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What, so everything has to be rubbish just because there's a council estate next door? If the area had remained undeveloped, that would have just made everywhere else even more unaffordable, due to the reduced supply. London has to build.

I mean, you were reminiscing about playing in an abandoned industrial wasteland, so to hell with the "local identity". I'd bloody love it if this happened to where I grew up. You southerners don't know how good you have it.