{"id":56080,"date":"2017-05-26T22:30:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T15:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-ilford-east-london-one-of-todays-boomtowns\/"},"modified":"2017-05-26T22:39:58","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T15:39:58","slug":"lets-move-to-ilford-east-london-one-of-todays-boomtowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-ilford-east-london-one-of-todays-boomtowns\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Ilford, east London: \u2018One of today\u2019s boomtowns\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAs inner London becomes supergentrified, it\u2019s suburbs such as this that are left for the likes of you and meWhat\u2019s going for it? Ilford\u2019s attraction is not immediate. I rise past it most weeks on the North Circular; you might be in any outer London suburb, Kingston or Kingsbury, Bromley or Barnet. If you squint hard (health and safety warning: not when you\u2019re driving), you could even be in Los Angeles. Maybe. Look, Ilford has its moments. Indeed, as central London becomes supergentrified with artisan chocolate boutiques, suburbs such as Ilford are left for the likes of you and me, with the cosmopolitan diversity we once used to seek in the hubbub of the city. These are today\u2019s boomtowns, filled with young professionals, here not least because of Crossrail \u2013 aka the Elizabeth line. Sure, Ilford is fat on chainstores, but look past TK Maxx and Wilko and you\u2019ll find wonderful green pockets such as Valentines Park, ace south Asian grocers and Turkish grills, and ooh, a Percy Ingle. A Percy Ingle always makes a good place great.The case against It\u2019s not a beauty. It\u2019s as if a giant toddler tipped out its building blocks on to the Essex borders. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…Let\u2019s move to Ilford, east London: \u2018One of today\u2019s boomtowns\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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