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Mum's milk with a bit of chilli:laugh:

moving out of inner London has going on for Centuries, we all know, Psy Billy refered to some of the routes, the clasic A routes of west, east , north London. Basically, if you get the cash you move up your Local A road. Has it become more intense, I don't know. Don't forget the 50's and 60's...

Its about tolerance and balance, we know more than most the positives and negatives. But in an area such as Hackney which has embraced the diferent cultures depite the entrenched poverty in the area, the result has been a near exemplar, diverse population that generally works with each other...

afro-caribbean shouldn't be there anywhere since it is not one of the 16 etnic sub categories. In the uk we have black or black british with sub catergories: Caribbean, african.

For too long our society ignored what was happening. The slapping up of the missus and the kids was just a bloke letting off steam. Crime was OK in poor working class areas. Its only now with public broacasting and the fact that a local story such as Soham twins and Baby P has become...

every reason to have more coppers on the streets, more people sorting out the inheritance of problem families and kids suffering from violence since the day they were born.

Being sensible Bushy what is the answer? I go for loads more coppers on the streets. Break up the gangs, asbo them, catch them dropping litter. Just get the top boys off the streets. But set up special schools, the classic car training centres, get some skills, education in these kids, get the...

I cannot say we haven't had problems, only yesterday, some twat tried to steal my bike in aso called secured compound. We had three attempted break ins in the first year of living in Hackney and two burgalaries b4 in Walthamstow. And then crime is never out of your mind! The gun crime issue...

But as well as you know, its a weird scenario, put most of the punters who post on here in Hackney for a week, take them on some cruises around and there be poo on the street. At the same time I love living here, even with three young kids, we go places, see things daily that tourists save up...

Its all relative, there is a book being relaunched this wekend in Bethnal Green, about End End crime gangs at the beginning of the 20th Century. Crime is always around poor communities when living parallel with the rich. Of course London is perfect, but why do peolple seek it out because like...

Yep, it one great world city, probably the most diverse population in the world, whilst issues such as crime and more importantly the failure to catch criminals are an issue, the unfriendlyness of some Londoners but I feel mainly this is other Brits maskerading as Londoners is annoying. It has...