Anyone find London a bit overwhelming?

moon man said:
If I did live there it would have to be a river view but my son in laws folks home is acceptable, near to the tube and a quiet area, view from the garden annexe



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I enjoy the neatly trimmed lines and the hopelessness of owning a sun shade in the back garden. Nice.
 
It’s not my cup of tea because of how busy it is etc.

I appreciate there can be some good events etc but other than that doesn’t appeal to me
 
LOAM said:
Got back last Friday with the kids after 3 days there. I'll be honest whilst I love walking around looking at the architecture, I can take it or leave it as a city. I come back feeling like I've been assaulted, it just makes me think of humans as rats, it's just too much.

Tube is horrific, literally the worst mode of transport ever conceived and should be banned :p
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We're worse than rats, rats are cute.

Londons a smelly hell hole of a place
 
Diddums said:
Is it? I thought it was because of outspoken people who are frequently wrong but present their info as facts.

Have you considered a career in politics?
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Then I suggest reading if you are not sure about the difference between facts and opinion.
 
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I get sensory overload pretty easily I can tolerate it but I'd never choose London for myself.

I really hate not being able to complete basic tasks. Around here there are loads of new houses and no infrastructure to match. For example when you get round the supermarket then can't even pay because there aren't enough staff on checkouts. Or when you drive to the supermarket, get stuck in 1 hour of traffic, then there aren't even any parking spaces. I just imagine London's population density being a worse version of this.
 
throwaway4372 said:
I get sensory overload pretty easily I can tolerate it but I'd never choose London for myself.

I really hate not being able to complete basic tasks. Around here there are loads of new houses and no infrastructure to match. For example when you get round the supermarket then can't even pay because there aren't enough staff on checkouts. Or when you drive to the supermarket, get stuck in 1 hour of traffic, then there aren't even any parking spaces. I just imagine London's population density being a worse version of this.
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Loads of parking space in almost any of the major supermarkets in my experience. Luckily my supermaket is a 5 minute drive and others 10-15 minutes. Hell I can even drive to Lakeside shopping centre in 15 minutes.

Trafic does happen sometimes, but not as often as some make it sound like. Though when it does happen it can be terrible as a 30 minute drive can be 2-4 times longer for example.

What one can do is use Google maps to try and avoid it by looking before departing and using common sense to avoid rush hours when possible.
 
flibbage0 said:
For context I don't live out in the sticks or in a sleepy village but every time I go into Central London (which is probably only a handful of times per year) I find it quite overwhelming, I sort of like the experience as it's so different to a city like Birmingham although I'm sure it can be tiresome if I had to deal with the hustle and bustle on a daily basis.

It's the combination of how busy it is and the sheer amount of money flying around, the only way to describe it is take the average price of something in the UK and double/triple it, this goes for food, houses, clothes and everything. I remember my first time I got the train during rush hour out of London and I remember hearing a phone conversation of gentleman next to me that had a new BMW E92 M3 on order and a couple of other blokes talking about their recent watch acquisitions from Rolex. I think also the sheer amount of shops and restaurants, nationalities, cultures makes it interesting. In addition to this some of the people are ridiculously good looking which probably ties into the mix of different nationalities

All in all I leave after a day feeling like I've barely scratched the surface and I'm missing out on a lot but then on the other side you hear about all the crime.

It's a strange one, wonder if anyone feels the same?
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I can understand the attraction to some, but personally, I don't much like London.

People struggle for individuality in London. I would rather spend that effort opening another beer while I'm watching the Atlantic crash on the rocky coast. That's my TV.
 
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I'd say yes & no. I started travelling into Central London 40 years ago as part of my office Junior/dogsbody duties Age 17 (1st job) The touristy bits are like being in a nightclub & I tend to avoid these days, last time was Boxing day last year when I went to the Palladium to see the Panto & Oxford street was rammed, despite a fair amount of the shops being shut as their sales started the next day. A day out in greater London is not so much and some places such as Muswell Hill felt less stressful.
I go to the London Coffee Festival Every year, this year was busier as the Marathon was on at the same time.
I've Volunteered for MLB Diamonds for the London Series in 2 weeks time for the Saturday and Sunday games, went about a month ago for training. My job there will be to greet the fans & to cheer up the stewards, I think that's going to be fun, that's if its not too hot.
 
I think it depends on your personal temperament.

I do find London a bit much, particularly in the summer when it's hot and humid to boot. That said, I was absolutely fine in Tokyo on my own for several hours, perhaps due to the language barrier and it being a novelty. Also no problems in Guangzhou or Shenzhen, except the humidity.
 
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