Charles St GRT terminal redevelopment

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Is it just me or does London have far less curb appeal than KW? Many streets where homes are unkept, tired and in need of TLC, I don't see much of that here

It's not just you. Even Londoners know London is a bit of a dump haha.

I've noticed some areas looking a lot worse in the last couple years, though. I put a lot of blame on who is now occupying many of these properties. In the last 5 years, the street my parents live on has had 10 homes sell, all but 2 of which were bought up by people who are now just renting them out to students. It's now what you'd expect. Snow is almost never shovelled, ice becomes a regular hazard, the lawns are a total disaster and the curbs usually have trash on them because the occupants can't seem to figure out why the recycling crews won't take the giant unfolded boxes, the old electronics they try to throw out or seem to believe there is some magical fairy that comes to clean up their green bin waste after a racoon gets into it.

Obviously those living there aren't fully responsible for mowing the lawns or even shovelling the snow, but come on. When I was young and a renter, I still cut my own damn grass and picked up any rubbish that didn't get picked up. All it takes is a couple weeks for a combination of lazy landlords and stupid youth to make a neighbourhood look horrible.