Finding love in London vs other cities
Trying to figure out which offer to take. I have one from Manchester King's College London and Nottigham. (STILL) waiting on UCL.
I would love to live in London but wondering if it's significantly harder to find love there compare to the other cities.
I'm a Finnish student if that makes a difference.
I would love to live in London but wondering if it's significantly harder to find love there compare to the other cities.
I'm a Finnish student if that makes a difference.
No city is 'harder' than the other to find love in. If you want a relationship it is you who matters rather than where you are.
Whether you are in London, Glasgow, Dublin or Swansea you are going to find dead ends, people who don't like you back, people who fancy you but you aren't interested, good matches and bad matches. What matters is how much you socialise and put yourself out there. Pick the course and university you want, then find love
Whether you are in London, Glasgow, Dublin or Swansea you are going to find dead ends, people who don't like you back, people who fancy you but you aren't interested, good matches and bad matches. What matters is how much you socialise and put yourself out there. Pick the course and university you want, then find love
Original post by ShannyMorrison
No city is 'harder' than the other to find love in. If you want a relationship it is you who matters rather than where you are.
Whether you are in London, Glasgow, Dublin or Swansea you are going to find dead ends, people who don't like you back, people who fancy you but you aren't interested, good matches and bad matches. What matters is how much you socialise and put yourself out there. Pick the course and university you want, then find love
Whether you are in London, Glasgow, Dublin or Swansea you are going to find dead ends, people who don't like you back, people who fancy you but you aren't interested, good matches and bad matches. What matters is how much you socialise and put yourself out there. Pick the course and university you want, then find love
Thank you for the reply.
What I'm worried about is the price levels of London. Since it's more expensive, it could be more difficult to socialise as often as I would like as it often includes grabbing a few drinks etc.
London is a massive city, ignore above you are more likely to, London has so many immigrants you are more likely to find a range of diversity than if you went to Manchester, Glawglow, Dublin etc... I personally would think of this as a huge bonus, not a negative...
Also, the price, once your salary is at the range of £40,000 you should be comfy in rented apartment (until money to buy a flat) there are schemes if your a key worker, such as nurse, civil service, teaching etc... look at key workers london scheme.
Also, the price, once your salary is at the range of £40,000 you should be comfy in rented apartment (until money to buy a flat) there are schemes if your a key worker, such as nurse, civil service, teaching etc... look at key workers london scheme.
(edited 7 years ago)
Original post by ckfeister
London is a massive city, ignore above you are more likely to, London has so many immigrants you are more likely to find a range of diversity than if you went to Manchester, Glawglow, Dublin etc... I personally would think of this as a huge bonus, not a negative...
Also, the price, once your salary is at the range of £40,000 you should be comfy in rented apartment (until money to buy a flat) there are schemes if your a key worker, such as nurse, civil service, teaching etc... look at key workers london scheme.
Also, the price, once your salary is at the range of £40,000 you should be comfy in rented apartment (until money to buy a flat) there are schemes if your a key worker, such as nurse, civil service, teaching etc... look at key workers london scheme.
I won't have any salary, as is clear from my post I will be a University student.
Original post by Anonymous
I won't have any salary, as is clear from my post I will be a University student.
Its a great place to be as a student, very diverse.
Original post by Anonymous
Trying to figure out which offer to take. I have one from Manchester King's College London and Nottigham. (STILL) waiting on UCL.
I would love to live in London but wondering if it's significantly harder to find love there compare to the other cities.
I'm a Finnish student if that makes a difference.
I would love to live in London but wondering if it's significantly harder to find love there compare to the other cities.
I'm a Finnish student if that makes a difference.
The issue is London is almost too much choice. But if you keep trying, you'll find the right guy eventually as there's soooooooooooooooo many.
Original post by Anonymous
Trying to figure out which offer to take. I have one from Manchester King's College London and Nottigham. (STILL) waiting on UCL.
I would love to live in London but wondering if it's significantly harder to find love there compare to the other cities.
I'm a Finnish student if that makes a difference.
I would love to live in London but wondering if it's significantly harder to find love there compare to the other cities.
I'm a Finnish student if that makes a difference.
Forgot to say I'm also a male if that makes a difference as well.
Original post by ckfeister
London is a massive city, ignore above
This was quite rude btw.
Original post by Wilfred Little
This was quite rude btw.
Oh sorry, not fake enough? Read my avatar
(edited 7 years ago)
London would have more variety and more devirse range of women and more women which means more success. Doesn't mean you won't find anything up north though and it's cheaper. Go for more sensible reasons such as location, budget and actually visiting the places.
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So far as relationships go, there are advantages and disadvantages to living in London.
London is, relatively speaking, not a very social part of the UK. People who live in London aren't as sociable as those living in smaller cities and closer to the countryside. Generally speaking, you will find that people outside of london are a lot more friendly and engaging. You can sit on a train in Manchester or Nottingham and have random people come sit next to you and start a conversation with you. Strangers say Hi and people like socialising. This does not happen in London where everybody tends to stay away from everybody else. Strangers will not start conversations with you and if you stare at the wrong person you might just get beaten up (that is an exaggeration so don't take it seriously). Also like you said, London is a lot more expensive than Manchester and Nottingham. That does make socialising a little more difficult for people, particularly students. The Kings College campuses are all very depressing. I am only basing this on my very superficial visits to the university so don't take my word for it. All of UCL's campuses, with the exception of the School of Pharmacy, which is situated in the worst place in the world, are amazing and in the middle of the hustle and bustle of Central London.
The good things about London as compared to Nottingham and Manchester is that it is an extremely crowded city with an extremely diverse population so you will never be wanting for friends. Another good thing about London is that getting around this city is very very very easy. The transport services are very reliable and very frequent and very timely. So you can get around easily as compared to the north of the UK where transport services in the majority of cities are privatised, slow, dirty, difficult and often an untimely mess. There aren't many Finnish people living in the UK but there's a greater likelihood of finding nordic people in London than anywhere else in the UK. There are a ton of universities in london, each with tens of campuses around the city and and so London has hundreds of thousands of students so the student scene is HUGE as compared to other parts of the UK, say Nottingham or Manchester where there are only a couple of main universities and little to no diversity.
Life, though expensive, is easy in London as compared to other cities in the UK. London has anything and everything you could possibly think of or want 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Life is a lot more difficult outside London where services aren't available to you round the clock. That makes socialising considerably more difficult for people outside London.
If you become a student at one of the many "University of London" universities (Kings, UCL, St Georges, LSE, LBS, Goldsmiths, City etc. etc.) you gain access to the other universities that are part of the federal university and some of their services. That, of course, gives you access to their students and their campuses. I am a student at UCL. I often visit friends at King's College and Queen Mary. My UCL student ID card allows me (limited) access to those universities. This allows you to form relationships with students in other universities.You don't have this option outside London.
London is, relatively speaking, not a very social part of the UK. People who live in London aren't as sociable as those living in smaller cities and closer to the countryside. Generally speaking, you will find that people outside of london are a lot more friendly and engaging. You can sit on a train in Manchester or Nottingham and have random people come sit next to you and start a conversation with you. Strangers say Hi and people like socialising. This does not happen in London where everybody tends to stay away from everybody else. Strangers will not start conversations with you and if you stare at the wrong person you might just get beaten up (that is an exaggeration so don't take it seriously). Also like you said, London is a lot more expensive than Manchester and Nottingham. That does make socialising a little more difficult for people, particularly students. The Kings College campuses are all very depressing. I am only basing this on my very superficial visits to the university so don't take my word for it. All of UCL's campuses, with the exception of the School of Pharmacy, which is situated in the worst place in the world, are amazing and in the middle of the hustle and bustle of Central London.
The good things about London as compared to Nottingham and Manchester is that it is an extremely crowded city with an extremely diverse population so you will never be wanting for friends. Another good thing about London is that getting around this city is very very very easy. The transport services are very reliable and very frequent and very timely. So you can get around easily as compared to the north of the UK where transport services in the majority of cities are privatised, slow, dirty, difficult and often an untimely mess. There aren't many Finnish people living in the UK but there's a greater likelihood of finding nordic people in London than anywhere else in the UK. There are a ton of universities in london, each with tens of campuses around the city and and so London has hundreds of thousands of students so the student scene is HUGE as compared to other parts of the UK, say Nottingham or Manchester where there are only a couple of main universities and little to no diversity.
Life, though expensive, is easy in London as compared to other cities in the UK. London has anything and everything you could possibly think of or want 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Life is a lot more difficult outside London where services aren't available to you round the clock. That makes socialising considerably more difficult for people outside London.
If you become a student at one of the many "University of London" universities (Kings, UCL, St Georges, LSE, LBS, Goldsmiths, City etc. etc.) you gain access to the other universities that are part of the federal university and some of their services. That, of course, gives you access to their students and their campuses. I am a student at UCL. I often visit friends at King's College and Queen Mary. My UCL student ID card allows me (limited) access to those universities. This allows you to form relationships with students in other universities.You don't have this option outside London.
(edited 7 years ago)
Original post by CookieButter
So far as relationships go, there are advantages and disadvantages to living in London.
London is, relatively speaking, not a very social part of the UK. People who live in London aren't as sociable as those living in smaller cities and closer to the countryside. Generally speaking, you will find that people outside of london are a lot more friendly and engaging. You can sit on a train in Manchester or Nottingham and have random people come sit next to you and start a conversation with you. Strangers say Hi and people like socialising. This does not happen in London where everybody tends to stay away from everybody else. Strangers will not start conversations with you and if you stare at the wrong person you might just get beaten up (that is an exaggeration so don't take it seriously). Also like you said, London is a lot more expensive than Manchester and Nottingham. That does make socialising a little more difficult for people, particularly students. The Kings College campuses are all very depressing. I am only basing this on my very superficial visits to the university so don't take my word for it. All of UCL's campuses, with the exception of the School of Pharmacy, which is situated in the worst place in the world, are amazing and in the middle of the hustle and bustle of Central London.
The good things about London as compared to Nottingham and Manchester is that it is an extremely crowded city with an extremely diverse population so you will never be wanting for friends. Another good thing about London is that getting around this city is very very very easy. The transport services are very reliable and very frequent and very timely. So you can get around easily as compared to the north of the UK where transport services in the majority of cities are privatised, slow, dirty, difficult and often an untimely mess. There aren't many Finnish people living in the UK but there's a greater likelihood of finding nordic people in London than anywhere else in the UK. There are a ton of universities in london, each with tens of campuses around the city and and so London has hundreds of thousands of students so the student scene is HUGE as compared to other parts of the UK, say Nottingham or Manchester where there are only a couple of main universities and little to no diversity.
Life, though expensive, is easy in London as compared to other cities in the UK. London has anything and everything you could possibly think of or want 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Life is a lot more difficult outside London where services aren't available to you round the clock. That makes socialising considerably more difficult for people outside London.
If you become a student at one of the many "University of London" universities (Kings, UCL, St Georges, LSE, LBS, Goldsmiths, City etc. etc.) you gain access to the other universities that are part of the federal university and some of their services. That, of course, gives you access to their students and their campuses. I am a student at UCL. I often visit friends at King's College and Queen Mary. My UCL student ID card allows me (limited) access to those universities. This allows you to form relationships with students in other universities.You don't have this option outside London.
London is, relatively speaking, not a very social part of the UK. People who live in London aren't as sociable as those living in smaller cities and closer to the countryside. Generally speaking, you will find that people outside of london are a lot more friendly and engaging. You can sit on a train in Manchester or Nottingham and have random people come sit next to you and start a conversation with you. Strangers say Hi and people like socialising. This does not happen in London where everybody tends to stay away from everybody else. Strangers will not start conversations with you and if you stare at the wrong person you might just get beaten up (that is an exaggeration so don't take it seriously). Also like you said, London is a lot more expensive than Manchester and Nottingham. That does make socialising a little more difficult for people, particularly students. The Kings College campuses are all very depressing. I am only basing this on my very superficial visits to the university so don't take my word for it. All of UCL's campuses, with the exception of the School of Pharmacy, which is situated in the worst place in the world, are amazing and in the middle of the hustle and bustle of Central London.
The good things about London as compared to Nottingham and Manchester is that it is an extremely crowded city with an extremely diverse population so you will never be wanting for friends. Another good thing about London is that getting around this city is very very very easy. The transport services are very reliable and very frequent and very timely. So you can get around easily as compared to the north of the UK where transport services in the majority of cities are privatised, slow, dirty, difficult and often an untimely mess. There aren't many Finnish people living in the UK but there's a greater likelihood of finding nordic people in London than anywhere else in the UK. There are a ton of universities in london, each with tens of campuses around the city and and so London has hundreds of thousands of students so the student scene is HUGE as compared to other parts of the UK, say Nottingham or Manchester where there are only a couple of main universities and little to no diversity.
Life, though expensive, is easy in London as compared to other cities in the UK. London has anything and everything you could possibly think of or want 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Life is a lot more difficult outside London where services aren't available to you round the clock. That makes socialising considerably more difficult for people outside London.
If you become a student at one of the many "University of London" universities (Kings, UCL, St Georges, LSE, LBS, Goldsmiths, City etc. etc.) you gain access to the other universities that are part of the federal university and some of their services. That, of course, gives you access to their students and their campuses. I am a student at UCL. I often visit friends at King's College and Queen Mary. My UCL student ID card allows me (limited) access to those universities. This allows you to form relationships with students in other universities.You don't have this option outside London.
Thanks a lot for the reply!
Original post by ckfeister
ignore above you.
Yeah, what would I know? I've only lived in London, Glasgow, Inverness, Aberdeen and Torquay.
Hey I know this thread u kinda old but I was wondering how common is it for London uni students to date people from other London unis ? For example if I went UCL and the guy I liked went imperial ?
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