London - the centre of England ?

Also England's centre of getting stabbed and getting acid thrown in your face by some chump on a moped. Turned into a right shithole these past few years.
 
I’d live in London for the rest of my life if I had serious money. As I don’t then I won’t.
 
I work in London. Can't stand it. It has a weird smell a bit like sewage and my nose just gets bunged up with snot due to the shit in the air.
It's great for night life though. For me the best cities in the UK are Leeds, Edinburgh and Oxford all have a great night life and are relatively small and compact
 
BerkshireBlue said:
I work in London. Can't stand it. It has a weird smell a bit like sewage and my nose just gets bunged up with snot due to the shit in the air.
It's great for night life though. For me the best cities in the UK are Leeds, Edinburgh and Oxford all have a great night life and are relatively small and compact
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oh and I forgot about the 11pm extact no leeway shutting of the pubs even if you've just bought a pint. that is weird as well.
 
Was in London on Tuesday, the tube is like a rat race everyone running round like people possessed, and seeing people running down the escalator is one of the funniest things I've seen.traffic jams on all roads, it's not for me.
 
Strange place is London.
Was on the tube a couple of Sundays ago and there were three middle-aged blokes sniggering and singing a silly song every time the announcer said "Mind the gap".
 
You are right London does have everything. All the fucking tags for one. Ok to visit like every city. But I would rather be in a small town out in nowhere.
 
city2 said:
Was in London on Tuesday, the tube is like a rat race everyone running round like people possessed, and seeing people running down the escalator is one of the funniest things I've seen.traffic jams on all roads, it's not for me.
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Replace tube with tram and you’ve described Manchester
 
I quite like London, you can have many different nights out in completely different places, lots going on and you will never ever be bored say on a Saturday when city aren't on.

It is a lot less friendly than the north and a dump in places but go to any other city and it is no different. Just another place that has its good bits and bad bits.

Nice place to visit but as many have said I wouldn't want to live there. I would live in the outskirts in Surrey somewhere but even multi-millionaires are peasants there.
 
I like visiting London but would hate to live there. Many of the good aspects quickly become bad aspects too - ie the Tube. Its too big and too expensive.

Manchester is a fantastic place to live, but when visitors ask for sightseeing recommendations, I struggle to provide a long list. There are other major cities like that though - Madrid and Munich spring to mind.
 
Re it being the 'centre' of the UK, it probably is, but it shouldn't be. Way too many things are based in London, which doesn't happen in many other countries. Most countries would have different cities for their economic hub, their political hub, their cultural hub. Germany has Frankfurt (finance), Munich (industry), Berlin (political/cultural), Hamburg(industry/shipping). Each has their own USP, which doesn't exist in the UK outside of London.

It makes London pretty great to live/work in, but it's at the detriment to other cities. In my opinion they should move Parliament from London to Birmingham or Manchester, the football team should tour the country and businesses should be incentivised to HQ outside of London.
 
hawkhurst said:
It makes London pretty great to live/work in, but it's at the detriment to other cities. In my opinion they should move Parliament from London to Birmingham or Manchester, the football team should tour the country and businesses should be incentivised to HQ outside of London.
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Agreed.
 
Scottyboi said:
One of the most famous cities in the world, bound to be like that. As Churchill said Manchester is the belly and guts of the UK. Fuck Big Ben!
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George Orwell, not Churchill, said that.

The UK’s biggest cities are now complete shitholes. Manchester City centre is a cesspit, as is London and Birmingham.

I’ve lived and worked in Manchester City centre for a few years and it’s getting worse.

The achievements and past culture of the city are what makes it, as well as our famous MCFC but after recently moving further out, I won’t be returning into “town”.
 
Ban-jani said:
George Orwell, not Churchill, said that.

The UK’s biggest cities are now complete shitholes. Manchester City centre is a cesspit, as is London and Birmingham.

I’ve lived and worked in Manchester City centre for a few years and it’s getting worse.

The achievements and past culture of the city are what makes it, as well as our famous MCFC but after recently moving further out, I won’t be returning into “town”.
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Was in town Sunday fucking hate the place mate, it is a dirty shithole.
 
It's a great City, don't know if I'd say it's the centre of the country though....probably Brum
 
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