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longers said:
Best city in England by an absolute mile, nowhere else in the UK comes close and i can't even begin to get my head around how anyone could think differently provided they are under the age of 35 and aren't a complete hermit.

So much more to do, amazing architecture, amazing history, every form of entertainment covered and then some, amazing nightlife which destroys everywhere else in the UK in terms of variety and options.

Everyone i know who lives here absolutely loves it, most people who hate on it seem to be on the internet and live in places which 99% of the worlds population would reject in favour of london.

Lived in Liverpool, Manchester, Brighton and Bristol... none of them have got anything on London.
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You are correct in everything you say
I was travelling back from Aldgate to docklands a while back, I walked down towards Tower Gateway for the DLR and as I got their I just looked over the way and there is the Tower of London. I walked over and had a walk around the walls, just superb. I do love London when I am there but it does tire the life out of me and I do believe being 52 doesn't help.
 
Lowste said:
You are correct in everything you say
I was travelling back from Aldgate to docklands a while back, I walked down towards Tower Gateway for the DLR and as I got their I just looked over the way and there is the Tower of London. I walked over and had a walk around the walls, just superb. I do love London when I am there but it does tire the life out of me and I do believe being 52 doesn't help.
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And the view up and down the river from Waterloo bridge at sunset is difficult for any city anywhere to top.
 

Tubey said:
Driver looked at me like I was an alien. "Can't pay with money." Felt like saying, "what am I supposed to pay with then, fresh air FFS" - but got told you have to have a bloody Oyster or something to get on a bus.
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you should have stuck to the Tube. :D
 
Went with my girlfriend for the weekend not long ago - I can't for the life of me remember what bridge it was, but it was a walking only one - but we were walking this bridge and some fella dressed as Charlie Chaplin, full make up and the likes comes up and puts his arm around my bird motioning for me to take a picture. So I proceed to do so, only for the cheeky bugger to ask for money afterwards. Needless to say, he came away empty handed.

It's a recurring thing. In Camden, getting approached by some bloke claiming he's a big time rapper, just about to break out. He wouldn't give over so i eventually gave him a quid for his CD (which is absolutely dire), 5 seconds later, his mate lands out "Oi, you bought his now you have to buy mine". I didn't buy his the slabbery git.

On the tube, some foreign bloke lays a packet of tissues beside me with a heart warming note about how he doesn't want to beg, but his family are starving at night without any food. He's been searching for a job and nobody will give one. It says please buy these tissues off me for £2. He comes back a minute later picks up his tissues, realises there is no money for them and quickly walks on and leaves them beside someone else.

Love London but you can't make it through a day without someone begging for money.
 

Tubey said:
Right I hate London. Loads of reasons why.

First off, went there, went to get on a bus, asked how much, got the answer (whatever it was, can't remember), and like a normal person I went to pay with money.

Driver looked at me like I was an alien. "Can't pay with money." Felt like saying, "what am I supposed to pay with then, fresh air FFS" - but got told you have to have a bloody Oyster or something to get on a bus.

There is absolutely no way of knowing this unless you researched whether you can pay money on a bus in London or not beforehand, which is something you just wouldn't do.

So someone behind me pays with one of these cards so I can get on and I give him the money, although precisely why he wanted the money when in London it's apparently a bunch of useless metal I don't know. Anyway, get on, notice people looking at me like I'm stupid, ignore it, sit down.

Journey proceeds, few others make the same mistakes. Every single time the same reaction from the driver and passengers - one of stunned disbelief. I've came to the conclusion that the reason for those bloody cards might be a bit to do with convenience, a bit to do with drivers not carrying money (which makes sense as, in London, one in every two people are criminals, and those that aren't lack the imagination to be one) - no, it's basically so those living in the city can just laugh at the out of towners. That's it. Tits.

So meet someone in a pub near Kings Cross, order a drink.

"That's £7.80 mate."

"No, I said one pint."

"Yeah."

FFS. I can only imagine what they sell in Poundland in London. Half a pack of Tic Tacs, a thimble and a sock full of a tramp's piss probably. Was going to buy some pork scratchings, but didn't fancy finding out I'd have to mortgage my house to do so.

Done stuff in London, decided to walk to train station to go back to Liverpool which without any doubt resulted in me coming across the biggest bunch of tossers the world has ever known. You know in most cities were people have a bit of spatial awareness. Londoners don't. They just walk in a straight line and only a road stops them. I was carrying a laptop, ended up nearly having to use it as a shield to get through.

I always thought London was like the city everyone was trying to be as good as; that's why all other cities in the UK look the same and feel the same. But no. What it is, London is so bad that every other city is caught in the shat-tastic magnetic pull of its' gashness and are struggling for decency.

Got on the train after ducking about a thousand charity collectors ("all we're asking for is £3,000 a month - I mean come on, that's just a cup of coffee, isn't it, in London. Just your daily cup of coffee."). It starts. Air conditioner breaks. Hottest day of the year.

Someone next to me goes, "got to go back their again soon, love the city!"

Felt like smacking them.
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Out of interest, did he tell you you could use contactless cards? The missus had the same problem, her oyster had no credit on it, but she was told oyster or GTFO. A contactless card can be used anywhere that an oyster is accepted. Agree that it's not made very clear that cash is no longer accepted.

I no longer carry cash (my wallet has no coin pouch), as I never need it. Everything can be transacted on card these days.
 
lived there for 4 years in the late 80's and can't deny that I had a good time, enjoyed the place and pace of life, it suited me in my early 20's. Once I left I had no desire to return, still don't, not even for a short break (I have a sister & son living there). I'm all for cosmopolitan living (lived in Singapore for 12 years) but London is just too foreign.
 
The Cowboy said:
Out of interest, did he tell you you could use contactless cards? The missus had the same problem, her oyster had no credit on it, but she was told oyster or GTFO. A contactless card can be used anywhere that an oyster is accepted. Agree that it's not made very clear that cash is no longer accepted.

I no longer carry cash (my wallet has no coin pouch), as I never need it. Everything can be transacted on card these days.
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Nope, was also told Oyster or GTFO.
 

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