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Coming from a Brit who doesn't live near London or even in England.. what's living in London like?

well firstly . expensive as Fuck… the tube costs 3 pounds??? which means every time you go out and come back you’re spending the amount it costs to buy a good dinner in Hong kong … in hk it’s like 20p to use the metro on avg so it rly doesn’t make sense to me. also eating out n clothes n drinks so expensive </3 i understand now why ppl in northeast or west or whatever have such communities By That Area because it’s just so pricey to go central

otherwise the museums r excellent and lots of beautiful historical sites. i can definitely feel a difference as opposed to hk in that i can sense like. The layers and layers of history in ldn.. we went to the Barbican and i randomly spotted part of the wall of London that was built by the Romans ~100 ad and it was just there in some grass like u could just touch it and i started literally being screaming crying throwing up meme and my friend was just like calmn tf down BUT BRO. It’s been there for fucking 2000 years it’s witnessed so much such an unfathomable amount of love and hatred has occurred around its stone wtf

also way more ethnically and culturally diverse than general Hong Kong population (which is just locals, rich mainlander tourists, small Muslim community, + American Indian and Korean expats) which is rly cool nd means different areas have different cuisines nd markets which . Love

on the note of the markets yea because there’s less malls than what im used to there’s way more room for small businesses nd eco friendly routes of shoppin.. and portobello and thrift stores in certain areas are so sexy … and the used BOOKSTORES .. I Cum on the streets of russell square every day