So who has been ?
Why did you go ?
What did you think of the place ?

I have been for four days work this week and have come to the conclusion it's a dump that will be far better off in the year 2100 when it is under 50 feet of water.
I knew global warming was a good thing.

I've been twice, first time we stayed in a hostal which wasn't very nice but the japanese reasturant was nice. The second time was for the day for a politics conference and it was cool, the tube was pretty impressive to say I'd never been on it before. But don't they say while your in london your always atleast a foot away from a rat or something :gag:

Whereabouts in London are you talking about?

I don't like Central London, but I live in Greater London, and it's not too bad round here:P

London is great to visit, but i wouldn't want to live there.

Whereabouts in London are you talking about?



Croyden, Watham, Enfield and Wood green.
All total dumps and I have to go back next week for two days.

I've been too and threw london quite a lot. Personally I don't like it, but I think that's because I grew up in sheffield (well, out of sheffield) with green space all around, most of the time in london you feel that there's about 50 miles of concrete before you can reach a bit of green space (even when it's not actually true).

Croyden, Watham, Enfield and Wood green.
All total dumps and I have to go back next week for two days.

My mate use to live in Croyden :) Whenever we get in an argument with someone here in Sheffield now, he says "what you doing, that guy looks like he could shoot you given the chance" :hihi:

So who has been ?
Why did you go ?
What did you think of the place ?

I have been for four days work this week and have come to the conclusion it's a dump that will be far better off in the year 2100 when it is under 50 feet of water.
I knew global warming was a good thing.

So you went to a few areas and didn't have a good time, and now you've come to the conclusion that everywhere and everything in the whole hundreds of square miles area is crap?

You can't really talk about London as if it's all one place. It has many good and bad points, just like anywhere.

All the real cockneys have left London,its a dump,full of ethnics and not worth going to visit.

All the real cockneys have left London,its a dump,full of ethnics and not worth going to visit.
:o Well aren't you a grumpy grandpa :hihi:

I've lived in London (Hampstead) and love it. It's where I say my UK home is - Sheffield is a little too small and mundane* for my liking *ducks flames* but most of the people here are great :thumbsup:

*I'm being a little too honest for my own good tonight :suspect:

All the real cockneys have left London,its a dump,full of ethnics and not worth going to visit.

Another classic statement. Foot firmly shot.

Croyden, Watham, Enfield and Wood green.
All total dumps and I have to go back next week for two days.
None of those places is actually in London itself, but each is an area of Greater London, which is not the whole of, nor Central London.

All the real cockneys have left London,its a dump,full of ethnics and not worth going to visit.
That really is a comment showing ignorance. Cockneys are born in one small area of London, not the whole of London, which was the subject of another thread not so long ago. Many of them don't leave London itself, but may live in other areas of London from where they were born.

I used to live in Enfield and thought it was great. Once you get to know some people it's a nice little friendly community. Epping forest is just up the road if you want a day in the country and the city is just a tube ride away.
A visit to the city is like a mini adventure, there is so much to do for everyone. Buildings to visit, shows to go to, football matches to watch, markets and shops enough to satisfy anyones appetite and countless places to eat whatever you want. Then its back on the tube to your cosy house/flat in time to watch Eastenders.
London, Can't fault it. :)

I have been to kew gardens and richmond very nice round that area not been to central london though

All the real cockneys have left London,its a dump,full of ethnics and not worth going to visit.


Most people would describe London as truly cosmopolitan and well worth a visit, but I suppose everyone is entitled to their opinion. :)

All the real cockneys have left London,its a dump,full of ethnics and not worth going to visit.

roy i must disagree with you there are some very nice places to visit in london

Been to London literally hundreds of times and worked in just about every part of it from the rich areas to the slums. Not a fan of the place or the attitudes of the people.

I personally would say a modern city full of culture... get moving with the times roy!

Anyway, i went down there to the notting hill carnival, which was amazing but i couldnt live there, too big. Although very interesting

Croyden, Watham, Enfield and Wood green.
All total dumps and I have to go back next week for two days.

Yep they are pretty bad. Where I live is nice

London 50p to have a slash in a loo,right at the side of the Thames.You can keep it.

I have been for four days work this week and have come to the conclusion it's a dump that will be far better off in the year 2100 when it is under 50 feet of water.
I knew global warming was a good thing.

jesus, some people take things to far :roll:

I liked it, I went last Summer and we chilled out in Hyde Park in the sunshine, went shopping in the massive crowds, I love it!

I have only been to central London though....

All the real cockneys have left London,its a dump,full of ethnics and not worth going to visit.

Been turned down for the reform club have we?

I hate the fact that when I'm jetting off to foreign climes I have to go through London to get to Heathrow. Having said that there are some nice places in London - it is so big its like lots of small towns stuck together - and I did find a Sam Smiths pub selling pints for £1.28 so I didn't need to folk out £3 for southern muck. :hihi:

I like to visit but I wouldn't want to live there. People look so downtrodden and avoid eye contact and chit chat. Sheffield being the biggest 'village' as such means anyone might talk to you on the way past. Sure, they might hike your wallet too just like London but most people don't and the chat is harmless.
Last time I was there I had some nutty fella at the tube station talking to me about his home country then asking if he could 'view my body'. Fruitcake!
It's the people for me, a distinct lack of shiny happy people.

I quite like Croydon (Surrey) - they used to have some good music shops there.

You can't generalise that the whole of London is a toliet... ...I would generalise that the majority of Lewisham (Greater London) borough's crummy, yet it's south-western neighbour, Bromley (GL / Kent) has brilliant areas.

Bexley's (GL/Kent) a split - the majority is reasonable - pockets in the NE are 'deprived'.

:)

I once had a blinding night out in Islington, me and a load of mates went down to visit called Phil who'd moved down there and he took us to some fantastic bars - I even saw an estate agents called Hotblack Desiato (which I assume was where Douglas Adams got the name for the rock promoter who was spending a year dead for tax reasons.

My most abiding memory of the big smoke was a gig at the Marquee, Lawnmower Deth were playing their final gig and we had a pint in the Molly Mogg around the corner and then went to the gig. It was superb! We got chatting to the band as they recognised us from a load of their other gigs and they gave me the tarpaulin backdrop (Steve had painted it himself, I subsequently gave it to my mate Tom as a birthday present). The best part of the evening was watching a tramp in a forensic white suit trying to kick the collective asses of two HUGE bouncers.

London seems like a sh*thole to live but you can have a class night out.

I hate the fact that when I'm jetting off to foreign climes I have to go through London to get to Heathrow. Having said that there are some nice places in London - it is so big its like lots of small towns stuck together - and I did find a Sam Smiths pub selling pints for £1.28 so I didn't need to folk out £3 for southern muck. :hihi:
You were robbed, Sam Smiths was the first ever pint i had ,and i can still taste it.yuk

All the real cockneys have left London,its a dump,full of ethnics and not worth going to visit.

roy i must disagree with you there are some very nice places to visit in london

While there are indeed still many interesting sites and nice places to see in London, it is now an utter toilet.

The 'cosmopolitan diversity' just means that it is infested with hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, it's knee deep in litter around the City and the West End, and getting worse.

I've lived and worked down there twice, first 19 years ago then 15 years ago. It was a bit grubby then, but when I visit now I am appalled by the state of the place, and the grossly disproportionate number of ethnics that are over-running the place.

It’s very, very sad.

My x is working away in London been there for over a year and I think he has changed he is even more nasty than before.

I lived next to Crystal Palace park when I lived in London, and it was very nice, green and quiet. Transport from there to work (in Brentford) was a bitch though.

I even saw an estate agents called Hotblack Desiato (which I assume was where Douglas Adams got the name for the rock promoter who was spending a year dead for tax reasons.

I'd guess that it's the other way round - they named the shop Hotblack Desiato because they were big Hitchhikers fans.

:)

I hate the fact that when I'm jetting off to foreign climes I have to go through London to get to Heathrow.

Haven't you heard of the M25? :)

Haven't you heard of the M25? :)

Don't think it passes through Sheffield or connects with St. Pancras

I hate the fact that when I'm jetting off to foreign climes I have to go through London to get to Heathrow. Having said that there are some nice places in London - it is so big its like lots of small towns stuck together - and I did find a Sam Smiths pub selling pints for £1.28 so I didn't need to folk out £3 for southern muck. :hihi:

I know that taxman and I have had the odd dissagreement but this is only by way of a question. Where do you go that can't be seviced by say Manchester Airport? My son had to use Heathrow to take advantage of a cheap flight to Australia but shuttled there from Manchester for an incredible £30.00.

As far as my wife and I are concerned if we can't get there from Manchester, East Midlands or at worst Birmingham we go somewhere else.

London is like many other capital cities, too big, too far away, too expensive but some folk love it.

Kings cross,acton,wembley,harrow are all total dumps

I know that taxman and I have had the odd dissagreement but this is only by way of a question. Where do you go that can't be seviced by say Manchester Airport? My son had to use Heathrow to take advantage of a cheap flight to Australia but shuttled there from Manchester for an incredible £30.00.

As far as my wife and I are concerned if we can't get there from Manchester, East Midlands or at worst Birmingham we go somewhere else.

London is like many other capital cities, too big, too far away, too expensive but some folk love it.

I've been to Buenos Aires and Delhi both of which required early departures from Heathrow so I stayed the night in London so I could be at Heathrow early. Last time I went to Finland and made the mistake of flying from Heathrow only to discover after the fact that I could have gone direct from Manchester. Next trip is to Kenya. This is an evening flight from Heathrow so there won't be any need to stay in London just get a cheap Midland Mainline down there then the underground. I have checked Manc airport on this one and there doesn't appear to be a direct flight to Nairobi.

I've been to Buenos Aires and Delhi both of which required early departures from Heathrow so I stayed the night in London so I could be at Heathrow early. Last time I went to Finland and made the mistake of flying from Heathrow only to discover after the fact that I could have gone direct from Manchester. Next trip is to Kenya. This is an evening flight from Heathrow so there won't be any need to stay in London just get a cheap Midland Mainline down there then the underground. I have checked Manc airport on this one and there doesn't appear to be a direct flight to Nairobi.

The Heathrow Shuttle from Manchester is well worth using when the prices are low, you can also take advantage of cheap parking. The coach shuttle from the Interchange is also very good value and takes you straight into Heathrow.

London's an amazing place to visit, as long as you know to avoid the usual traps. Piccadilly Circus and Oxford Street are to be avoided at all costs - they have the same stores, more or less, as you can get in Meadowhell and Manchester, so why bother? And they are far, far worse then The Moor for grime and chavs.

Stray into Soho, Covent Garden (staying away from the piazza, which is a cacky tourist hell) and Bloomsbury and you can find loads of cool shops, independent cafes and proper pubs of the type Sheffield dispensed with years ago in the name of modernity, and you escape the chain store monotony. Plus there are squares to go and sit in and chill out. For ale and food stick to Whitehall and the City and go where the office workers go.

I've learned why people who work in London are so impatient though. It's the hordes of European tourists! They don't queue, they push and shove, ignore notices telling them not to do things (e.g. taking photos in the Tate), take over whole pavements expecting you to walk in the road and just generally make life miserable. You see them taking photos of shop windows and getting overly excited at the sight of Maccy Ds - I thought that had disappeared with the Eastern Bloc? You feel like shouting at them but have to remember they're the ones spending £££s on cheap tat in the ye olde union jack shoppes and putting silly amounts of cash into our economy.

:rant:

Well, I'm off again next week. This time just for one night.
We will be staying at a little hotel we found last time and seeing if we can avoid the muggers when we go for a pint.

The only bit of the place I like is chinatown and that's only as I visit friends who live there.
Last time I had to visit a secure government building. Security is all sorts of fun there. Had to stand in a little bomb proof tube before they let you in.

Must be expecting bother from someone.