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IMHO the coolest place to live long term is south Notting Hill close to Portobello Road. Especially if you're a Septic Tank.
Although Stoke Newington is nice in the village bit, the rest of it sucks, there is no transport unless you want to get on a bus with all the mentally ill out patients and although not common knowledge, Stoke Newington has the highest concentration of lesbians in the world. And they are not the lipstick variety either. They all look like a bulldog licking piss off a nettle.
So there you go