Is there any good place to find costs of living in England (other than London)?

[Gups]

Whereabouts are you in Camberwell Ark? It's not terrible for commuting if you are at the Oval or Denmark Hill ends but otherwise you're dependant on a bus to the Elephant.

I go to a pub quiz at the Cambria, the other side of Ruskin Park, semi-regularly.

You me and Shelf should so a Languish Sarf Lahndan branch meeting one of these days.

[Warspite]

Whereabouts are you in Camberwell Ark? It's not terrible for commuting if you are at the Oval or Denmark Hill ends but otherwise you're dependant on a bus to the Elephant.

I go to a pub quiz at the Cambria, the other side of Ruskin Park, semi-regularly.

You me and Shelf should so a Languish Sarf Lahndan branch meeting one of these days.

I'll be moving near to Myatts Field - so near the Oval end (it will be the closest tube). I'm game for a Sahf Lahndan meet!

[garbon]

Oh I could do that. There is a small strip close by.

@Sheilbh - No worries there. Camden Town reminds me of a place I dislike in NYC (St. Marks Place).  I still need to really get my head around funds but I have been thinking something like Islington or Hackney.

What kind of area are you looking for in terms of a vibe?

Good question. I'm thinking enough happening in the neighbourhood that I don't feel like I need to constantly take long trips out (particularly in sense of restaurants/places to go out at night). At same time want to balance cost but also commute to work (near Bond Street tube stop).

That said I know I am not a super big fan of Camden Town nor Shoreditch vibes. I might stake a hipster in the latter.

I would suggest then that you need to look south of the river somewhere in zone 2.

Brixton might suit you - there's a real community feel and lots of interesting bars and restaurants (admittedly because it is getting richer now, the chains are moving in).

Interesting as that's actually where I spent mort of the day.  Stared at Kennington tube stop then made my way down to Brixton, acros to Clapham and then back up through Vauxhall.

[Warspite]

Avoid Clapham, unless you like juiced-up Australians and South Africans who list "The gym" under interests.

[garbon]

I think that's what you told me when that online quiz told me to live there.

[Josquius]

Telling the black guy to move to Britton...

[Gups]

Telling the black guy to move to Britton...

1982 just called for you Tyr. It wants its lazy stereotype back. It'll give you an "x" in return.

[Josquius]

Autocorrect stole my x
Which isn't even correct

[garbon]

Telling the black guy to move to Britton...

Most of the people I saw today in Brixton were decidely not white.

[Valmy]

Were they ambiguously beige?

[Admiral Yi]

Guppy is as beige as they come.

[Gups]

Telling the black guy to move to Britton...

Most of the people I saw today in Brixton were decidely not white.

Brixton is famously a Caribbean neighbourhood. When I moved there in 1990 it was about 75% black, now it's probably less than 40% although a lot of Jamaicans come into the area to grocery shop etc.

[Gups]

Guppy is as beige as they come.

Unambiguously so

[garbon]

Telling the black guy to move to Britton...

Most of the people I saw today in Brixton were decidely not white.

Brixton is famously a Caribbean neighbourhood. When I moved there in 1990 it was about 75% black, now it's probably less than 40% although a lot of Jamaicans come into the area to grocery shop etc.

Ah gotcha.

[Valmy]

Guppy is as beige as they come.

Unambiguously so

Good.  I have a hard time with the ambiguity of it all.

The reference is this: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmbiguouslyBrown btw