'I have dual citizenship with the UK and I can't find a valid reason to ever go to that hellhole. Never went north of Birmingham. It looks shitty, run-down, grimy, dirty. All the people look ugly and inbred. Weather is always gray overcast in any walking/driving video, and the architecture is ugly to mediocre at best.
Anyways, even when I was a child London looked like Islamabad. Better practice your Urdu if you want to visit.';

'>>2646494
I have been to London. I disagree. I thought there were attractive people. Weather was good, but it was summer. Also was not dirtier than any other city. I found Paris and NYC far dirtier. Some of the new buildings are ugly, but the older stuff is beautiful';

'went in october, cold as fuck but I came from canada so nothing special. stayed in city of london (got a good deal) and travelled all over, went to the bigger museums, went to a lot of good restauraunts, borough market, covent garden. walked around hyde park all day (easily one of the best parks in the world), really not sure where people get off calling it a shithole, east london was kinda grimey and full of pakis but still nicer than surrey. pub culture was great (and somehow it's even better outside of london) especially coming from puritan boring ass canada, food was great especially indian and lebanese (obviously). if it weren't so expensive I'd love to live there.';

'I'm going in July on my first solo trip';

'>>2646515
where abouts u staying?';

'>>2646516
Idk I was looking at some hostels all around the city but didn't pick anything. What's good';

'>>2646519
if you want cheap but decent hotel/hostel try around paddington or victoria. very close to city centre, but there are cheap ones. just check the google reviews first of course';

'>>2646490
I went expecting a sharia law shithole. But I was pleasantly surprised at how clean and orderly it was. I also went expecting hideous women but they were way more attractive than the ones in the us. Like every race of girl was banging hot.';

'Overall found it pretty expensive and boring.
The hostel I stayed in was weird, none of the other guests spoke English and they were all in bed on there phones at like 7pm.';

'>>2646490
twice. its LARGE and i would've needed a month to develop an informed opinion. nice and safe enough but i was never all that excited about england. brighton i liked away. as an american, i found it all too familiar to be interesting or to get "lost".';

'>>2646494
>I have dual citizenship with the UK
>Never went north of Birmingham
>It looks shitty, run-down, grimy, dirty. All the people look ugly and inbred
>Anyways, even when I was a child London looked like Islamabad.

Brown hands typed this post, quite obvious that you spent all your time in Newham or Tower Hamlets or some other shithole visiting family.';

'>>2646647
The UK is a vile shithole, sorry to burst your bubble. The only reason why the British Empire was so large was because the UK is so shit no one wants to live there.';

'Just came back from 10 days there and loved it. Stayed near Whitehall and just spent the whole time walking, eating, and drinking. Everywhere having tap to pay was great although almost every single restaurant now has a 12.5% service charge.';

'>>2646580
probably jet lagged, but if they don't drink it's not like museums or normal stuff like that are open late';

'lots of nice areas lots of shit areas
people who visit london and only go to oxford street and seethe that it's a shithole are idiots
london's strength is its great pubs and food and arts and music and parks and architecture etc.
basically any interest you have, london will be able to impress you';

'>>2646899
>although almost every single restaurant now has a 12.5% service charge.
that is the tip though, so at least you don't need to worry about that';

'>>2646868
that is not even in london. it's liverpool by the look of it. also any country has run down parts like your pic';

'london's pretty cool, and i say that as someone who grew up near it. though when cities get to a certain size, like london, i do think it's more enjoyable living in them than it is to visit. it can be very overwhelming on first visit, whereas having months to explore it at your own pace lets you appciate it more.';

'>>2646912
It’s better than dealing with the US system of wait for the bill, give your card, wait for them to run your card, then work out the tip. Having them auto add it and just pay and then get my beers is much better. But I miss the days of no charge.';

'>>2646919
you shouldn't be paying service charge on just beers
you got scammed if that was the case';

'>>2646925
I doubt I did on just beers but got food at a pub once or twice so probably paid it there.';

'London is only nice for the one week when sunshine actually comes out and everyone gets cheerful';

'>>2646490
I spent about a week in London in 2014 and enjoyed my visit much more than I'd expected.

The only disadvantages, at least for me, were:
>sightseeing and eating out can be very expensive if you're on a budget--but I was a poorfag college student at the time, and knew I wouldn't be able to do everything I'd wanted to do well in advance
>I stayed in a terrible fucking hostel--most of the other "guests" were literal gypsies and Eastern European migrants who treated the place like their home, screamed at each other all night long, and stole from other travelers (e.g., I remember some Italian guy had his wallet lifted from his pocket while he took an afternoon nap)--place went out of business years ago, though

IIRC, I stayed somewhere near Hyde Park and the Bayswater station. If memory serves me right, there was a very distinct divide--off some street or another--between what looked to be well-to-do neighborhoods and a densely-populated immigrant quarter, with most immigrants being visibly Indian, Pakistani, or Bangladeshi.

Only pointing out the latter aspect because enough retards here seem to care, though it didn't bother me in the slightest.

I haven't been back to London since--I was on a summer-long hitchhiking trip across Europe--but had a pleasant enough stay that I'd like to return at some point or another. It's a big, worthwhile and interesting city for folks who appreciate history and don't seethe at the sight of brown people.';

'>>2646950
Is there a single advantage of visiting the UK over Pakistan?
Pakistan
>Warm weather
>Amazing nature
>Inexpensive
UK
>Cold and rainy
>No forests at all
>Expensive as fuck';

'>>2646952
>>No forests at all
are you retarded?';

'>>2646953
99% of that "nature" is swamps and peat bogs under a shitty grey sky.';

'"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life"

Samuel Johnson

Go to Samuel Johnson's house. Listen to the cat.';

'>>2646954
>"wooded"';

'>>2646490
Are British people domestically as horrible as they are when they’re abroad? I can’t believe how repulsive and god awful British men are when they’re “on holiday.” I hear that accent and I wanna scream out loud. Fucking dumb bellowing violent faggots';

'>>2647007
You're probably talking about the low class trashy brits that go to places like Benidorm. No, those are like the worst rednecks of the USA';

'>>2646647
>Brown hands typed this post
This.';

'>>2647007
Yes. The British are very rude and passive-aggressive. Canadians are the closest cultural analogue except Canadians inherited the smiley fake nice culture from Americans. British in 2024 is generally synonymous with trashy, rude, entitled, hooligans etc.';

'>>2646490
I lived in central London for quite a while, spent a lot of time in Kensington and Camden. Also spent literal months as a tourist in London back in my party days. Also travelled the world extensively and have a property just outside of London.

Also lived in Amsterdam, Vienna and Barcelona where I currently live.

London is a horrible, horrible city that I vowed never to re-visit. It’s become a city of shit, hollowed out people from rich to poor. It has no soul. No essence. It’s a commercialised glorified airport, rammed full of the world’s worst people.

As a tourist, I get the novelty, actually. In reality, it’s not a nice place to live at all and spending significant amounts of time there really displays that to me.

Personally, I wouldn’t bother. There are far nicer, more interesting places where you can spend your time.';

'>>2646868
These houses look luxurious compared to where I live.';

'>>2646490
I enjoyed it. Went in early April. I found the Tube really easy to navigate. Really easy to get to wherever you wanted to go quickly. it's definitely a walking city. Wear comfy shoes with good support. Also, all the tourist things for a first timer are very crowded. Buckingham Palace, Parliament, Elizabeth Tower, Westminster in general is mostly foreigners. Lots of French and Dutch I noticed. Everything else is just regular London. Oh...Camden Market is overrun with tourists. Forgot that part. I recommend wandering off the beaten path and exploring. London is fairly safe, and most people are so busy with their own lives that they don't give a shit about what you're up to.';

'>>2646490
I’ve been to London many times, and unapologetically love the place, warts and all. It’s self-obsessed and money-obsessed in ways that are kind of depressing, and there is a strange blend of shiny and new and far more decrepit than you would expect from such a rich/expensive city. But it’s got some of everything, and is a great place to eat, look at old things, and listen to music.';

'>>2647035

Yeah, we're rude 'cos you dipshit tourists are constantly blocking the street, shuffling along at a snails pace and stopping for no reason, milling around in choke points like big dumb idiots and making us miss our Tube trains 'cos you're in the way AGAIN looking at a big paper map and going: "Durrr, do we need the Northern Line or the Central? And how much should we tip the train driver?"

Don't come to London, ever: we fucking hate you and don't want you here.';

'>>2650012
>t. mohammed who moved here 6 months ago';

'>>2646490

Never felt like a proper city to me. Could never tell where the happening spots were, what the cultural flow of the place was, et cetera. In Tokyo, in American cities, hell even Paris and Berlin, I could immediately understand the flow of the city. London felt very slow, isolated, and lonely, which I found so fucking weird. Absolute dogshit city.';

'>>2650012
post skin tone, "Londoner"';

'>>2646868
>only the UK has derelict buildings';

'I was born in London, lived there for many years and have a very mixed opinion on the city
>good public transport, but it's very expensive - can end up spending £10 a day
>wide variety of food, but nothing special - unless you count eels and pea soup. also it's expensive as hell, including groceries which are priced up in London compared to other cities
>amazing museums and art galleries which are mostly free but usually rammed with tourists, also lately there's been a shift towards making everything "interactive" and full of shitty touchscreens

big downsides:
>street hawkers and scammers everywhere in central
>full of third world tourists who cannot behave, I once had a Turkish woman let her baby throw up multiple times on a train I was on and do nothing to stop it, just keep chatting on the phone with her friend and laugh
>weather is miserable for 3/4ths of the year, and in summer when it is tolerable, all of Europe has better weather

going to almost any other city in Europe, outside of Scandinavia/Germany/Switzerland/Austria and Paris would be cheaper, and London does not justify the cost';

'>>2650228
>>street hawkers and scammers everywhere in central
it's nothing compared to paris';

'>>2646647
>>2647033
>seething about architecture
that's obviously a russoid';

'>>2650228
>including groceries which are priced up in London compared to other cities

Not true, groceries are priced up the same nationally here. The only difference is between normal Sainsburys and Sainsburys Local/normal Tesco and Tesco express etc. Obviously there are more of the smaller ones in London but it isn't hard to find a 'proper' supermarket with usual prices.';

'>>2650170
The polycentricity of London is what makes it special. "London" didn't feel "slow, isolated, and lonely", *you* did while you were there.';

'I work in london but have never lived there. I don't understand the appeal for tourists but then again the only bits of london I see are the City (offices), Docklands (soulless) and some parts of the west end (shut at 11pm). Globohomo has turned London into the same as any other big city.

when I was at uni I had a girlfriend whose home was in zone 2 and I did have a blast in london then, as she knew all the neat places when I visited her. and then she dumped me for a south african and moved to switzerland kekkk

>>2647007
Those dickheads are just like that back home. No-one likes them, but they have a passport so we have to let them back in.';

'>>2650012
Why do you cunts walk so fucking fast? Just leave earlier, or catch the train that's coming a few mins later. I've lived here for 2 months now and I've never seen so many people in a hurry to get where they are going. Worse than Sydney drivers.';

'When people say London is shit, are they saying it's grimy or soulless globohomo? I don't mind the grime; I just really don't want to go to the Britbong version of Times Square...if you know what I mean.';

'>>2650763
Mayfair, SoHo, Covent Garden, Westminster etc. Tons of stuff to do and see. Just got back from a stay at the Corinthia and had a great time.';

'god this board is filled to the brim with /pol/tard snowflakes who can't stand the sight of brown people or women wearing whatever they want.
Stay the fuck away so London stays great for normal people.';

'>>2646490
I went before covid, stayed in a hotel in mayfair. It was great, but expensive as fuck.';

'London fucking sucks. There's nothing to see or do there and it's expensive as shit. If you're from North America it's the same as any big city, just visit your local shopping mall and you get the same experience. Worst city in the UK after Birmingham.';

'>>2652066
>There's nothing to see or do there
are you retarded?';

'>>2650228
>wide variety of food, but nothing special - unless you count eels and pea soup
You can literally throw a dart at a world map and find an amazing restaurant serving food from that place in London.';

'>>2646899
>he doesn’t ask to take the service charge off';

'>>2652329
What is there to do. There's shitty museums and that's about it. Oh wow, big chain stores and 3rd world mystery meat population replacements. No culture and no community. The same as any western city on Earth.';

'>>2646494
I can get the Oxford Tube in so go anytime I'm looking for clothes or something specialist, London is THE place for that - in that you can find practically anything there. But yeah otherwise its just a big city where people live - like many others in the world. It has some charm but anything over the past 60 years that isn't rock n roll related is just generic modern city stuff.

>>2646507
Its fashionable to hate on it as it is stereotypically the only city foreigners know and therefore can't be enjoyed by anybody. Though to be fair that people actually waste their entire vacations there is beyond me. You could certainly spend 3 or so days there if you wanted to get to know the place, any more is silly, silly!

As has been said a million times before, if you want to see the culture you have to go into the country.

>>2646548
Yeah, London isn't nearly as islamicised as its said to be - though in fairness there are lots of tourists from across the world and particularly Europe, so I feel its hard to get a good understanding of the demographic picture. Birmingham is far more obvious in that regard. I feel the constant overcast masks attractive features in people, at least that's the theory I came up with as to why Bongs look unattractive. Unfortunately our mainstream entertainment sector has every woman wanting to look like they're partying in Ibiza and thus uglifying themselves as much as possible.

>>2650228
>street hawkers and scammers
I've noticed this in Soho but elsewhere? Yeah some tourists are cunts tbf.';

'>>2652882
This post pretty much sums it up. It's a big city with stuff to do and is generally nice, but not as nice as some places in the UK. Londoners praise the city too much and non-Londoners seethe too much, it's in the middle of the two opinions, it's fine.';

'Having lived here for 2 years (and soon to be gone for good maybe), my conclusion is that London is fine. In the same way that people overhype a place like Tokyo, London is dogged on more than it needs to be. A lot of stuff is kind of true, there are areas (i.e., Lewisham) with a lot of smelly people of a certain variety, but it never really feels too dangerous (just try to be as vigilant as possible at night or stay in a group) if you're in Central London or a nice area like Greenwich in SE London or somewhere more fancy in North London. There's a lot of variety in food options which is nice, though everything is ridiculously expensive here. Being able to tap in and out on public transport is very convenient and I'm very surprised that somewhere like Tokyo still relies of passes or paper tickets, like the North East of England (where I'm from). There's a lot of attractive women and a huge pool, if I was looking for Japanese women up north I'd find maybe 2-3 max, whereas here there are a lot of girls and the only reason I'd consider staying in London is if I got a new qt Asian girlfriend here, in which case I'd try to find some work.
Academically, London is the best place to do stuff like postgrad degrees or PhDs. Nightlife-wise there is no shortage of bars and clubs, though clubs here are strangely dead compared to the clubs in Newcastle, and things close way too early for what is supposed to be a 24/7 city. I do enjoy chatting to people in pubs and bars here like I do in Japan, you meet some interesting people.
If you don't like South Asians then avoid East Ham, though there are good South Asian restaurants there you'll have to deal with everything feeling a lot more "unkempt."
All in all, London is a fairly active city in the UK, compared to where I'm from where all you see are people on benefits or OAPs walking around in town during the day while everyone else is at work, and its overall very quiet (maybe too much so for a young person).
Would not settle here';

'>>2653619
*Rely on passes
I'm hungover right now from a bender at London Bridge last night';

'>>2646490
anything south of Luton is awful.';

'>>2653622
>t. mohammed';

'>>2653619
why are you leaving london and where are you moving to?';

'I lived there for five years altogether. I love it and hate it. I lived in a canal boat there for a couple of years. I found a cosy way of life and it just worked for me at the time. It's a very crowded city, and very big. Probably highlights for me were going to the Proms in summer, the parks, cycling to Windsor. the canals obviously (there are a couple of tunnels in London, including one long one that runs under Islington, not that many people get to see it). I used to ride to work near Tower Hill and go along the Canal then through Regent's Park, Hyde Park, Buckingham Palace, St. James' Park, and along the Embankment and the Thames down to Tower Bridge. It was a great way to start the day, much nicer than getting rammed into a tube car and boiling on the Central line. If you like to nerd out at history there's tons of it in London.

Downsides are, lots of crowds, lots of places that are just grim, grey, and same-y, People being miserable. Crime. Shitty weather for much of the year. Expensive as fuck.';

'>>2653622
Luton is absolutely /trv/. Faggots who leave straight for London are missing out.
> Easy drugs
> Easiest slags in the world
> Authentic Asian feel
> Dirt cheap to eat out
> Premier League football
> Great day trips nearby
> Beautiful countryside
> Great variety of architecture.';

'>>2653627
I quit my corpo soulless job and while I have enough savings to live in London until my tenancy expires, I'm headed to Japan to do ALT work anyway so everything coincides nicely.';

'Not the biggest authority on the matter by far, of course, since of the many times I've been to the UK I've spent at most a week in London altogether, since I usually avoid the bigger cities like the plague.
But the time that I have spent there has been good, visited many museums (incluiding the incredible Imperial War Museum), Abbey Road studios where I mingled with many Beatle bros, walked around drunk on rainy nights and having nice late nite dinner, saw a Shakespeare play at the Globe, met nice people at hostels, and discovered a really nice pub where I had the best ribs I've ever had in my life and which has been my go to place when I find myself in London (Black Prince pub in Kennington/Lambeth).
But my favorite thing about the city is simply the feeling of being there walking in a city with such historical weight and meaning. Won't get in any /pol/ tier discussion about the demographics and issues of the city tho, since I only wanted to highlight the positive experiences I've had there.';

'Why would anyone go to London when you could go any other city. Barcelona, Budapest, Helsinki, Tokyo. All far better cities.';

'>>2653638
bruh luton is total dump and so is poland. I feel sorry for anyone booking flights there. Do you work at airport with Luton shilling campaign open or why you kiss their ass so much?
Also its your fault our company went wokeshit, if you just shut the fuck up about LGBT then we wouldnt have to force everyone to take tolerance and DEI trainings twice. Its your fault.';

'>>2653697
Dont you know japans holy godmother of soulless corpo jobs? Hope you loke woke shit and LED lights. Id recommend to not travel unless you get private room, dorms are absolute trash and you always get some ADHD snoring knucklehead in the mixed 10 dorms';

'>>2653778
>our company
>Poland
>lgbt shit
Kek, what are you speaking about?';

'>>2646490
Haven't been back since I sold my house in 2015. Now I live as a NEET on the coast of Spain.';

'>>2646490
Going in 2 weeks, what am I in for';

'>>2653782
Yeah I do lol
I'm just going for a year for the experience, then I'll come back to the UK and be a NEET with my family up north.';

'>>2653877
If you plan it out you'll have a good time. Just do like a day around Trafalgar Square and Green Park, a day at Kew Gardens, a day at Greenwich seeing the park and Cutty Sark, maybe fit MCM Comic Con in if you're a nerd and around at the end of May, be sure to visit some pubs too. The one by the Hayes Gallery at London Bridge is pretty good.';

'>>2646490
If you like women in Burqas everywhere, it's really the place for you.';

'>>2653778
meds';

'>>2653986
I didn't really see any more than in other European cities when I was there. In fact, far less than cities in France and Spain';

'>>2653738
>Black Prince pub in Kennington/
Just looked it up, their food looks great! Will check it out next time I'm that way, thanks anon.';

'>>2654008
Do you even know what a Burqa is ? Because it's banned in France and Belgium.';

'>>2654021
You think muslim women give a shit? Clearly you never left your home town if you think no one wears burqas in france';

'A beautiful city inhibited almost exclusively by traitors and invaders.';

'>>2654024
>century old colonizer gets colonized
karma's a bitch';