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Originally Posted by Cantankerous
i'm generally pretty paranoid and always wandering around with my hood up.
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You'd fit in perfectly in that case
Anyway, wouldn't want to give the wrong impression about the city. Chavs/hoodies/dodgepots/whatever are a genuine scurge of England in general and make certain parts of London very difficult to live in, but they tend to cause trouble among themselves. I've never had a run in with them because I seem to exist off of their radar. The Bengali gangs are a different matter though and, while I've never had any hassle myself, I know loads of people that have. To be honest, a big factor in me leaving East London after living there for 37 years was wanting to get away from them. I felt myself becoming increasingly rascist by being around them, which is not good at all. Now I live in Wimbledon, which is far more civilised (if a bit dull). But if you can deal with East London's shit, it's a fascinating place. It's just not the place for me anymore, I suppose. I'm sure that both Sarramkrop and T&B would give you a more balanced, less vested account of it than I could.