like Bob, I live by Francis road.

However I’ve noticed that it’s less “hipsters” and more middle class professionals. Presumably driving up house prices in what was not so long ago an affordable area. The trendy cafes on Francis Road are full of mummies and buggies.

Fully suspect that my rent will be hiked up this year.

Then move to Jaywick

[one o in huntingdon]

Only things I remember about Francis Rd are in this order from Leyton High Rd
The nick, fishing tackle shop and the clinic my old ma went to every week after she had TB

Just found this photo of the high rd and top of my old rd (Brewster) brings back some memories
Post office on the corner and Three Blackbirds down on the right, think there was a grocers, Attwoods? on the other corner to the P.O.

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[Esteban]

Like Bob, I live by Francis road.

However I’ve noticed that it’s less “hipsters” and more middle class professionals. Presumably driving up house prices in what was not so long ago an affordable area. The trendy cafes on Francis Road are full of mummies and buggies.

Fully suspect that my rent will be hiked up this year.

Then move to Jaywick

The money I'd save in rent would soon go on trains to commute to work. So not really feasible.

[bobo66]

Like Bob, I live by Francis road.

However I’ve noticed that it’s less “hipsters” and more middle class professionals. Presumably driving up house prices in what was not so long ago an affordable area. The trendy cafes on Francis Road are full of mummies and buggies.

Fully suspect that my rent will be hiked up this year.

I stand corrected. You're right because they haven't all got hipster beards (even the women).

The trendy cafes on Francis Road are particularly annoying.

None of my grown up children can afford to live in the area that they were born and bred in now that they've left home. Of course it could have been that they just wanted to get far away from me!

[Esteban]

Like Bob, I live by Francis road.

However I’ve noticed that it’s less “hipsters” and more middle class professionals. Presumably driving up house prices in what was not so long ago an affordable area. The trendy cafes on Francis Road are full of mummies and buggies.

Fully suspect that my rent will be hiked up this year.

I stand corrected. You're right because they haven't all got hipster beards (even the women).

The trendy cafes on Francis Road are particularly annoying.

None of my grown up children can afford to live in the area that they were born and bred in now that they've left home. Of course it could have been that they just wanted to get far away from me!

Mrs Esteban and I got lucky. We found a decent landlord who we deal with directly (no scumbag lettings agents to deal with). He charges us a fair rent, is responsive when we need him but doesn’t impose on us otherwise.

Even then we can only just about afford to live in Leyton. An increase in rent and we’d have to seriously considering shifting. Real shame, because Mrs Esteban is born and bred in Leytonstone. Her parents live about 5 mins from us. I moved around a lot as a kid but originally my family are from Mile End (a fair few of them buried in Tower Hamlets cemetery park).

There’s no way we’re ever going to afford to buy in Leyton. Shame really. I love the area (especially being so close to Brisbane Road).

[one o in huntingdon]

Like Bob, I live by Francis road.

However I’ve noticed that it’s less “hipsters” and more middle class professionals. Presumably driving up house prices in what was not so long ago an affordable area. The trendy cafes on Francis Road are full of mummies and buggies.

Fully suspect that my rent will be hiked up this year.

I stand corrected. You're right because they haven't all got hipster beards (even the women).

The trendy cafes on Francis Road are particularly annoying.

None of my grown up children can afford to live in the area that they were born and bred in now that they've left home. Of course it could have been that they just wanted to get far away from me!

Mrs Esteban and I got lucky. We found a decent landlord who we deal with directly (no scumbag lettings agents to deal with). He charges us a fair rent, is responsive when we need him but doesn’t impose on us otherwise.

Even then we can only just about afford to live in Leyton. An increase in rent and we’d have to seriously considering shifting. Real shame, because Mrs Esteban is born and bred in Leytonstone. Her parents live about 5 mins from us. I moved around a lot as a kid but originally my family are from Mile End (a fair few of them buried in Tower Hamlets cemetery park).

There’s no way we’re ever going to afford to buy in Leyton. Shame really. I love the area (especially being so close to Brisbane Road).

When I grew up in Leyton would never have believed that last sentence would be heard one day.
It was always cheaper than most other places, even Walthamstow was pricier, who knew.
My missus comes from Stoke Newington (Albion Rd) and even crazier there

[CreamofSumYungGai]

None of my grown up children can afford to live in the area that they were born and bred in now that they've left home.

That's the real sickener.

[Esteban]

None of my grown up children can afford to live in the area that they were born and bred in now that they've left home.

That's the real sickener.

It's very common, not just in London but in the entire South East of England.

[Real Al]

London, Cambridge, Oxford, Manchester, Leeds... all have similar stories.

Meanwhile the government promises the Northern powerhouse, but does little, while these areas have loads of empty properties but no jobs.

Joined-up government needed.

[Thor]

Once Brexit is sorted house prices in East London will rocket to unheard of levels.

[Disoriented]

Once Brexit is sorted house prices in East London will rocket to unheard of levels.

Brexit is dead, it has ceased to be.

[tuffers#1]

Once Brexit is sorted house prices in East London will rocket to unheard of levels.

Dont worry though thor

A million pound leyton house will be getting sold to Italians for the equivalent of €200 at the new future exchange rates once sterling has been devalued.

[Thor]

Well it’s in its worse run against the euro since that was incorporated, so you could be on to something here.

[Ornchurch]

A million pound leyton house will be getting sold to Italians for the equivalent of €200 at the new future exchange rates once sterling has been devalued.

Is this post Xenophobic? Why pick on Italians?

[Thor]

[Esteban]

A million pound leyton house will be getting sold to Italians for the equivalent of €200 at the new future exchange rates once sterling has been devalued.

Is this post Xenophobic? Why pick on Italians?

Another classic tactic. Make a mockery of genuine complaints about bigotry by making a joke about something else which obviously isn't bigotry in an attempt to make the initial act of bigotry appear less serious.

To be honest, there's no need to try to normalise things like Islamophobia around here has clearly the admins don't take a particularly strong stance against it.

[Ornchurch]

No classic tactic? I'm just mocking you.

[Esteban]

Classic tactic? I'm mocking you.

No, you’re trying to normalise your Islamphobic comment on the other thread.

You probably justify to yourself that because you don’t throw slurs around that you’re doing nothing wrong. It’s very common amongst casual bigotry.