Indigo Jo Blogs

The title says it all. I just hate the train "service" to New Malden. Especially in the evening. When I lived in Croydon the nearest station was East Croydon, and there were fast trains there several times an hour. At New Malden, there's six an hour during the daytime, four of which are next to each other (18 and 21 past the hour, and 48 and 51 past), and in the evening they are half an hour apart. And I used to hate Croydon as well. Everyone hates the "architecture" which is characterised by brutalist 60s concrete and glass stuff. There are really dodgy nightclubs like the Blue Orchid (which the German news magazine Der Spiegel used as an example of how grim it was in Croydon, and the local weekly paper made a huge fuss over it), and there is a crime problem, but it's very convenient for London and for the coast. And there's a thriving Muslim community with loads of halal restaurants (even if they do play that dreadful Indian music, or the dreadful western music, they're just as bad as each other). You don't get any of that in Kingston, much less New Malden.

So you Muslims who think you live in a dodgy area - take my advice. Don't flee to the leafy suburbs! Do your best and clean up your area, and be grateful for what you have.