Never ceases to amaze me how different CW is to the rest of London
October 7, 2024
Never ceases to amaze me how different CW is to the rest of London
by trojan_leon
36 comments
Loved my time working there. Cleaning, safe, fun.
I love living nearby. A real gem, that people love to hate on. The longer they hate on it, the more I enjoy it if it keeps people away!
Someone help me get a job there
I like driving around there sometimes but it’s too small and kinda nowhere to go so it’s just a round and then gets boring quick
It all looks so sterile and soulless. Each to their own of course, but I was so glad when my office moved from CW and into the City.
I lived in CW for almost 5 years. It’s a nice place, safe, full of shops and restaurants. Train connections are also great. I decided to move out tho as I felt it was quite soulless and doesn’t really feel homey. There are no community vibes. If it was another city, I wouldn’t mind, but considering what other neighborhoods in London have to offer, I think it’s worth living somewhere else!
Best only viewed from a distance a night
Whether you like it or not is subjective.
What is factual and not subjective is that many flats sold in Canary Wharf over the last few years have been sold at a loss, as even just a cursory glance at rightmove sold house price will confirm.
So the question is not only: “do you like it?” but “do you like it enough to buy a flat that is likely to incur huge service charges and to lose value?”
As a Torontonian living in London, I like it because it reminds me of Toronto.
Lived there 3 years. Best time in London. Clean, safe, actually plenty of shops. Jubillee and DLR means you’re never too far from anywhere really. Always try and stay there when I have to come back for work
Useless place
Such a low soulless energy place
I think living in Canary Wharf is underrated.
There’s a lot to be said for a place that has great travel links to places you might want to go out or shop (Whitechapel, London Bridge, Stratford, Peckham via Canada Water) but is itself a secluded residential area with little traffic from people not local to the area.
The biggest downside I’d call out would be the lack of nearby green space.
So different, much wow.
cAnArY wHaRf iS sO gReAt
People commenting in this thread, showing your total lack of understanding or knowledge of London, and your absolutely jaw-dropping vacuity, I salute you.
You’ve reminded me why I left London after spending 35 years there. Well done.
Good luck getting arrested by private security goons for filming on private land because you want to show your friends back home how great this soulless shitstain on the arse of London is.
I can never take a photo there because theres always people in the way🤣
So the whole place, including the roads is a privately owned and managed estate, there is no public property there at all. It’s a weird gated community that is pretty strict about how it enforces its rules.
Only those who have lived in CW really understand it. Beautiful place, lots to do, great for families too
These photos remind me a lot of Roosevelt Island in midtown Manhattan NYC.
Sterile cul-de-sac for people afraid of their own shadows.
What London could be, in amongst the historically significant places. A great juxtaposition. However, walk 5 mins away from the commercial area towards the residential Isle of dogs and you’ll see why the land was so cheap 30 years ago
I live here and don’t understand the constant “soulless” refrain. Which area is “soulful” then? Peckham? Slough? Please.
And what “soulfulness” do people want exactly? You get a nice, low-crime, peaceful existence with easy commute to work (if you work nearby) and to central London. 15 mins to Paddington, 45 mins to Heathrow. Hyde Park, Regent’s Park, and Greenwich Park are all <30 mins away. Is this really so bad?
I feel miserable there when I come to the office. Energy draining place with corporately brainwashed people.
First photo in the series is excellent
Looks like Miami
I live in Canary Wharf and think it is seriously underrated. I don’t get the soulless comments either. Greenwich Park is a few stops away on the DLR, you have Mudchute farm ans park really close by. Good schools, the best transport links, security- it’s clean. Don’t know why people hate it so muchk
Now that they finally open the new sitting docks on the canal in front of the Jubilee Station it’s even cooler, was smart idea to bring more green to the neighborhood
The lights in Jubilee park and all the plants they recently put around the water across from the station look pretty neat.
Yes it is a bizarre soulless world of glass and steel designed by bankers. It looks more like the downtown of a North American city than anything in the UK, or for that matter the rest of Europe.
CW is modelled after North America, especially Toronto Canada, it was built by a Canadian company named Brookfield. That’s why it’s very different than rest of London.
It’s not for me but I think it’s a overall positive for the city
The drivel that gets upvoted in this sub – you can tell the overwhelming majority of people here are tourists or posh uni students who just moved here.
I lovee the area in the first pic had me obsessed in 2021
If I could afford it, I’d move there.
I love it just for that it’s just lovely there
Finding your way around Canary Wharf is one of the biggest myths ever told.
36 comments
Loved my time working there. Cleaning, safe, fun.
I love living nearby. A real gem, that people love to hate on. The longer they hate on it, the more I enjoy it if it keeps people away!
Someone help me get a job there
I like driving around there sometimes but it’s too small and kinda nowhere to go so it’s just a round and then gets boring quick
It all looks so sterile and soulless. Each to their own of course, but I was so glad when my office moved from CW and into the City.
I lived in CW for almost 5 years. It’s a nice place, safe, full of shops and restaurants. Train connections are also great. I decided to move out tho as I felt it was quite soulless and doesn’t really feel homey. There are no community vibes. If it was another city, I wouldn’t mind, but considering what other neighborhoods in London have to offer, I think it’s worth living somewhere else!
Best only viewed from a distance a night
Whether you like it or not is subjective.
What is factual and not subjective is that many flats sold in Canary Wharf over the last few years have been sold at a loss, as even just a cursory glance at rightmove sold house price will confirm.
So the question is not only: “do you like it?” but “do you like it enough to buy a flat that is likely to incur huge service charges and to lose value?”
As a Torontonian living in London, I like it because it reminds me of Toronto.
Lived there 3 years. Best time in London. Clean, safe, actually plenty of shops. Jubillee and DLR means you’re never too far from anywhere really. Always try and stay there when I have to come back for work
Useless place
Such a low soulless energy place
I think living in Canary Wharf is underrated.
There’s a lot to be said for a place that has great travel links to places you might want to go out or shop (Whitechapel, London Bridge, Stratford, Peckham via Canada Water) but is itself a secluded residential area with little traffic from people not local to the area.
The biggest downside I’d call out would be the lack of nearby green space.
So different, much wow.
cAnArY wHaRf iS sO gReAt
People commenting in this thread, showing your total lack of understanding or knowledge of London, and your absolutely jaw-dropping vacuity, I salute you.
You’ve reminded me why I left London after spending 35 years there. Well done.
Good luck getting arrested by private security goons for filming on private land because you want to show your friends back home how great this soulless shitstain on the arse of London is.
I can never take a photo there because theres always people in the way🤣
So the whole place, including the roads is a privately owned and managed estate, there is no public property there at all. It’s a weird gated community that is pretty strict about how it enforces its rules.
Only those who have lived in CW really understand it. Beautiful place, lots to do, great for families too
These photos remind me a lot of Roosevelt Island in midtown Manhattan NYC.
Sterile cul-de-sac for people afraid of their own shadows.
What London could be, in amongst the historically significant places. A great juxtaposition. However, walk 5 mins away from the commercial area towards the residential Isle of dogs and you’ll see why the land was so cheap 30 years ago
I live here and don’t understand the constant “soulless” refrain. Which area is “soulful” then? Peckham? Slough? Please.
And what “soulfulness” do people want exactly? You get a nice, low-crime, peaceful existence with easy commute to work (if you work nearby) and to central London. 15 mins to Paddington, 45 mins to Heathrow. Hyde Park, Regent’s Park, and Greenwich Park are all <30 mins away. Is this really so bad?
I feel miserable there when I come to the office. Energy draining place with corporately brainwashed people.
First photo in the series is excellent
Looks like Miami
I live in Canary Wharf and think it is seriously underrated. I don’t get the soulless comments either. Greenwich Park is a few stops away on the DLR, you have Mudchute farm ans park really close by. Good schools, the best transport links, security- it’s clean. Don’t know why people hate it so muchk
Now that they finally open the new sitting docks on the canal in front of the Jubilee Station it’s even cooler, was smart idea to bring more green to the neighborhood
The lights in Jubilee park and all the plants they recently put around the water across from the station look pretty neat.
Yes it is a bizarre soulless world of glass and steel designed by bankers. It looks more like the downtown of a North American city than anything in the UK, or for that matter the rest of Europe.
CW is modelled after North America, especially Toronto Canada, it was built by a Canadian company named Brookfield. That’s why it’s very different than rest of London.
It’s not for me but I think it’s a overall positive for the city
The drivel that gets upvoted in this sub – you can tell the overwhelming majority of people here are tourists or posh uni students who just moved here.
I lovee the area in the first pic had me obsessed in 2021
If I could afford it, I’d move there.
I love it just for that it’s just lovely there
Finding your way around Canary Wharf is one of the biggest myths ever told.