Why I Love Islington

Given that I seem to be visiting the place a lot lately, and likely will for a while to come, I thought I would blog on why I love the place :-)

1/ My girlfriend lives there

2/ Three fantastic people are standing for Labour in St George's Ward in Islington, and if you live there do go and vote for them! :-). Ruth also has some fantastic friends who live there :-)

3/ It's a Tory no-go area

4/ I have seen a newsagents which has Guardian advertising, which makes a refreshing change from the Mail/Express/Sun advertising I see in front of newsagents in a lot of other places

5/ I like the Middle Class/Working Class mix. Street by street in some areas I have seen

6/ They have a good Chinese Takeaway in Caledonian Rd, near the Texaco Petrol Station

7/ They have good pubs. "King of Denmark", and "The Crown" last I saw

8/ I like the Churches I have seen there, and what I have seen so far, the Anglican "Church on the Corner" is quite good

9/ It's easy to get into Central London from there, plus it more or less is in Central London

10/ I can walk into Islington from Kings Cross. Important when arriving at night and not wanting to wait for a bus.

11/ The people seem quite nice

12/ It features in Monopoly

13/ "About a Boy" by Nick Hornby is also set in Islington

14/ It has some fantastic Georgian architecture

15/ Did I say it's a left wing area? ;)