Elpenor
Well-Known Member
I guess this is a corner shop not a supermarket price
Does London have as much atmosphere as it used to have?
- Thread starter Lucky 888
- Start date
Elpenor
Well-Known Member
I don’t know. I am an infrequent visitor to London and I can’t stand the traffic, crowds and noise anywhere in the urban parts of the SE of England (probably other cities too but feel it most here)
When visiting the people I still know in London they are in zone 2 and on the tube, at least they’re connected and close to what I think are the good and interesting bits of a city compared to suburbs miles away from the centre which feel like they have a lot of the drawbacks but few of the benefits.
But it ultimately depends on the definition of your personal London.
Last edited:
kittyP
Pluviophile
That picture gave me anemoia.
Puddy_Tat
🐈⬛
mango5
Endeavour era
I think I'm in the background somewhere
BigMoaner
What A Load of Old Bollocks
London is best when you have an entire Saturday or day to yourself or with someone close. You wake up and the options are endless. This is when it comes into its own. I also have this private fishing lake on my doorstep that I am a member of and it’s my little slice of heaven. It’s never just about fancy meals and shopping is it.
All of the positive we have listed can be replicated elsewhere but the options thing is less easy to replicate
This. Miss the London melting pot a lot.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
I’m not sure on that part of the suburbs, I basically live in one (we’re two mins from the London border), it’s 20 minutes to Richmond park and 40 to Waterloo. Pretty damn good place to live, cheaper to buy a house and live, lots of access to the places we love and we can drive to the country in like 20 minutes, and to Brighton in just over an hour!
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Spot on. I lived in a small town near Cambridge then a small village north of Peterborough. Coming back to London felt like normality returned, no more looks and me and my wife walked the streets or the side eyes if we were talking to a fellow Black or Brown person.
The only city I’ve been too that can match London for diversity of this kind is NYC.
mango5
Endeavour era
A new in-depth local news outfit has explored the lives of London leavers. You can subscribe for free as they get going.
ska invita
back on the other side
this?A new in-depth local news outfit has explored the lives of London leavers. You can subscribe for free as they get going.
They wrote ‘Why I’m Leaving London’ essays, but did exiting the capital solve their problems?
Imogen West-Knights caught up with authors of viral leaving London essays and videos, years after the fact
www.the-londoner.co.uk
Favelado
J'adore South Shore
Living in Madrid I miss the melting pot but it's much sadder and more downbeat than here. I don't think London has the same streetlife or buzz as New York, Madrid and a few other places I've been - but obviously it isn't totally lacking in that either. London's population density is quite low meaning a lot of the bustle is just mardy commuters rather than residents. Other places have more joie de vivre.
mango5
Endeavour era
I've had a second hand copy of Ben Judah's book, unread, on my shelves for some time. I'm glad I saw this article before reading, glad that I bought it in a charity shop, and really enjoying the resurgence of London journalism calling out the bullshit.
I hope those of you who have left the city for the burbs and beyond retain enough fondness for the place to disabuse your neighbours of these malicious pernicious lies, should that be necessary.
www.the-londoner.co.uk
I hope those of you who have left the city for the burbs and beyond retain enough fondness for the place to disabuse your neighbours of these malicious pernicious lies, should that be necessary.
A government advisor wrote a libel against London. Why did we believe it?
A book by the foreign secretary’s aide Ben Judah paints a disturbing picture of the capital, littered with racial stereotypes and falsehoods
www.the-londoner.co.uk
furluxor
snake with a claw
I've had a second hand copy of Ben Judah's book, unread, on my shelves for some time. I'm glad I saw this article before reading, glad that I bought it in a charity shop, and really enjoying the resurgence of London journalism calling out the bullshit.
I hope those of you who have left the city for the burbs and beyond retain enough fondness for the place to disabuse your neighbours of these malicious pernicious lies, should that be necessary.
A government advisor wrote a libel against London. Why did we believe it?
A book by the foreign secretary’s aide Ben Judah paints a disturbing picture of the capital, littered with racial stereotypes and falsehoods
"“I was born in London, but I no longer recognize this city,” Judah writes."
Oh that old chestnut. Usually you expect someone to be 60+ before they roll out the "things around me change with time and I don't like it" complaint. This guy must be an ~old soul~.
Reminds me of my fellow countryman I met years ago, who complained that he walked from Whitechapel to Limehouse and "didn't see many English people". He, too, was a tit.
I've had a second hand copy of Ben Judah's book, unread, on my shelves for some time. I'm glad I saw this article before reading, glad that I bought it in a charity shop, and really enjoying the resurgence of London journalism calling out the bullshit.
I hope those of you who have left the city for the burbs and beyond retain enough fondness for the place to disabuse your neighbours of these malicious pernicious lies, should that be necessary.
A government advisor wrote a libel against London. Why did we believe it?
A book by the foreign secretary’s aide Ben Judah paints a disturbing picture of the capital, littered with racial stereotypes and falsehoods
Fair play to the Londoner. Very telling they're not getting any responses from Judah or Lammy.
Similar threads
