London's East End Walkabout in Shoreditch

Like most cities, London is divided into sectors.

Oh don't you know North London / I ain't buvered.com Saaf London

Hooray darling West London / Innit do luv East End

But slowly these boundaries are being blurred.

I am not a born and bred Londoner.
But I do have loyalties like one does for football teams.  
Fierce but meaningless.
I came as a tourist so I still cling on by living near the the sights.
 I have been east of Holborn Station fewer times 
than I have been to Paris.

And yet now the East End has blossomed.

And yes even that word bandied about all over town - gentrified.

It has become the new "downtown".
Even looks the part.

Having never been stylish, 
I refused to partake of the scene in uber trendy Shoreditch.
In fact I must be one of the only people who couldn't be bothered to check out the Shoreditch branch of Soho House.
( I told you I wasn't cool.)