I live in London, and know it like the back of my hand. Its a great city. Sure there's crime and scumbags, but you get that in every city. The media tend to blow things way out of proportion. There are some seriously dodgy parts of London (eg. Harlesden NW10, most of SE14, Angel Town Estate in Brixton, St Agnes Place in Kennington, etc) but every city has its bad areas. The good far, far outweigh the bad.
I go to SE14 on a regular and it's fine, never had any problems despite often walking home through it late at night. I live in the south east and it's fine, the chances of getting stabbed are very low. Only place i'd be a bit worried about walking through is any big concrete jungle estate, but that's the same anywhere.
WeeEeEeee just booked my ticket and i am heading home for the first time in 3 years!!!
i think i know pretty much every little hoodrat /crim / dealer in my neighbourhood and the ones that i dont know Know me or one of me brothers!!![]()
3 Years is a long time T.