Here we go again. All the betting shops in Dartmouth Road. All two of them, lola, yes. One of which is right by the station and is walked past by nearly everybody in FH every day without the world ending. Can't you just hold your nose? Alternatively, can't you just be a bit more tolerant of people who enjoy doing things that you don't enjoy and stop pretending that betting shop = decline of western civilisation? In an ideal world, I'd like to see Forest Hill without churches, but I don't moan that I can't go to Stanstead Road because I might have to walk past one.

The hatred, because that's what it is, of anyone who doesn't conform to the nice Village Green Preservation Society idyll (Bird in Hand/Paddy Power/Anyone who doesn't think the facade of the pools is an architectural marvel on a par with the Taj Mahal) is a bit much, to be honest. People like different things, and if they're not harming anybody else, let them get on with it.

I hate coming across as aggressive, and I really hope this post doesn't, but I'm really struggling to put up with the level of intolerance on this board. To get back to the point of the thread, I'm sorry to say that if SE22 is a bit more welcoming than SE23 is proving to be, I might pop up the road.