Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Why is Crouch End high street so much cleaner than Green Lanes?
I recently noted that people queue for buses in Crouch End but not Green Lanes and wondered why.
On my most recent excursion I noticed how markedly cleaner Crouch End is on a Saturday morning compared to Green Lanes and again wondered why?
Both are very busy on a Saturday morning (Crouch End arguably more so). Both have lots of cafes and restaurants. Both have bus stops.
But Green Lanes is littered with rubbish.
Why is it so?
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton
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Amnon why do you - and many others - "suspect" . Why construct suspicions. assumptions, guesswork, feelings, beliefs, that something is the case?
There are allocated budgets; numbered and totalled factual amounts of cash. Wouldn't that or other pieces of evidence be good places to start?You'll have noticed that the heading to this thread doesn't ask a question or propose a hypothesis.
It makes an unevidenced assertion about two different streets.Can I please ask if you've ever joined a local political party and taken part in its meetings and campaigns. I ask this because of your cynical comment that:
The Green Lanes wards have always been Labour, and the Labour Council treats its working class residents as hostages who have nowhere else to go.Forgive me also being a bit over the top, but it's only a fraction of the exaggeration you've written. You are in the wrong century, Amnon. Surely you've heard of some of the physical changes in Tottenham as well as the new parties giving Labour a wink and a chuckle as they scoot.by, either in the Green Lanes. or perhaps on the Far Right.
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Permalink Reply by Julixe
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That's an interesting observation. Even if you cross over into Crouch End area from Harringay rail station, the difference is immediately noticeable. One logic may be that we do have a lot of movement in terms of tenants living briefly on Green Lanes - this usually means that there's lesser investment in the general appearance of the area in comparison to Crouch End which has a higher proportion of home owners?
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Dear Julixe please, take a short sequence of thought-through photos illustrating what you wish to show. Then ask yourself do the photos accurately and fairly illustrate the facts. if so, we'll be on the same page. With some facts visible on the HOL page. What facts are evident? More or less litter? Dumping? Ugliness?
There's one advantage of new councillors in May. Choose people who go out, walk, look and take photos. Not all elected councillors actually go out and look. I currently hear there are at least two two councillors who it seems don't go out and walk their wards.
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Permalink Reply by Ozbawn
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To reduce general littering, adding more bins to Green Lanes would help, especially if they are larger and with bigger access holes.
For the flats above the shops, having larger and more attractive bins would improve the aesthetics. Those cheap plastic grit box type bins currently in use are a complete failure.
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