davyj1 wrote 'I know this is South London but it's starting to feel like the Bronx'

Come on davy get a grip, like the Bronx!!! I have lived in FH for 40 years in that time I have seen it be a lovely place to live with a high street full of small independent shops, it has been a dump and now it is trying to become a decent place to live again.

While it is nice to have decent shops, remember it is people that define an area not shopping/eating facilities. It takes time to go through a social cleansing exercise, ask our friends in East Dulwich (especially around Lordship Lane) but is that what we really want? Increasing house prices will see more affluent people moving to the area which will over time see those who some consider to be less welcome move on.

I have noticed more posts recently related to crime and a number of them have involved the alley opposite Sainsburys; perhaps the police could concentrate their limited patrols in this area?