Moving to London in September - looking for a place to live! Any recommendations on neighborhoods?

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Near Upper Street in Islington is good. West Hampstead is beautiful. Marylebone, Notting Hill, Kensington also good but pricey. Clapham and Fulham are okay - they’re just full of South Africans and Australians. Shoreditch is trendy but v.hipster if that’s your thing. Avoid Peckham, Brixton, Newham, Hackney, Elephant and Castle etc. Canary Wharf also suuuuper boring!

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Depends what you like, Angel, Islington, Clapham, Brixton are all good areas for people our age

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Try Marylebone too

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26 👩 - looking just for me but would also love to have flatmates

Islington tends to work well as you can walk to the office, it has parks and social life

Islington is so wide. Is it really that good?

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