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Chat => General => Topic started by: oldspice on March 18, 2006, 09:03:21 am

Title: London
Post by: oldspice on March 18, 2006, 09:03:21 am

Love it or hate it?

Title: London
Post by: on March 18, 2006, 09:05:22 am

Hate it mainly.  Do like Natural history museum and planetarium though.  Just too many people, I get claustrophobic and too ruddy expensive.

Title: London
Post by: lorri on March 18, 2006, 12:31:29 pm

love it especially theatreland,covent garden and soho square, but only for the day , dont think  i would want to live there 

Title: London
Post by: on March 18, 2006, 01:21:50 pm

London is crap.  When you think how much stuff costs too.  What is it to get in Buckingham palace?  £19  It costs £12 to get in the Cistine Chapel and all the galleries and chancels en route.  St John's Basillica is free. 

Oslo and Copenhagen are more intersting than London too. 

Title: London
Post by: lemoneye on March 18, 2006, 02:18:36 pm

Copenhagen is more expensive than London - never been to Oslo so cannot comment.

London for me is not a favourite place but does have some lovely places and interesting history. The rest is a Sh*t hole.

Title: London
Post by: on March 18, 2006, 02:58:59 pm

"London for me is not a favourite place but does have some lovely places and interesting history. The rest is a Sh*t hole"

Fair enough.  have they still git dinosaurs at Crystal Palace?  Saw them there as a kid.  I'm still bonkers on dinosaurs.

Title: London
Post by: goldencup on March 18, 2006, 03:37:33 pm

Hate it.

Title: London
Post by: smurfboy on March 18, 2006, 03:52:19 pm

I like it for the odd visit but would never live there. What I DO hate is Londoners who, when you talk about anywhere else in the world, feel the need to butt in with sentences starting with 'in London...'

Title: London
Post by: goldencup on March 18, 2006, 03:54:35 pm

Whereas in Birmingham....

Title: London
Post by: smurfboy on March 18, 2006, 03:55:45 pm

Exactly!

Title: London
Post by: Nikkers on March 18, 2006, 04:54:29 pm

what's birmingham like? I'm supposed to be moving there to go to law school....if I get in!

Title: London
Post by: smurfboy on March 18, 2006, 04:58:11 pm

I love it personally. Okay, I'm biased as it's my home town, but I moved away for six years and appreciated it much more having left and come back. Which part will you be living in if you go?

Title: London
Post by: loulou on March 18, 2006, 07:42:46 pm

I like to visit but wouldn't want to live there.

Title: London
Post by: oldspice on March 18, 2006, 09:11:15 pm

I used to live there. I like visiting London and would like to have a bolt-hole there for weekends but don't think i could go back and live there.

Title: London
Post by: Nikkers on March 18, 2006, 09:33:47 pm

Smurfboy, I don't know as yet, I have to wait to see if I get in then look for accommodation. Hopefully somewhere close to the uni, I don't want to be too far away from it.

Title: London
Post by: smurfboy on March 18, 2006, 10:02:37 pm

If you're going to Birmingham uni the accomodation there is pretty nice. If you're going into rented Selly Oak is probably your best option; it has its good bits and bad bits, but the location is great for both the uni and the town centre.

Title: London
Post by: loulou on March 19, 2006, 12:34:21 pm

Smurfy don't you have a spare room and fancy a lodger?

Title: London
Post by: Nikkers on March 19, 2006, 02:05:37 pm

 

Title: London
Post by: chocolate chick on March 20, 2006, 09:51:43 am

Love it. Its where I work and there are some nice little places to visit away from Oxford Street. I personally don't like Oxford Street very much.

Title: London
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on March 20, 2006, 09:54:46 am

I love visiting London but don't think I'd like to live there.