My wife's from London (or rather greater London--Croydon area). See misses London quite a bit. I enjoy visiting but must confess I find the place a little overwhelming--people in London seem to all be in a hurry to get somewhere...
i live in london. its good but very expensive.
Yes, everything is always a few pence more expensive in London (as compared to Nottingham where I live).
You'd think being a big city, they'd have stuff that was cheaper because shops could buy in bulk but maybe that would only apply to supermarkets; the speciality shops would still be dear with their prices.
I would like to travel to London sometime but can't see it happening anytime soon as finances just won't permit.
There's a lot to see in London...not just the tourist stuff.
People in London and the South East are paid more than people in the rest of the UK--that's probably why shops can get away with charging higher prices.
I'm going to London with school from 17 to 21 march, so I'll see it then. A friend of mine says it's really great, but she's a little obsessed with England and London... But I can't wait to go!
Sometimes I go out late at night and drive around central London looking at the people and buildings, etc. I find cities are quite exciting late at night.
Sometimes I go out late at night and drive around central London
Why anyone wants to own a car in central London is beyond me. Or do you belong to a carshare club?
Cars allow you to travel when you want to. I don't live in central London myself.
Never been to London or the U.K. for that matter. Have had thoughts on catching a ferry from Gothenburg, Sweden and hit the antiquarian book stores. Go down to the Themsen riverbed at low tide to see what's been deposited there.
Many here on AFF are very eloquent. Re writers: Many of the best in the US have been Southern because we, as a culture, celebrate the land, have lived on the same land longer than most Americans and cherish our family histories. Once a family lives in a big city- well, the genealogy goes to hell, and no one can trace anything with any accuracy it seems.
Just my two cents....
Re Scotland, I am a Sutherland on my Mom's side. I am a Hennessey on my Dad's (Ireland).
My husband is mostly German with a little French maybe.
PS The schools are just better in the UK- Americans watch too much tv. What saved my ass was we were all Army brats and I don't remember watching tv til I was at least 13! I was outside most of the time wandering around. I have the skin cancer to prove it!
I went to London at the weekend to visit my wife’s friends. They’re great people and it was nice to see them; but I hated driving around London. I find it a very overpowering, almost Claustrophobic place. As if too many people have been crammed into a tiny patch of planet, for no other reason than to get on each other’s nerves.
Have had thoughts on catching a ferry from Gothenburg, Sweden and hit the antiquarian book stores.
Unfortunately you've missed the boat. The Gothenburg-Newcastle ferry was axed in 2006:
http://www.seat61.com/Sweden.htm#via%20Esbjerg
I don't know when the Gothenburg-Harwich service was axed, other than it was some time between 1995 (the only time I used it) and 2003 (when I travelled to Estonia via Newcastle - Gothenburg - Stockholm - Tallinn). Either way, there are now no ferries between Great Britain and Sweden. Jattesynd. 
Incidentally, the place for antiquarian book stores is not London but Hay-on-Wye in Powys, Wales.
Go down to the Themsen riverbed at low tide to see what's been deposited there.
We call it "the Thames". Presumably "the Themsen" would be a grammatical tautology, containing as it does two definite articles. Although I have been known to refer to "the Jostedalsbreen". But at least I never pronounce Ikea as "Eye-key-a".
A language mix up; Themsen is Swedish for the Thames. I was too quick there. I understand that you have lived in Sweden for a shorter period and that it was the worst time of your life; Where? When? What for? Why was it so awful?
I've been to London three weeks ago. It was mostly very big, noisy and crowded, but I had fun too
(it was a school trip for five days.) I've also learned that it's not very smart to ride a bike in Londen, because our bus driver almost knocked down someone... It's nice to have been there once, but I'm not sure whether I would go back there again. A little too crowded for me I think.
I went there in 2004. I saw most of the locations there that were in 101 Dalmatians. It made me wish I lived there but I heard it's so expensive. I even wonder what the cost is and the utilities.
Chalk Farm/Primrose Hill/Hampstead/Camden/Belsize Park = Architectural Gastronomical Cultural Fabulousness
OOOH there's posh!
Spotted any celebrities lately?
And is the Greek restaurant I recommended earlier still there?
Yes, a children's TV presenter lives in the bedsit below me. He has a silly voice in real life as well on TV.
Lemonia is still there. I had reservations about moving here, but I feel much safer here than where I lived before. I have only seen one junkie so far and there no chavs, at all.
What I really like is all the Regency-period architecture, (built at the height of the British Empire) and the fact that my house is so close to two of the best yoga schools in the country.
When there are lots of people around in a crowded place I just tune it out. I find it hard to focus on more than one thing at a time so people vanish when I think
It took me 30 minutes on the tube to get from Oxford Circus to TCR today, and all I wanted was the Northern Line.
I have vowed never to go out into London on the weekend ever again!
With the cost of oil going up, maybe I'd better really save for a trip maybe next year or the year after. From $16 a barrel to $135 a barrel?
Airfare is murder. From Washington DC to Boise Idaho, 2.5 months in advance, almost $450.
Get the smelling salts.