American Reacts to What It's Really Like Living in London, England REACTION
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King Boomer's Reaction to people in London, England being interviewed about what they like and dislike about the capital of the United Kingdom. ENJOY!
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I don’t live in London, but when I visit I can keep my kids entertained in London all day without spending very much money. They say it’s expensive to visit there, but there are lots of open air landmarks, like Tower Bridge or the Elizabeth Tower and absolutely loads of big museums and art galleries, most of which are free to enter. I took my daughter many years ago and we most,y spent the day walking around looking at famous landmarks, like the cenotaph, the gates to Downing Street, and Trafalgar Square which didn’t cost a penny, listened to some brilliant street musicians and finished the day at the gates of Buckingham Palace and watched the guards.
I took my youngest son 7 months ago. We got the tube to Embankment, took photos of the Houses Of Parliament from Hungerford Footbridge, went to Trafalgar Square and photographed Nelson’s Column and the various sculptures there, got back on the tube and spent the morning in The British Museum and saw, amongst other things, the Sutton Hoo artefacts, the famous Lewis Chess Men and the Egyptian mummies. We ate a packed lunch in a nice park and then spent the afternoon at the Imperial War museum. We ended the day with McDonalds, which costs the same wherever you go and was the only thing we spent money on apart from our tube tickets. And everywhere we walked there was a building, blue plaque or statue that prompted a conversation or an opportunity for me to tell my son about the history of the place. Very fun, very cheap day out.
However, I would never want to live there. I get the urge to visit once or twice a decade. Once it’s out of my system air won’t go again for ages. The tube is cramped and uncomfortable, the traffic is too congested, nobody will smile at you and pass the time of day. I’ve had some dirty looks when I try to make small talk on the tube. The air doesn’t smell clean. When I get back home my throat is sore from the traffic fumes, my hair smells really dirty and when I blue my nose my snot comes out black when I’ve breathed in polluted air. I don’t get these problems in my own town.
I was brought up in London and I was glad to leave it. Give yourself a few days to see the sights and then go elsewhere.
Come on you need a week. You don’t just wanna go to the touristy places. There’s loads of fantastic markets.
In London it's common to not drive at all. A lot of londoners in the heart of the city don't even bother to learn to drive as there's no point. Public transport is very easy and efficient. A tube every 2 minutes.
It is, but it's very beneficial to be able to drive as soon as you need to travel outside of London.
Parking is very difficult & expensive in London. Car insurance is also expensive. You have to live near to the tube (less than 10 mins walk) and be in zones 1-3.
@@dcoughla681 Depends where in London. We have to have a permit to park on our street, so we can always park at home. For shopping, make the use of supermarket car parks of multistorey places like Westfield Stratford. It's not all doom and gloom.
Also, car insurance is expensive everywhere at the moment.
As a Scot who loves the outdoors I am in the "I love going to London for a few days, maybe a week..... but I could never live there"... camp
As a northerner that's exactly how I've always described the place.
You have to remember that the UK is further north than some places in Canada, so the winter months are short and that we are next to the Atlantic coast so we get clouds and rain because of that. I've lived in London since 1973, if you are looking for things to do you can probably find it. If you don't like crowed places you bet you are going to find those. Transport is good, but during rush hours you will definitely find crowding. For days out of London there are loads of places to go and see and get away from the crowds.Like New Your, the cost of things is higher than elsewhere. A plus over many cities is that there are lots of green spaces, parks and on nice days they are great to visit, slow down from the hustle and bustle of the streets, to go people watch, and to "touch grass" as I hear people say. I'm 71 now, I wouldn't move to London now, but when I was in my 20s & 30s it seemed like a magical place to be.
Britain, including London of course, can have lovely weather, I'm 60 years of age, born in Nottingham and lived here all my life and I can remember many glorious summers. We have four seasons, unlike many countries, and we're in the North Atlantic so we get our fair share of storms, rain and sometimes snow in the winter, but in my humble opinion all four seasons have a beauty about them.
I live in the UK (in Cumbria around 300 miles from London). Me and my partner go to London twice a year. Once for a week during the summer and also in November to see the Christmas markets and to do some Christmas shopping as London has some fantastic shops and markets. London in the summer can get very hot (probably not as hot as some places in the world) but we were down a couple of summers ago the temperatures were between 30-35C for the week we were down in July. Weird as it sounds I love travelling around on the Tube/Underground, as I find it a marvellous feat of engineering and you can get to places amazingly quickly on them as they run very frequently (some of the lines trains are every minute).
I would encourage anyone coming to London to use the Tube to get around, as the buses in central London spend loads of time stuck in traffic and take a lot longer to get somewhere compared to the Tube. One thing I do hate about the Tube (during the summer) is how hot they are (a lot of the trains/stations don't have air conditioning) so in rush hour its like travelling around in a mobile sauna 🥵
London is a great city if you're young and have a good job. I left rural Cornwall to go to university in London and stayed for 25 years. Loved it. But there comes a time in life when you've had enough of it. I now live on a farm back in Cornwall. Occasionally I visit mates back in London, boy is it busy and noisy, never noticed while I lived there.
I am a 70-year-old Londoner, next month. When does that time come,my friend?:)
@@Isleofskye London is a dump.
I'm surprised. I worked in London when I was younger.. Money was good, but I missed the sea, great beaches, and the countryside of back home in Gower (where I am again now)
I agree with you - I lived in Paris for 30 years (mariage and job) and one day I had had enough of the noise, rubbish, aggressive drivers etc.) and bought a flat 26 kms from Paris in a small town in the country. Whenever I go back to Paris (to the dentist), stepping out of the underground into the road, the noise, hoards of people etc. almost make me turn around and go back home (ok, any excuse to get away from the dentist !!!)
"bored of London, bored of life?" ( I tease! ) I moved to London for Uni and am still here 36 years later (OMG), but we just keep moving further out ( currently Zone 4). We mainly stay for the career advantages it gives our kids.
I feel like what would blow your mind most is the proximity to everything here, like all the shops are literally 30 seconds away from my front door, and you can be in central london from miles outside of it in around 40 minutes by train
The " tired of life" quote is Dr. Johnson's (of dictionary fame, amongst other achievements).
as a londoner, let me tell you that the weather's perfect. i rains just the right anount to keep the grass green, its clear most of the time, hot in the summer, cold in the winter, usually mild.
I agree. The weather is varied. These people that say it's gloomy must all come at the greyest of times of year.
Finally, someone actually saying this. You are correct. I sometimes go to Colorado USA in the summer time & Queensland Australia just after monsoon season & I swear to you, it rains way more over there at certain times in the year & is very aggressive at times. Rain is very bearable in this part of the UK & comes very fairly. People's attitude towards weather in other countries is very different to how we see things in the UK. In Australia, people still go to the beach even when it's chucking it down at some points in the day. All it has to do is rain for 10 minutes over here & all plans are cancelled, even if it's still over 20.c.
It's sunny up in the northwest this morning. And you're completely correct about the grass. The concept of lawns was imported from Scotland to the US I think, and most of the US just can't have good lawns. An ex of mine grew up in New York (the state) and was living in Florida and when she visited she commented on how green and vibrant all the grass was. No one has done anything to the grass, it just grows like that, bloody everywhere
There's a water shortage in London & the South East.
Love
London. I can wear what I want with no judgement in a pub on a night out (casual wear😂). I feel invisible and I bloody love it. Great history and architecture, haters going to hate .
Both of my nieces live in London and when I go to visit them it almost seems as if they both live in villages inside of London and there are amazing street markets
I love the history below your feet, I visit London often for work, I walk around seeing the blue plaques and famous residences it give me goosebumps sometimes.
Generally, according to statistics, London has less rainfall annually than New York, USA and Sydney, Australia. The last eighteen months have been a lot wetter than normal for most of the country, but things tend to equalise somewhat, so I'm looking forward to a decent Summer. Regards from Halifax, Yorkshire. UK.
In Scotland, we have a least 3 different weather fronts every day. 😂
In 2 adjacent areas!
Or as my brother says - six months of winter followed by six months of bad weather. Always makes me laugh but we are well used to it. I would hate to live somewhere that the weather is the same every day even if it is brilliant sun. How monotonous.
When my Scottish friend came down to stay with me in England she saw the sun for the first time. She had no idea what the bright round thing in the sky was and thought it was the apocalypse.
easily the worst part of london, the tube at rushhour. its actually nice when its not busy.
If you ever want to experience hell, travel on the tube during the evening rush hour during a heat wave, and top it off with a delay in the service!
When visitors think of London they think of the centre, the hustle and bustle, people everywhere, noise etc. I've lived in London for over 40 years, 12 miles from the centre, about 3 miles from the open countryside. It's quiet here like a small town. In fact that's what the outer suburbs are like - a series of small towns that just happen to be next to each other. I go into what tourists think of as London occasionally but most of what we need is around here. We have all the advantages of having central London on the doorstep, theatres, major events, transport links etc plus all the advantages of living in a small town close to the countryside.
It is the suburbs and towns surrounding London where I feel "the southeast" is most crowded! I do understand the advantages of having everything within reach, though.....and the choice of travel destinations you all have from the airports down there!
I lived with 5 American guys when I was 18 and they thought the amount we walked was absolutely mental, we lived about 1.5 miles from the centre of a town and would walk in to go shopping all the time but the American guys just found it all very strange that we'd actually walk all that way into town.
London is a very big city with plenty of open spaces, parks, commons, the rivers and quiet areas and has always been multi-racial and multi-cultural which is great and the food is great too. But there are dangerous areas too and knife crime is increasing. Central London has a lot of traffic but there is something for everyone in London lots of things to do and see 👍
Regarding your question on weather, most days are overcast in the UK, grey skies are the default. The last 18 months have been the wettest on record too, so currently we're all very sick of the rain and cloud. Even for us Brits the last 18 months have been noticeably bad.
The weather was pretty good for 4 or 5 years but as you alluded to, it's pretty much rained non-stop since the start of last summer!
Same in Ireland. It's depressing. The stereotype of England/Ireland being wet all the time is overblown most of the time but the last 6 months have been a depressing nightmare
Rome & Lisbon each receive more rain than London. No-one says Rome or Lisbon are rainy.
@@DavidZ4-gg3dm Its how the rain falls in this country which makes the difference. Rome and Lisbon get heavier rainfall whereas we get a lot of days of light drizzle. So the amount that falls might be less in total but its spread across a lot more days, making it feel like it rains more.
@@leedsalex NYC & Sydney each receive double London's rainfall, each having rain on more days than London. I've never heard anyone describe NYC or Sydney as rainy cities.
I could never afford to live in London but its the best city in the world. The history is unbelievable and all the cultures that are there make it amazing, especially all the international food choices! The best mass transport system I've ever used as well, so well integrated
As a Scot....absolutely go to London ....it has everything....all we say is get out of London and see more of the country aswell....but yes London is great
London is fantastic! It has everything. On a separate not, the weather is good. Not too much rain in London and the East side of country, more to the North and West as the rain comes from the Atlantic to the West.
KB. You ought to watch ‘The Mash Report’, the sketch called ‘Northerner terrifies Londoners’.
Yes we walk A LOT here. I walk 30 mins to work and back! It's great exercise
It's definately gloomy in winter. Up here in the lake district it only gets light at 9ish and gets dark soon after 3pm. If it's a cloudy, rainy day it feels quite dark and gloomy all day. On the flip side it's the opposite for summer, only gets dark after 10pm and starts getting light at 3am. Summer in the UK can be brilliant.
In summer there's a month up here where technically there is no night. Astronomical twilight I think, looks the same to me but yeah 17 hours of daylight is a bit much when it suddenly becomes 7 hours a few months later. What people don't realise with that, is that it's usually overcast and a lot darker than you'd think because the sun is low in the sky in winter
@@werxeh I know right, in the UK sun glasses are better in the winter lol because the sun is always so low in the sky ( on the rare occasions when the sun shines in winter, usually when it gets very cold )
@@andrewhallam237 oh absolutely. I mean I'm pretty much in the Lake District myself and riding a motorbike on a broken clouded winter day is a bit of a roulette wheel. I ended up getting a helmet with a dark visor I can flip down with a bit on the side of it
Weather has been so dismal this year since late September last year
I live in Devon south west England and the leaves are about 4 weeks late opening this spring
Longing for more sunshine now
London is very large geographically. London is really a couple of hundred villages all interwoven into a giant city. Some people hardly ever leave their own village except for work or education.
I worked in London for five years. It's an amazing city, stacked with history and things to do. It has an amazing vibe. Most people who moan about London have never been.
HAPPY ST GEORGE’S DAY! 🏴
I'm in the south east of England. It's the hottest part of the UK and hour train ride from London. The weather here is pretty good. From May to September we get alot of nice days. It's not dull and gloomy all the time like the stereotype makes out. The seasons are very much the seasons here really.
The best thing about living in London is that you can re-invent your life as often as you want. A thousand worlds are hidden in plain sight and mostly comprised of amazing people. You can't get tired of it. A shame about the weather and how expensive the rent is, but I can't live anywhere else.
It's a dive.
@@Jason.King.at.your.service definitely not
You may have heard that about Sheffield through watching the full monty movie perhaps, they touch on it in the intro :) enjoyed that movie reaction vid.
If you can succeed in London... you can succeed in ANY city.
And yes... the weather is gloomy 90% of time. Not foggy as the old myth... just cloudy or damp 90% of the year. The other 10% will be literately beautiful weather.
Crime: It's technically actually gone down if we go by ALL of London's history... London a century+ ago was really bad, it's why the first police on the planet were created here. Social media and communication has increased the awareness of it and there has been a small boom as London's population grew over the last decade. If your are a fairly savvy person, you will likely never see it with your own eyes. It also depends on where in London you go. Touristy places will have larger pickpocket crime for example.
Comparing cities is like comparing apples and oranges. Chuck in comparing metropolises too, and you've got the whole fruit bowl!!.
I've worked in London and I can tell you it was great. Would I live there? Nope. Way way too expensive.
I live in Cardiff (Wales' capital) it's not even half the size of London, and it can get hectic at rush hour. Imagine rush hour in London! I'm surprised anyone gets home ;)
Wrt the weather. Yeah. We get a fcuk ton of rain, but then again, it wouldn't be a 'Green and pleasant land' without it ;)
We've recently had what seems to be 3 months of shite weather.... 95% rain... but hey! Spring is here!! So far it's now 60% rain lol. Summer time will probably be a drought..... ;)
Last year I took a nap ... and slept through summer.. :(
London is expensive no doubt but then as far as I recall, ALL metropolises (that I've been to over the years) are expensive.
London is definitely a cosmopolitan city. You can talk to people from literally anywhere in the World there (if you can get them to slow down and actually talk). It's an incredibly busy, vibrant, densely populated gaff for sure. Fun though ;)
Wrt crime. Yeah there's crime. From the organised stuff to the street scammers. If you keep your eyes wide open, use common sense you'll be just 🙂
You've often said you have a little trepidation about driving in the UK. Sure, makes perfect sense. But, once you've had a bit of time on the roads (please do read the Highway code, or even, try the online theory test) you'll be fine... EXCEPT - don't drive in London!!!. I'm nearly 60. Driven for over 40 years (in very many countries over the world) but even I don't try to drive in London!! Unless you have the local knowledge you're literally up schitz creek ;)
Very many cities have the 'visiting bits', all beautiful, interesting, fun and 'sexy'. But scratch around the edges and you'll find deprived areas (and everything that goes with it). That's just part of living in the current 'world climate' just now..
Oh BTW. The streets aren't 'paved with gold'... but, they are rich in culture (ours and others). Oh... did I mention it's big? If you intend to visit the sites... you'll need about 10 days (an oyster card and loads of cash...) Enjoy!! :)
As a london black taxi driver only buses and taxis have access to london bridge after 7am what the I now a london cabbie who's 92 and still drives a london cab has done since 1958😅😮
I used to go up to london a lot in my teens that would have been in the 70's but would not travel there now sadly but there are other place's to visit so that's where we go now.
I absolutely love London and its diversity. You can never get bored, just need to be aware to avoid tourist traps if possible. I live by the sea on the south coast of England and it only takes a couple of hours to get there. London is so much more than the city centre
I live in Scotland🏴 where it is gloomy quite a lot of the time, except in summer, last summer was glorious, it was a Thursday if I recall correctly 🤣
As a Londoner by birth I will always have a love for the city but have outside of it most of my life, its great if you have money maybe not so much without like many other cities around the world, the football team I support is London based and by no means is it one of the big premier league teams but its my local team by birth, in your most recent football chants video there were 5 or six of ours featured in it including the you can take your flag and f**k off home, Leyton Orient or as they are nicknamed the Os one of the more friendly clubs you can visit.
Thanks for this about my Home City.I will be 70 years old in May and I have had a fantastic life here. I was born in South East London just 2 miles from Central London and loved my first 28 years living right in the heart of the City. I took the opportunity (with a £250 Deposit!) to buy a 3 Bedroom house just 11 miles away on the very edge of South East London and Kent in 1983 and 41 years later,I still live in the same house with no intention whatsoever of moving. The Suburbs are still too quiet for me let alone the Countryside though I love the easy access to visit there, which I did last weekend. London has over 100,000 Official: :" Places Of Interest" and as Dr.Johnson said 200 years ago "When one is tired of London then one is tired of life itself " 😀
Happy Birthday for May.
Go to Dearborn, Michigan, cross it with downtown Chicago. Thats london now
My dad is a 91 year old Londoner. He looks as good as the gentleman in this video. Full head of hair, all his own teeth and great eyesight! Sometimes, people think he’s my husband. I’m 64. 😂😂😂
I'm a Londoner, and I'll add this but this isn't an isolated issue - you can often have to go to work with weather than feels like mid-Autumn, and you end up coming home at the end of the day drenched in sweat. Several seasons in a day... People can attest to how RANDOM the weather has been this April. So I've grown up packing a mini umbrella regardless of the month, because you never know.
You can have 4 seasons in one day in the UK. When it's summer it can get very hot and dry but that's a very small chance!!! 😂
A wise man once said, if a man is tired of London, then he is tired of life (Dr Samuel Johnson, man who invented the English dictionary). I am a Londoner born and bred. But I do live just outside London, it is on my doorstep if I need it and back in my home town when I don't.
Love that at 6:23 when you pause, you line up almost perfectly with the ladies jacket! :D
London is basically New York with different accents, the diversity and characters are exactly the same. I was born and lived in London for 50 years in both nice areas and places you wouldn't leave your car overnight. What people say about great to visit but don't live here is right, public transport is dire and ludicrously overpriced, the crime rate is bad but linked to the huge social divide that government has created and don't even bother trying to see a doctor unless you pay to go private!
What I love is that if I need to get something from a store at 3am, there's always something open. Also if you're a fan of just completely mental things happening randomly, you'll see plenty of that on a daily basis... Never a dull moment!
London transport connectivity, borough market , lots to do & lots to see . The man is right , if you're tired of London, you're tired of life .
London is a lovely city to visit, I love it, but I wouldn’t live there it’s far too busy but, I would live in the one of the Burroughs of London, meaning the outskirts of London.
I think you've nailed it with your expectation. You HAVE to visit London, but don't spend too long there. Like you said with New York - great place to visit, terrible place to live when the novelty attractions are no longer appealing
I live in the second safest borough in London and crime isn’t unheard of but it’s certainly not a major worry for people in my neighbourhood. The borough I live in is great, plenty of green space, in fact, it’s known as the green borough, but twenty minutes on the train and you are in the heart of London 👍🏻 I’ve tried living in other places but always made my way back, you can take the girl out of London but you’ll never take London out of the girl ❤️
As a UK and London citizen, I think one of the best areas of the UK is Cornwall. It's been 40 years since I've been there, but have great memories of my long weekend there. The beaches are sandy with caves and during the summer it's like the Mediterranean. And when you stand at Lands End, on a bright sunny day, you get a great view of the Atlantic. As for the city of London, it's great going down the back streets, as you get to see much more of the older buildings. And a walk along the River Thames is a must for any visitor.
It's nice, but so inaccessible. Even after it's taken you all day to get there, going anywhere without private transport is a challenge.
Regarding it being gloomy, its a matter of perceptions because the UK is quite far north. In summer you get glorious long, long days when its often sunny as well, but in winter you get short days and long nights, and winter storms, and if you are working it's dark when you start your journey to work, and it's dark when you come home. Interesting factoid: half the population of Canada lives further south than the southernmost part of the UK.
I am originally from south london (clapham/brixton/streatham areas), only up until I was 10, then me, mum and sisters moved to the north east, northumberland, blyth. I visit family in london, but I do have Autism, and some social anxiety so it gets far too crowded for me lol. The Underground can get totally insane especially in the more popular stations. like Liverpool st., kings cross st. pancras etc.
I feel London like new york lovely to visit but living is so expensive and hard but still proud to be a Londoner xx
I'm from a famously beautiful rural area of Northern England, but I've lived in London for about 15 years. I've also lived in Bristol, Bath, Edinburgh and Manchester. I honestly LOVE London, it's an amazing city and there are few other places I'd want to live, especially in the UK. After all this time, I've yet to even come close to running out of places to go, things to do and people to meet. I love the multiculturalism, and really miss that when I'm away, it's a big part of the character of the place.
The two major negatives though are (A) how incredibly hectic it can get, and (B) the shocking cost of accommodation, both for residents and for visitors. The former is something you just need to get used to, you learn to kind of ride it like a wave and develop strategies for avoiding the worst of it. The latter though is genuinely very frustrating and I'd like to see something done about it.
Don’t be too hard on yourself, KB … you are tech-savvy … if you weren’t, there would be no King Boomer channel.
Some people are city people and some people aren’t. I think some of the comments might be generalising on the type of people there too
The months in the UK from May to September are mild and sometimes very sunny. From October to April expact rain, some frost, wind and clouds most of the time. The southeast of the island has the most sun and the least rain. Paris actually gets more rain per year than London. In Britain, the weather also gets slightly milder, cloudier and rainier as you go from east to west.
What I love most about London is definitely their 24hr public transport! What I hate most is all their public toilets (excluding train stations) have a turnstile you have to pay at!!
The weather is dull, but rarely ever extreme in any way. It's usually just grey skies, and about 60-ish Fahrenheit. April to September. With two or three weeks when it can get to 80 Fahrenheit. rare that it goes above 90. It rains regularly, but it's usually light. London gets less rain than the western and northern parts of the island. The Scottish Highlands, where I live, gets the most rain. It rains about 120 inches per year on average, in the Highlands. London gets about 23 inches of rain in the same period.
I live on the South coast where we normally get reasonable sunshine and it's been cloudy with cold winds for most of this and the latter half of last year . They say temperatures have been above average too .
When you come to the U.K. come in June .. children are in school (less people about) and the weather is 90% great .. beautiful sunny days with flowers everywhere. From London you can visit the rest of the country by train or coach and each city will have bus service everywhere .. no where is hours to get to .. unless you visit Scotland via train or by road. London might have the cheapest tickets but everything else will be expensive .. so pay extra to fly in elsewhere and visit London. Wait until any little ones are about 8 years old or around there so they walk everywhere if they're coming with you and remember the trip. Also once you're in London you can easily visit other places in Europe .. perhaps fly back from there it might be cheaper. I'm about to do a long weekend in London with my cousins .. doing the tourist thing .. Tower of London, Ripper Tour, a Show may a market on the Sunday, trip down the River, London Eye etc etc. Live here so no expensive flight to pay for. Interestingly we always holiday in Europe .. Spanish Islands or Greek Islands. We go for the definite sunshine haha.
London and New York are not comparable. London is the capital. It's cleaner and greener. Most people who dislike it don't live here. It has green suburbs and good transportation. It's diverse and easy to travel elsewhere. There's also lots of free things to do. I love London. I've lived here for 50 years. Travelled extensively and still believe it's one of the best cities in the world. London has seasons. We even have water shortages! It actually rains more in Paris.
You have pretty much echoed what I was going to say. I've lived here 16 years since moving from another European country where I was raised and worked for 38 years. I am British however. At first, I struggled but that was because I was establishing myself and trying to build a network of people to get to know. NoW, I absolutely love it here and I never thought I would prefer life here to where I had lived my entire life beforehand. I live in London Zone 3. In my neighbourhood you can get on a bus, tube or train and be in the centre within 14 minutes, eat any kind of food day or night, go to museum ( normally free entry), walk along the river, spend time in one of four huge green parks and commons with woodlands, a Lido, cafes etc, get to know neighbours and locals from all walks of life and all cultures. When I get off the train to head back down my street from work, I can hear the birdsong and see the wildlife around me in the park and yet I've got all of life going on just as close, near my house. People talk to me, I get to know people and there are so many ways to be part of the community and benefit others less fortunate, or learn a new skill and interest. I never had that where I grew up in Belgium even though I wish I had. I love London, its beauty and its gritty parts in equal measure. It's never failed to make me feel part of something bigger than myself.
London is gloomy in winter but we do have some beautiful weather in spring and summer. You should visit from May until October. There are more Parks and green spaces than any other big city in the world.
At the moment we are having shit weather but it is not normally as bad as it has been. We can have lovely weather, warm, Blue skies, crispy autumns etc. But recently the god of rain and wind are not happy with us for some reason.
Enjoyed this video. Absolutely love London, the history, the diversity and I don't trust anyone that hates London. They tend to be a 'type'.
If you didn't send all the rain from your way we wouldn't have a problem 😁
I'm London born and raised and lived in London till I was 30 now I'm 45 and I'll never move back to Hun but I'm proud to be a Londoner but living there is a hard life lol but to visit is cool but happy to go back to Essex xx
I'd definitely recommend visiting London for a few days, though if you say you hate crowds a few days might be enough for you. I'd then head on over to somewhere like York, Chester, (both amazingly beautiful cities), Bath, Bristol, Brighton (an interesting seaside resort close to London), maybe day trips to Oxford or Cambridge.
If you want the countryside, traveling through the border country between Wales and England is great, as is the Northumbrian coast with an excursion along Hadrian's wall, or the coastal paths around Pembrokshire in Wales, or Cornwall.
I live in London and i absolutely love it. Crime has gone up in the last 20 years (mostly gang related) and the culture is changing due to immigration to the point that some areas are unrecognisable. It definitely is overcrowded and quality of life is going down but i hear everyone say that about every country. Regardless, you will not find a capital city that has such a rich culture and history as London. I would say to avoid central London if you dont like crowds or tourists 😂 other than that, i truly believe London is the best city in the world and has some of the most beautiful and historical architecture.
We’ve had a shit winter but it’s definitely not gloomy all the time. It’s been such an awful winter and early spring, that we’ve maybe forgotten but we can go months without any rain. The ground and our lawns crack because of lack of rain. Two years ago it reached over 40°c. You get beautiful blue skies. Also… the weather in London is identical to that of nearby Brussels and Amsterdam but no one goes on about their weather.
I've always really enjoyed every really big city I've visited (and I've visited some of the biggest, e.g., Tokyo, Seoul, Mexico City), but I'm not sure I'd want to live in one. If you can swing it, I think you need more than a couple days to really get something out of your visit. I was always lucky enough to have at least a week to explore every major city I've been to.
I think that London is one of the driest places in the UK as it's also in one of the driest regions of the UK - the southeast of England. In fact, in terms of the ratio between population and availability of fresh water, it's high up in the global league of places most susceptible to drought. By the way, the Joiners Arms, right on the south bank of the Thames, by Blackfriars station, has a glorious waterside patio with views across the river to St Paul's Cathedral and the tower blocks of the City of London.
Alan's hate for London creases me 🤣
London is SO different from the rest of the UK. I'm from there but live in Sussex now. The culture shock was enormous when I moved away. I assume the same goes in the other direction. Most visitors, even from outside the UK, do not see 'the real' London.
I think a lot of people are fed up with how the money and power seems to flow towards London, same as how people in the US resent NY and DC. But it's not to be missed when you visit the UK, just ensure you see some of the rest of the country as well. London is astonishing but it's a poor representation of England and even poorer representation of the UK as a whole.
Been london 24 years, from manchester, counting down the days I can move out and generally out of the UK
Good for a visit, but i couldnt live there.
Outskirts of Glasgow, walk out my door, rivers and fields, 10 minute drive into Glasgow.
I need countryside as well.
I live in southeast London. The weather compared to the rest of the country is not that bad. London is always much warmer.😊
In Scotland, we can have all 4 seasons in one day! 😂
Never been to London, don't really have any desire to go either! Now New York on the other hand, been my dream most of my life to visit there.
How you regard the weather very much depends upon an individual perspective. To a northwest European, the British climate might seem cool but mostly quite mild. But to someone from Florida, it's definitely gloomy and freezing cold almost all of the time. The weather pattern also varies quite a lot between the north and south, it's not just one type of weather for the whole of the island.
this year uk has had alot of rain still cold wet windy unusaul for april usauly hot n sunny
The London underground is superior to the ny subway in every way imaginable except price, but then you pay for what get.
30 years - I have to live in London for work. I hate it but it is the best City in the World that I have visited and I have been around the world several times. Certainly my most preferred - no let's say 'least hated' European city. I do love the weather - it never really gets cold and outside of office hours it's shorts and T-shirt all year round - we've been having something of a heat wave for the last two years and the last time it really got cold was 2018 when the 'Beast from the East' passed through and left a sprinkling of snow. What I hate is the people - lockdown was a blessed relief - sunny uplands with empty streets and no-one pestering you to go out or go to bars or restaurants - a little piece of heaven.
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London's not that wet actually, with 29% of days being rainy (vs Miami 36% and Florida 32%, apparently), and in terms of overall rainfall Dallas Texas gets almost twice as much rain (albeit presumably in less time).
The miracle of Google, eh?
The trouble with London is that as in much of the UK the weather can be quite changeable, and this catches people off guard, especially tourists. It does also get depressingly overcast in the winter - basically grey, damp-ish misery for weeks on end...
I used to live in London, was born in at Thomas hospital but we lived in the suburb of London so wasn’t as nice as the main parts of London, it’s like the areas that get forgotten about. I like to visit and love the atmosphere in the main parts of the city but would hate to actually live there again due to the price of everything it’s so expensive and so busy but when you just visit like I do to see family etc I do love it for the cultures and the great things you can do but would never want to live there again.
London actually has less rain than everywhere else in the UK.
Go to Wales it can rain for months. Scotland in winter you will forget what the sun looks like.
But i hope u love your visit and u see everyone very welcoming ❤
Our weather is mostly dull or wet so that’s why we go to sunnier climates, especially Florida, for a sunshine boost😅(but we do get some nice days )
I really hate London but I met some of the best people I know in London. I used to work there but only for the good money. I now live in a little Welsh village with just 17 houses, and where five cars on the road is rush hour 🙂 I think London is a good place for young people to start out but in our later years we need to slow down and enjoy life more. Cities I enjoyed the most were Cardiff, Manchester, and Newcastle upon Tyne. If you come to UK I would say give Manchester a visit, I really enjoyed my time there.
Anyone who dismisses London or any place as a "sh*thole" isn't worth the time. I've been told many times that certain cities or places are "sh*tholes" and I've always loved them. You'll never find a completely perfect place wherever you go.
Clearly you never been to Brixton or Catford because as a londoner, I can tell you it's a shithole
It can be gloomy and overcast in the winter, but in the summer it can be very hot, especially in recent years it has reached 104 faren record temperature
The Whole of the UK is kept milder but wetter by the gulf stream, so the weather is very on and off in one day, especially wetter in the West of the Country.
I think the US equivalent to London is probably New York City.
Try flying into Gatwick or stanstead 40 minutes outside London good links into London
Unfortunately you can go 15 days without seeing the sun in winter.
Recent subscriber here, loving your vids man! Hope you & missus are well.
I’ve known London very well (35yrs living here but grew up in Devon & the West Country prior to that). Wether ppl like it or not unfortunately IMO London is losing soul, the thing that made it unique. It’s mojo & attitude is more like a limp biscuit thrown to the gutter.
Come to London & enjoy it but understand it peaked around 1990/91 & has deteriorated since & it simply won’t be the experience you heard ppl had back then even though from your perspective nowadays it might be “great!”.