It was a tragically accurate description then. Also worth noting it is one of the cheapest places in zone 2, and only has trains or overground. It does feel (and is) genuinely unsafe, particularly if you don't get home from work until it's started getting dark. It may be slightly cheaper to buy in zone 4,5 or 6 but most of the saving in house prices is going to go straight out the door on more expensive travel cards.

The poster above mentioned 500k in Orpington, well that's zone 6 so a travel card is an extra 140 per month per person so if there is two of you you're spending alot of what you've saved in the house price on that and you also both have to spend a extra 30mins in travel time each way, so an hour of extra lost time a day. Is it worth all of that to save 100K on the purchase price?