you londoners are the luckiest people in the world

elgato · Post by **elgato** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:59 am

Its definitely the most stimulating place i've lived. You never ever have an excuse to be bored, and you're constantly in environments which make you think. Although I've only been here for 6 months so its all still quite different for me.

The main thing I hate is the air. You notice it a lot when going out of the city then coming back, I step onto my road and a wall of hot pollution hits you smack in the chest, so grim.

But the music is decent! Although its not all that easy to find nights with no pretentions or attitude...

numaestro · Post by **numaestro** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:22 pm

hopper wrote:
numaestro wrote:trivial violence
My uncle got beaten up and mugged at knife point in Barcelona

Truly sorry to hear this. Tourists are very often targets for bag snatching and pick-pocketing but violent assault is relativrely unusual.

When I say "trivial" violence I mean acts of violence that have no end but only as end in itself. Mugging somebody is to gain money etc and so is not trivial. Young men here do not normally go in for "trivial" violence - obviously there are cases but in general people are less aggressive. I live by a high school and never have seen the type of behaviour which seems standard in the UK. Don't know why this is - perhaps guys here are more interested in running after girls than beating each other up?

rekordah · Post by **rekordah** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:39 pm

Bristol is where it's at, and you know it.

Ashley wrote:screw places like Harrow

whats it like? going to uni there this coming year.

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:02 pm

rekorder wrote:Bristol is where it's at, and you know it.

Ashley wrote:screw places like Harrow
whats it like? going to uni there this coming year.

borring

Northwest London is pretty borring in general. lol

rekordah · Post by **rekordah** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:19 pm

metalboxproducts wrote: borring Northwest London is pretty borring in general. lol

well.mayb thats a good thing what with all the studying? possibly....

i did hear that it got abit of an interesting music scene starting out there?

dutty yuppie · Post by **dutty yuppie** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:26 pm

rekorder wrote: i did hear that it got abit of an interesting music scene starting out there?

tnuc-Step?

ashley · Post by **ashley** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:30 pm

Dutty Yuppie wrote:
rekorder wrote: i did hear that it got abit of an interesting music scene starting out there?
tnuc-Step?

rekordah · Post by **rekordah** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:25 pm

what am i getting myself in for?!

alex deadman · Post by **alex deadman** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:20 pm

London is the centre of the music but also the centre of a lot of bad minded activity.

teknics · Post by **teknics** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:45 am

Ashley wrote:You know its all about Croydon, screw places like Harrow

used to work in a computer fair in croydon....u'd understand how and why dubstep was conjungulated if u saw the peeps i saw.

move a bit inner west, chiswick, hammersmith, acton...etc. chiswick is the place to be for summer time. chillin on the green, vortex in right hand, red stripe in left and Mr Fatty Spliff dangelling out me mouth...

if u really wanna push the boat out, take a leasurly stroll to the river, were u'll definatly encounter some buffy yats

dutty yuppie · Post by **dutty yuppie** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 9:24 am

lol @ the post above...well, the last one on page two.

Kursed · Post by **Kursed** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 9:22 pm

[quote="numaestro"]Not that lucky - crap food, crap weather, .....

What? you have never tried the Curry best music and the best cuisine as far as I'm concerned.

ashley · Post by **ashley** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 9:53 pm

Teknics wrote:
Ashley wrote:You know its all about Croydon, screw places like Harrow
used to work in a computer fair in croydon....u'd understand how and why dubstep was conjungulated if u saw the peeps i saw.

move a bit inner west, chiswick, hammersmith, acton...etc. chiswick is the place to be for summer time. chillin on the green, vortex in right hand, red stripe in left and Mr Fatty Spliff dangelling out me mouth...

if u really wanna push the boat out, take a leasurly stroll to the river, were u'll definatly encounter some buffy yats

Dubstep was born in Croydon, I do my weekly pilgrimage to the old big apple records dodging all the market vendors where I then head to KFC and munch out on a rapstar...

numaestro · Post by **numaestro** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:38 pm

Tyrant wrote:
numaestro wrote:Not that lucky - crap food, crap weather, .....

What? you have never tried the Curry best music and the best cuisine as far as I'm concerned.

Curry

Yeah curry is good - sure. You are a bit deluded if you think the cuisine in London is the best in the world though. Still we agree about music don't we - and that's why we are here!

And KFC is American - and I wouldn't even feed it to a dog

Stop eating that shit - damn!

minusdegree · Post by **minusdegree** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:01 pm

London is a real melting pot, culturally, socially and musically. It is no suprise that such a vibrant, diverse yet cohesive sound has emerged.
Its a nice place to visit but I wouldnt want to live there, its too hectic and ball bustingly expensive, all though there are many beautiful women in London, hull birds are ruff as fuck.
I've met some londoners that are completely ignorant about anything north of watford

twoblacklines · Post by **twoblacklines** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:29 pm

dubstep and fast broadband and easy supply of green is about the best of london.

rekordah · Post by **rekordah** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:44 pm

numaestro wrote:You are a bit deluded if you think the cuisine in London is the best in the world though.

If u know which areas and which resturants to go, u have the best of any cuisine u want in london, u just have to dig deep so u dont get ripped off.

kit kat · Post by **kit kat** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 1:37 pm

jason burns wrote:yeah, having never been there myself i tend to romanticize it also. getting there for a week or so is still a big goal of mine.

I love it, a 'romanticised' vision of London, love to see that myself...

But heck, FWD is a massive bonus and something worth romanticising about

numaestro · Post by **numaestro** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 2:52 pm

If u know which areas and which resturants to go, u have the best of any cuisine u want in london, u just have to dig deep so u dont get ripped off.[/quote]

So the vast majority of Londoners eat better than anywhere else in the world. I did not know that. That explains why when they come to Spain they eat chips and fast food -as they are on their hols they wanna change from their normal habits. Don't know why I didn't think of that earlier

rekordah · Post by **rekordah** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 3:10 pm

i didnt say the majority eat it, just that it is on offer if u want to find it. the amount of communities and cultures in london makes for a very wide range of different foods and cuisines. and to be fair there are far far more sushi places in central london than there are chippies...

the type of ppl who go on package holidays to the costa del sol or whatever are bound to be quite narrow-minded and stick to what they know, english or not!

you londoners are the luckiest people in the world

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