Putney

Putney is a large area, and to that end its various regions have their individual characteristics. East Putney certainly does.

(North-)East Putney

While there are a couple of fairly nice looking schools and daycares, the overall feeling was maybe bit too "squeezed-in". It was as if the area was originally planned for a good deal less people, and nowadays there wasn't much room for anything else.

The place had a slight feel of Kouvola or Pajamäki to it.

Just a bit further down south the situation was quite different.

Putney Heath and Putney Village

Coming down from East Putney, and once over the busy Kingston Road, the landscacpe changes. Putney Heath feels like it is a slightly older suburb, gently fitted in between the green spaces nobody at the time had the heart to tear up.

People are a nice mix of families and gentry. And with so many parks to choose from, many of the residents appear to have dogs. Friendly ones. Going for a whiff of a stranger is seen as a perfectly normal thing to do.

Closest match to a Finnish place would be, perhaps, Ruoholahti. Not the high-tech hub - the living grounds.

Another sprint down south brings us to ...

Putney Commons and Wimbledon

A place known of, and used for, sports. Of course there's lots of green. A good deal of it open.

Very much like Tali in Helsinki, to be honest.

As for living in, the place certainly had a nice and somehow "wider" feel to it. Personally I wouldn't mind living there, but for a family it might be a bit edgy. Brief walk through the area didn't let me see a single school, and overall the place would probably be a better fit for grownups. During sports season one would expect there to be quite a lot of extra traffic and noise late into evenings.

Other than that, the living areas remind me of Paloheinä.