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Post by PutneyO »

I've just been there, what a horrible place, so many people with attitude problems, mental health issues ... a word of advice to you guys - shop somewhere else
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Re: Wood Green

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PutneyO wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2020 4:10 pm I've just been there, what a horrible place, so many people with attitude problems, mental health issues ... a word of advice to you guys - shop somewhere else
Thats the snob in a putnonieyan for ya !!
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Sorry you had to be inconvenienced by being around people with mental illness. Hope no one with in a wheelchair was there, for their sake. Not yours.
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Re: Wood Green

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I'm sorry guys, but this afternoon at Wood Green was a scary experience, more scary than being an away fan at Millwall !

And Tuffers, I'm a working class bloke from Dalston, I'm definitely not a snob
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Re: Wood Green

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Run through Wood Green a lot, no problem with it at all.
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Dalston ain't all that great, as far as I remember. Try walking through Crouch End and Muswell Hill or Highgate even, you'll find that much more to your liking.
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Re: Wood Green

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PutneyO wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2020 5:46 pm I'm sorry guys, but this afternoon at Wood Green was a scary experience, more scary than being an away fan at Millwall !

And Tuffers, I'm a working class bloke from Dalston, I'm definitely not a snob
I went down Ridley Road market at Dalston a couple of weeks ago for the first time in my life , I won't be in a hurry to return there , saw 3 arguments with stall holders in the 20 or so minutes I spent there 🤔🤔
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Re: Wood Green

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Most of Dalston is a dump
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Smendrick Feaselberg wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2020 6:26 pm Run through Wood Green a lot, no problem with it at all.
That's because you run through and don't stop.
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Re: Wood Green

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PutneyO wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2020 5:46 pm I'm sorry guys, but this afternoon at Wood Green was a scary experience, more scary than being an away fan at Millwall !

And Tuffers, I'm a working class bloke from Dalston, I'm definitely not a snob
Why are you not DalstonO then ?
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Have to agree - Wood Green is awful.
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Re: Wood Green

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It’s been years since I lived up that way (Ally Pally), but I always liked it. Is Shopping City still there? One of the earlier “large” mall-style places. Probably seems small and tired these days if it is, and besides it’s footfall/profitability (and the High Road shops) is probably threatened by online shopping just like all the chain-led High Streets, anyway.
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Re: Wood Green

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I used to love wood green
Huckleberrys on the corner was a brilliant american styled burger hot dog place .

Worked up that way a couple of times in a couple of sports shops .
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Re: Wood Green

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Why the f*** would you choose to shop in Wood Green?
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Re: Wood Green

Post by Currywurst and Chips »

In terms of the London Borough Dump League ™️

Haringey is certainly a perennial top 6 contender (much like Spurs)
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Re: Wood Green

Post by Millennial Snowflake »

Yeah Wood Green is a proper shithole

Anyone who goes to the Vue there has a death wish
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Re: Wood Green

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Being close to some amazing Turkish restaurants is a huge plua
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Re: Wood Green

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If you had to put a percentage on the amount of London that is a dump what would you go for? I'm thinking 60 or 70 percent?
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Re: Wood Green

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Millennial Snowflake wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2020 11:11 pm Yeah Wood Green is a proper shithole

Anyone who goes to the Vue there has a death wish
Well said.
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Re: Wood Green

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Adz wrote: Tue Oct 13, 2020 12:43 am If you had to put a percentage on the amount of London that is a dump what would you go for? I'm thinking 60 or 70 percent?
I'd go higher than that. It's a shame as it never used to be that way.
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I grew up in Edmonton, went to school in Enfield and lived my adult life in Walthamstow, Muswell Hill and Highgate. Does that make me posh :~
I am confused now :roll:
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TrickorTreat wrote: Tue Oct 13, 2020 8:39 am I grew up in Edmonton, went to school in Enfield and lived my adult life in Walthamstow, Muswell Hill and Highgate. Does that make me posh :~
I am confused now :roll:
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Re: Wood Green

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Yes but this is historical. Two of my Grandparents grew up in Clapton between 1880 and 1918 when this area was an ok place to live, and its the reason I am an O's fan. If I returned to live in London today I would not consider any of the places I previously lived, apart from maybe Highgate. London has moved on as it always does and has become something different. London has been doing that for over a thousand years. I miss the areas I grew up which I loved at the time but they are gone now and that is ok. The one thing I love most about coming home to London is watching Orient, and that never changes much, but what a great family we are. :D
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Re: Wood Green

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PutneyO wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2020 4:10 pm I've just been there, what a horrible place, so many people with attitude problems, mental health issues ... a word of advice to you guys - shop somewhere else
I’d add don’t go to Edmonton Green either. I went there to visit an old friend two weeks ago and it was the same there as well.
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Re: Wood Green

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RedDwarf 1881 wrote: Tue Oct 13, 2020 9:13 am
PutneyO wrote: Mon Oct 12, 2020 4:10 pm I've just been there, what a horrible place, so many people with attitude problems, mental health issues ... a word of advice to you guys - shop somewhere else
I’d add don’t go to Edmonton Green either. I went there to visit an old friend two weeks ago and it was the same there as well.
Awful place.
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