Do you find London to be a depressing city?

No, I disagree. I only go up to London weekly, but I find there's a lot of creativity and wacky-ness to be found there. A have a few friends living there and they only realise how cool the city is when we go out together and do things, because they don't think to do it on their own. Yes the NHS is a mess and tax is becoming criminal, but everyone everywhere says that. They always have. What they haven't always said is that you got on the tube and saw a group of people dressed up for a Harry Potter convention or went round tonnes of free museums in one day. You have to remember that most places in England don't have that. I recently went to Berlin and in comparison to London it was a series of concrete blocks with all history but no culture. Frankly, if you're not happy with London, you might struggle to find somewhere that you are (rest assured I am very biased).

>40°C in mah city this summer, lovin it.
cold winters and hot summers is the right way innit

London's great. All the urban solitude might get you down but there are so many opportunities and everything you need is really close.

Very much.

I never thought I would say it, but Birmingham is better.


I don't get the, always something to do argument, the museums are really good, but most of it is either gimmicky tourist stuff or weird hipster ****.

Everything you need comes with a price my friend. Also, are you even bothered to walk out in these dirty dry winds to go get whatever you need?

Yeah I visited Birmingham, seems kinda nicer than London.

I've lived in London for the past 22 years (born here) but i'm starting to seeLondon to have one of the most depressing atmospheres.

Reasons:

- The weather is always terrible. Its too dull. You have to wake up to cloudy skies and a hidden sun, then sleep to terrible winds and covered stars.

- Its too historic, you don't feel as if its really moving forward with anything. The houses are all the same red brick ugly style (unless you have real £). Its full of museums and dull rivers.

- Tax depresses you. You have a nice salary of £50k? Get ready to give 14k away. You can then try to save your pennies for the next couple of years till you manage to save enough to take a mortgage on a small house outside London.

- NHS is downgrading year after year.

The list goes on.

Any thoughts?

You're looking at it through a tourists eyes, I agree that the museums are amazing and you can absolutely have an amazing day there, but imagine living in a tiny flat, taking an elevator which stinks of piss down to the floor, getting on the tube which is pure filth (and not in a good way), once you take away the hype and fun of your day, it's an absolutely soul destroying place.


You shouldn't compare London with Berlin, I mean, the RAF's and the Russians did have quite a go at that city, but somewhere in Bavaria like Munich or Bamberg would show London for the unnatural hell it really is.

At least there's always something to do. I cant imagine living outside London in the UK, must be so boring tbh

Yh. Especially the tube, everyone looks like they hate their lives. Though i havent really lived outside of london enough to compare

The UK is depressing

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That's very harsh on London - it has a lot of nice old streets and quaint survivals of earlier times. The architecture certainly wasn't helped along by the Germans but that's another story. Generally I would say a lot of central London, areas like Covent Garden, Bloomsbury, Soho, Chelsea, etc, have style and some class and are not at all depressing. They have a lot more going for them in terms of liveliness and variety than the monochrome of some German cities, which are hideously reserved, cold and unwelcoming to the eccentric.

That's very harsh on London - it has a lot of nice old streets and quaint survivals of earlier times. The architecture certainly wasn't helped along by the Germans but that's another story. Generally I would say a lot of central London, areas like Covent Garden, Bloomsbury, Soho, Chelsea, etc, have style and some class and are not at all depressing. They have a lot more going for them in terms of liveliness and variety than the monochrome of some German cities, which are hideously reserved, cold and unwelcoming to the eccentric.

I agree, the NHS is slightly messed up.I know from experience. And I'm only 16.

- Its too historic, you don't feel as if its really moving forward with anything. The houses are all the same red brick ugly style (unless you have real £). Its full of museums and dull rivers.

- Tax depresses you. You have a nice salary of £50k? Get ready to give 14k away. You can then try to save your pennies for the next couple of years till you manage to save enough to take a mortgage on a small house outside London.

- NHS is downgrading year after year.