Aspies For Freedom

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.

It's weird to think how my view on London would be very different if I didn't grow up here. I'm very used to London and know my way around it very well. I have learnt to ignore many things that would be irritating such as crowds and noise. The thought of living somewhere else is not a happy one, although I do think it would be an interesting experience during university, I would never like to leave London totally.

How do people here usually travel around London? It's quite hard to get around without public transport although most is not very autistic friendly.
I genrally refuse to use it during 7-9am or 3.50-5.00 week days because it is so overcrowded and the quality of humans taking it is very low.

My most recent bus experience was after school, 2 weeks ago. I got out early (3.30) and thought that the bus would not be too bad at that time. It is a 10 min bus journey or a 1/2 hour walk. I waited 40 mins for the first bus. It was so crowded people were not allowed on. Another 5 mins there was another bus. It was accepting passangers however it was marginally less crowded but I could not face spending the time being crushed against people who smell bad. Having to hold onto a pole covered in things I do not like to think about with chavs playing very loud 'music' on their phones, shouting and being genrally aggressive and violent. I ended up having to walk home.

I do like taking trains though, but my opinion would probably be different if i ever took one during rush hour. Also I like tubes because they are very clear with the maps although I get mild levels of anxiety from clostrophobia.

It is indeed a pretty different view, but that's probably because I live in this quite small village (not so noisy). And it's also really weird to see that there are very few people who ride a bike in London.

We went on the bus once, but that was around 9.00 pm, so it wasn't really crowded and we could all (13 people) sit. I've never actually seen a bus here in my town been very crowded, so I guess I was lucky in London.

We took the tube and the train a lot, but the trains were mostly quite empty. That is something we do have here, trains are often crowded because they don't have enough wagons. And then you have to wait 15 minutes if you're lucky, otherwise even more... I did think the tube was very crowded and I tended to fall over a lot Although it was a special experience, I'm really glad I don't live there (no offence to you). Do you like living in London?

None taken . I love living here. I love the independence of using public transport (when it's not busy like on a weekend) and being able to get to where ever I want (I don't drive). Because i'm used to London, anything else would be change so I don't think I would be too comfortable in a quite place in the country side.

I haven't spent my whole life living in London though, I have a house in spain which I stay for a long period of time ( a few months) when I don't have school. So my experiences of living aren't centered around London. But theres still lots of people, shops etc.

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