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IMHO the coolest place to live long term is south Notting Hill close to Portobello Road. Especially if you're a Septic Tank.

Although Stoke Newington is nice in the village bit, the rest of it sucks, there is no transport unless you want to get on a bus with all the mentally ill out patients and although not common knowledge, Stoke Newington has the highest concentration of lesbians in the world. And they are not the lipstick variety either. They all look like a bulldog licking piss off a nettle.

So there you go :)

london is a great place, but expensive as fuck

1) You were unlucky with the weather then. For the most part London has fairly decent weather - it's further North where it tends to rain every day :(
2) Only if you can't afford to eat at decent places. There's a shit load of VERY good restaurants if you like eating out covering every style you can think of. That really is a daft comment.
3) Yes
4) yes but so is it in any major city - that's the price you pay for living in one.
5) Not quite. There's a yearly license fee you pay for some advert free TV and radio channels that even occassionally produce world class content (less so these days than in the past though). People debate it's value all the time but personally I', happy enough to pay less than £2 a week to escape all the ads now and again.

Main point though is the cost living really is too expensive. London's a fun place but not THAT fun to justify the cost.

You mean the weather up north is even worse :).

I have enjoyed nice summers in London, but the rest of the year the weather sucked.

true but every day fruit and vegetables are never as fresh and you can taste it. It's something I really noticed coming from New Zealand.

Sure you could eat at Gordon Ramsay's restuarant every night but sometimes you just want some nice fruit and veges.

There are many great things about London, but it's not the weather or food (restaurants excluded).

LOL you totally agree then :1orglaugh

Yes there are some nice parts, but in the end I moved away.

cool, nice place to move!

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Having lived in central London for my whole 56 years on this planet... The first 50 in the centre of town in the equivalent to NY's 5th Ave and now I'm in the Chelsea/Fulham area...

The most important point I have to make is... It isn't cheap... Compare London to New York and what ever you pay in $$$ there you pay in ££££ here. in fact London is the second or third most expensive city in the world according to most reports... That's the biggest downer but...

All of London is cosmopolitan... It is almost a twin to N.Y except we still have all the homeless begging ouside ATM's which has been cleaned up over there. Night life is great if you're a clubber and bar tramp.

Living south of the Thames is a pain if you don't have your own transport as public transport isn't as good as north of the river. If you're planning to rent a property in central London then be prepared to pay from £750-1000 a month as a minimum for a decent 1 bedroom flat... You will then have what is known as council tax to pay and this varies from borough to borough. I pay almost as much for a 1 bedroom loft apartment worth £400k in mine as a friend who lives in a 4 floor, 4 bedroom house worth £1.5 million in the borough next to mine.. Expect you tax to be from £60-170 per person per month !!

I've quoted you in UK£'s so you can work out for yourself in US$ what it costs...

I really don't think it's a daft comment at all. Being as I can't cook, I ate out all the time during that year and a half, so I samples tons of different restaurants. They do have good Chinese food, which is WAY better than we have in the States, and there are some good restaurants, but in general the food is not near as good as in the States. You can't judge an area by the exceptions...you have to take into account what the norm is. And the norm isn't on par with the average places I've eaten at in other countries. But hey...that's my opinion.

Nope, I haven't made it 'round. What part of town is that in?

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I had a great time last time I was in London. However I did find it a bit on the pricey side.

My background is Irish, so I would probably much rather live in Dublin that London as I have so much family there and know the city.

DH