London - Love or loathe it?

[Stoatwobbler]

I think it has more to do with the sheer number of people in London.

 

Anyway, I'm talking about both town centres. I feel safer in London than Sheffield.

 

Hmmm.....not sure that the town centre's of Sheffield & London are all that comparable really. For one thing I would ask what you are defining as central London? Would it include Camden market for instance? Would it include very much south of the river? Even in the centre of London one or two places that are a tad risky.

 

And I don't think that the suburbs should ever be discounted when runnning the rule over a city. Take somewhere like Manchester. The city centre there is great but I really don't like the areas just outside of the city centre. It all counts.

[Cyclone]

The conurbation is indeed large but it can't all be described as dirty and or noisy as it isn't, anyway have fun

 

Not sure I can describe most of the day as fun, hard work, useful, achieving something, but not fun at the time.

It was nice to sit outside the pub with friends after the training was over, but then it would have been even nicer to do it somewhere else, in the alps maybe, or failing that in Sheffield.

[Kerrangaroo]

Not sure I can describe most of the day as fun, hard work, useful, achieving something, but not fun at the time.

It was nice to sit outside the pub with friends after the training was over, but then it would have been even nicer to do it somewhere else, in the alps maybe, or failing that in Sheffield.

 

The Alps or failing that, Sheffield Of all the other possibles you plum for a village in Yorkshire :hihi:

[CoolHandSax]

Some people seem not to have noticed that Sheffield is also a large conurbation, just not quite in the same league as London. Both cities are made up of different areas which are joined together by your average urban sprawl. Folk from Hillsborough, Woodseats or Manor Top, for example, tend to keep to their own areas & enjoy what is almost like a village atmosphere without really being much bothered about what's happening in the rest of Sheffield unless it affects them directly. Some areas are common to all e.g. the city centre. The same goes in London whether you reside in Tottenham, Battersea or Hackney everyone has their own turf and you forget about the rest of it. As for being expensive, yes some things are, housing certainly is and so is food & drink when bought dining out. However, supermarket prices for food & drink tend to be pretty much the same & I always found clothing to be cheaper. More competition always means somewhere or other is reducing prices. You really have to live there for a year or so to be able to compare properly and even then everyone will still have a different opinion.

[the moo]

Me and the missus went to London last month and thought it was great, it's expensive to travel around though £9 for 2 stops on the tube, and the beer is rubbish, but we did get to talk to Russell Grant in maccy dee's.

[Cyclone]

The Alps or failing that, Sheffield Of all the other possibles you plum for a village in Yorkshire :hihi:

 

Being close to home has distinct advantages.

[Stoatwobbler]

Me and the missus went to London last month and thought it was great, it's expensive to travel around though £9 for 2 stops on the tube, and the beer is rubbish, but we did get to talk to Russell Grant in maccy dee's.

 

For many years London was terrible for beer. Not much good stuff around & what little there was tended to be overpriced.

 

However, there are a number of really good places for the discerning beer drinker in London these days, from the Cask & Kitchen to the Euston Tap to the Southampton Arms. Mind you, it's still very expensive drinking beer down there!

[the moo]

For many years London was terrible for beer. Not much good stuff around & what little there was tended to be overpriced.

 

However, there are a number of really good places for the discerning beer drinker in London these days, from the Cask & Kitchen to the Euston Tap to the Southampton Arms. Mind you, it's still very expensive drinking beer down there!

 

The best pint was found coming home at st pancres a wine bar called Des Vins, old speckled hen gorgeous a proper head, £4 though but worth it.

[LeMaquis]

Me and the missus went to London last month and thought it was great, it's expensive to travel around though £9 for 2 stops on the tube, and the beer is rubbish, but we did get to talk to Russell Grant in maccy dee's.

 

Buses, travelcards and Oystercards are available as are decent restaurants.

[The Joker]

Mind you, it's still very expensive drinking beer down there!

 

Which is why they all drink shandy dahn saaf