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London must be spotless
Mark1974
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Watching a programme on TV at the moment that is showing various parts of residential London, and I've yet to see any litter. Ilford, an area I know well and one that allegedly has become dirty has just been on and was spotless.
Is this the normal case, because every programme that shows London's suburbs, shows them as very clean?
Is this the normal case, because every programme that shows London's suburbs, shows them as very clean?
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Most london councils take clean streets very seriously - it's a big vote winner. Difficult job though.
living in East London, yes, nice area on the river but all council estates - was lovely. Living in West London we had trouble with people on the street who left crap out - (murder in the local park but streets were clean) so in general was clean compared to my mates who lived in cities up North was much cleaner.
I think it does depend on the area. I went to places like Peckham, Brixton, Clapham - thinking 'shithole' and was always surprised at how lively it was, but clean.
I live in Surrey and saw masses of bin bags outside a Costa last week. So whats better?
I suggest you look at some really Tory-loving areas of the south-east.
There are quite a lot of dirty places in places like Essex, Kent and Hertfordshire to name a few. Take a walk round towns like Chatham, Basildon, Stevenage and Hatfield. As dirty & full of dog dirt & litter as you can get >:(
I think comparing say Richmond with Hounslow and Kingston with Peckham would be interesting
Central London is very clean. The Underground staff do an impeccable job at keeping stations clean. A lot of the suburbs are clean too. I'd say it's the less-affluent parts people just don't see as visitors that would let London down
A poster earlier said council estates in East London, as well as Brixton and Peckham were clean.
I can't say I really feel the need to walk round East London estates. Romford is the nearest I've been to the east of London, and their Market Square could do with a bit of doing up. Not the nicest looking area.
I really think you need to realise Yorkshire is as good as anywhere else. I've seen as much good in West Yorkshire as I have in the dying county of Hertfordshire. Just remember Yorkshire folk are friendlier on average
It's just litter that let's us down.
I'm guessing you're from up here originally.
I spent many a year working and studying in Nottingham & know Yorkshire quite well
I can assure you the North (and the Midlands for that matter) as a whole is no dirtier than the South!!
Harrogate can hold its own against Windsor any day
Well according to previous posts, London's certainly clean.
My own local council, the London Borough of Waltham Forest do a valiant job of trying to keep the streets clean but we do seem to have a lot of residents who have no idea how to dispose of things correctly so leave items all over the street for other people to then deal with.
The streets are on the whole clean but get messed up very quickly.
Do you have a litter fetish?
Litter is something I hate, and my area is bad for it.
Whenever I see other areas on TV, especially London, they just look so much cleaner.
Oh, and by the way, I'll make no apologies for my hate of litter.
It's OK to stab or shoot someone
Be involved in street robberies
But they draw the line at dropping a Coke can on the street?
Yes. Just the other day a policeman stood and watched as i stabbed somebody in the neck but arrested me for dropping a crisp packet as I walked away
No, of course not.....
Well serves you right for not taking your litter home with you!!! I hope he threw the book at you?! Litter lout!😜
Haha.
My point is there are areas of London that look as rough as sandpaper, but yet the streets are spotless.
I can't imagine every street in London is cleaned continuously 24/7. Nor can I imagine that NOBODY in London drops litter.
You have to polish that gold somehow