Britain is now the most powerful nation on earth

ruggedtoast

It isn't like Devon, Graham.

Graham_Devon

ruggedtoast wrote: »

It isn't like Devon, Graham.

No. You don't see many traccors.

GeorgeHowell

ruggedtoast wrote: »

I agree if you're talking about Zone 1. Most of the rest of London is a succession of contiguous cruddy little towns that have been stitched together into some sort of Frankenstein's monster gestalt.

The arteries of this beast comprise of congested narrow streets and a creaking unreliable rail system that transports miserable looking corpuscles to their various tasks in the creatures sooty interior. Chavs, urbans, muggers and lost German tourists appear randomly, and apparently at will, in any and every location periodically.

Please see post #18

Jegersmart

The fact that English is spoken almost everywhere is a bonus as well. It has to do with London but not because of the city itself but because of the corporations and financial industry based there and the monetary alliances made over the past centuries.

imho

J

Kennyboy66

GeorgeHowell wrote: »

As a place to visit London and its immediate environs is arguably unparalleled in the world for the quality, diversity, and extent of its historical, architectural, artistic, cultural, entertainment, sporting, food and beverage, retailing, and accommodation attractions. As I said before certainly only Paris, New York, and Tokyo are in the same league. I believe that this is a matter of fact rather than opinion. It has the reputation of not being a particularly warm or friendly city, but London 2012 helped to dispel that when apparently even Tube travellers could briefly meet each others eye without homicidal tendencies bubbling to the surface.

Until the Olympics London was a joke of a city for sport.

Ok for football, rugby and cricket (at Lords) but laughable for almost anything else.

Generali

Kennyboy66 wrote: »

Until the Olympics London was a joke of a city for sport.

Ok for football, rugby and cricket (at Lords) but laughable for almost anything else.

One 50m pool in the whole of London!

The only cut cricket square in Lambeth was The Oval when I left London.

Indoor facilities weren't so bad. I fenced in Central London because all you need is a long room (not The Long Room although you could do it there too). There're lots of five a side etc.

There was one velodrome in London (Tulse Hill, don't leave your bike outside!).

Soccer facilities are excellent in many ways. Hackney Marshes is something else. Aussie soccer fans (and sports fans in general) are amazed at the very idea of it. IMHO the greatest football ground in the world is Hackney Marshes.

Jegersmart

Generali wrote: »

I didn't think that was abusive. Apologies to any (including somethingcorporate) that felt abused.

London however is one of the greatest cities that the world has ever seen. She was the heart of a Great Empire and is still the first or second greatest city of international trade and of culture. That Hackney and Tulse Hill are crap holes are just one of those things. Thieves are attracted to London as much as great artists, writers and so on.

Generali

In order to debate you have to be able to put your own prejudices aside. Your earlier post was abusive, perhaps you were intoxicated when you wrote it? In any case, at least try to be honest with yourself and take responsibility for your actions.

My view is I live in London and enjoy the opportunities that the city offers in many ways. Do I have an emotional connection with the city? Probably not.

J

Generali

Jegersmart wrote: »

Generali

In order to debate you have to be able to put your own prejudices aside. Your earlier post was abusive, perhaps you were intoxicated when you wrote it? In any case, at least try to be honest with yourself and take responsibility for your actions.

My view is I live in London and enjoy the opportunities that the city offers in many ways. Do I have an emotional connection with the city? Probably not.

J

Thank you for putting me right.

I see the errors of my ways in a way that my apology could never have expressed.

paulmapp8306

sss555s wrote: »

I personally find your current city more appealing but I admit I know little of Sydney.

Thing is, if you've got London in your bones then you will always be drawn there, just like everyone is drawn to some place or another.

Not necessarily. my wife is from London - born and bred. she always said she could never leave, that she loved is so much. We married, and my work too us away - and idea she hated so much.

10 years later she says she will never go back - would never subject our children to that lifestyle. The one she though was amazing ... until she sampled aomething better.

London has history, but it is what it is really - a cesspool, as are most supposidly "great" cities. Great places to visit, take in the history, see the sites UT not somewhere anyone with sense would actually choose to live. If yo have to for work fine, but not out of a lifestyle choice.

Incidentally, my wife is not alone. Pretty much every Ex London resident I meet says poretty much the same thing. I guess the point is they are Ex residents so maybe have that mindset. If they loved it so much they wouldnt be Ex. Point being - try living in and out of London, and dont dismiss the experiences without trial. Once you have sampled both - then you and only you can decide.

morocha

I am not from London, I come from another big city, Buenos Aires. I like them both very much but since I moved to live in North Wales 6 years ago, big cities for some reason scare me, i feel unsafe and in a constant hurry, I am amazed that in only 6 years i have become a country person when i have spent 20 years in a massive city.