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Originally Posted by Lurker
Do you know why it is called Mile End? It's because at some point in time jews had to live at least one mile outside of the city, so Mile End at some point marked that area which is partly why it was once a jewish area.
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I didn't know that was how Mile End got its name.
That part of East London has definitely declined dramatically in the last ten years. It was always a bit sleazy and depressing but there's a massive heroin problem there now which has just ruined the place IMO. A couple of my relatives are cab drivers and they won't go near parts of Mile End, Whitechapel and Stepney anymore.