I don't believe any part of London is as hellish as all that - it just looks rotten to an outsider looking in. I'm quite prepared to believe the sophisticated people of Camden - just like the people in the adverts - are no more happy or fulfilled than the rest of us, and have equally empty, tedious lives (present company excepted!). Who cares what they look like, and why should that make other people feel bad? PS. First post!