General Chat

I ADORE London. It has its bad side, like a lot of crime and vice, but a lot of areas are quite safe. Yes, it is yucky and crowded and noisy but it does have 8 million people living there. There is so much history, culture and other things to do in The Smoke.

Londoners. I like Londoners. I find that a lot are quite friendly and some I find arrogant and unfriendly. But on the whole I like Londoners. Some do have that London sense of humour.

This is my personal opinion though. What do you think?

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner
That I love London Tahn...

My Grandad was your typical cockney, said what he meant and meant what he said, but he always had an open door and a welcome for everyone.

I don't like London.

I like Londoners but not London.

I'm a Middlesex girl but did go to London a fair bit in my youth.

Wouldn't go now though without good reason......maybe now I've moved to the Fens I've become more countrified I don't know xx

i love london been a few times and cant get enough hubby never been and i keep saying we will have to go for a long weekend

i love london but my hubby hates it

I love London, but could never live there. Fine for a day or two's visit. I'm starting to find even Plymouth is too hectic for me!

Don't have a problem with Londoners at all!

x

I also love it but then again i am a Londoner. Annie

Glad you like Londoners.

I am not a Londoner by birth but my great gran was born in Islington and her dads family were from Soho, Shoreditch and Pancras. Her mum was bought up in several London parts such as Bow and Walworth to Kent and Sussex parents but her Kent fathers family were Londoners originally and only lived in kent because of his job as a butler which meant the family flitted between London and Kent.

Does this make me a Londoner in a way at least by heritage??

I spent last Saturday and Sunday in London and whilst I enjoyed myself very much in Kensington, Covent Garden and Oxford Street I found the underground a bit of a trial to say the least. I'm coming up to 72 years of age and travelled on many trains in those two days - had one of those £7 tickets for all day travel. Never could get a seat but was a bit stunned to find that in all the miles I travelled on the tube only two people were kind enough to offer me a seat - one was a New Zealander and one was a German. No way would my son, in his forties, have allowed anyone older than himself to stand on a long journey, he has better manners. I was very disappointed indeed. I did not accept either of the two seats offered me, but was profuse in my thanks to both people.

Dunno Benjamin. Loads of mine come from London on all sides but I don't FEEL like one lol xx


*edit to say.... that where I am now the easiest thing for me to say when they ask where I am from is *near London* as Middlesex doesn't spark any recognition in them whatsoever ....I often allow myself to be branded a Londoner as it's easier but I certainly don't feel like one xx

I love London
as a kiwi from a small town I would have expected to hate it but it was an instant attraction for me.
The only downsize was that for the first few months my head ached so badly I thought i had a brain tumour but it was just a reaction to the Dirt LOL
What I was really surprised about though is how small it is,you can get around on foot really easily.
Regards Tania
PS I have heaps of london ancestors but didnt know it until I returned home,maybe thats why I liked it so much

PS I suppose it could have been the booze as well LOL

I love london. Once knew a Londoner and they were alright. I have been to London three times in my lifetime and every time had a brilliant time. Couldn't get enough of the place. Would love to return one day but safety concerns me. I don't like going to Manchester for the same reasons ie because of safety issues. xx

Maybe that smartly dressed person was from Essex but living or staying in London lol lol. xx

Hi Benjamin,

I was born within the sound of Bow Bells and bought up in Islington.

I have lived in London all my life and just couldn't live anywhere else.

I go away for 2 weeks and I can't wait to come 'home'.

I absolutely love it :)))

Jean x.

Well I guess I'm a Londoner seeing as the first 24 years of my life, I lived and grew up in South London.

Worked in 'The City' for 20 years and frankly that was enough - yes it has lots of fantastic history, but the rat race mentality is just too much.

I enjoyed my 20 years in London but the subsequent 16 years in Devon even more so.

I love London - I lived there for 6 years had a great time but am happy I no longer live there! Is great to visit but am glad to leave it behind too much rush . As for Londoners - they are all lovely except one's I met had a terrible sense of geography regards the rest of the UK lol

Kaz :o)))

Even most Londoners dont know every part of London and some might need an A to Z because the city is so huge. For example if someone lived in Walworth but wanted to vist an old friend in Stepney, he'd probably need an A to Z to find the exact street or estate.

my dad was a right cockney born in the sound of bow bells mum from islington iam a londoner too but now live lincoln i love london