Why do Londoners think they are separate from the rest of England?

[Ahleckz]

Eh? I thought the Olympics were not holding any events in Wales?/Scotland/Ireland etc, as its focused on England?

Or was this another sporting event (may have been something to do with the World Cup Footy bid, can't remember.

Newport Wales does have a big velodrome though, don't know if its up to Olympic standards.

Why would it focus on England more so than Scotland when it is the LONDON olympics?

The venues outside London are:

Coventry (Football).
Eton (Flat rowing & kyaking).
Hadleigh Farm, Essex (Mountain biking).
Hampden, Glasgow (Football).
Millenium Stadium, Cardiff (Football).
Old Trafford, Manchester (Football).
Brands Hatch, Kent (Cycling).
Lee Valley, Hertfordshire (Kyaking).
Weymouth (Sailing).
Newcastle (Football).

Granted, it's predominately football but when it's our (UK's) national sport it makes sense to showcase it nationwide.

 

[Dj_Jestar]

It depends what quality of life you are accustomed to, but there is some truth to it. In terms of shopping, eating out etc. I agree, no, you don't need a six figure income. But to live in a proper home somewhere nice and quiet? You really need to be on big money to get somewhere equivalent to a 'nice and quiet' home that you'd get in the Midlands, for example.

Simply not true.

EDIT: To clarify, yes, it'll be more expensive. But six figures? Pfft.

 

[utajoker]

'they' can have the olympics.

 

[Ahleckz]

this.

Everyone I know who's visited London has said it's the best place they've been to!

You clearly don't know many travelled people.

 

[Raymond Lin]

This is insane - no you don't, unless you do your grocery shopping at Harrods.

My friends who are on national average salary, they are not out at bars, clubs or gigs, why? Because it'd expensive. Ok, 6 figures sum might be pushing it, but on national average, it's hard to be out all the time. You would have a better standard of living in Manchester on the same salary.

Btw, when I put 6 figures...I want to live in Richmond.

 

[PMKeates]

Simply not true.

EDIT: To clarify, yes, it'll be more expensive. But six figures? Pfft.

Unless your standards are low, it is true. Feel free to find me examples of nice homes in nice areas of London that are affordable to an individual that isn't on very good money.

 

[Hatter The Mad]

But to live in a proper home somewhere nice and quiet? You really need to be on big money to get somewhere equivalent to a 'nice and quiet' home that you'd get in the Midlands, for example.

You're comparing apples and oranges. No, of course not everyone is going to get a three bed house with driveway and garden in London itself, but when people live in London they tend to have managed their expectations properly - ie not arrived deluded about what a city is.

 

[philip2009]

I found London to be a grimy, expensive, dump ... but then I'm used to the Shropshire countryside.

 

[Mr Joshua]

I tend to find that a lot of programming on the radio (BBC channels) is very London centric but I can't say it bothers me, as others have said it's a very big place.

As for living there it doesn't appeal to me in the slightest not least because of the expense.

In my 28 years I've been there once, about half a miles walk from Kings Cross then straight back to the station 5 hours later and home, no plans to return.

 

[Aedus]

Olympics can't be held in Northern England, as far as I'm aware punching your wife and eating pork pies aren't Olympic sports.

 

[Cosimo]

its where its all at if you want mugging, or a kebab

You get that in all cities/towns and it's usually off the "beaten track". Clearly you haven’t really seen or experienced the place.

 

[LordSplodge]

****ing Southerners.

 

[hurfdurf]

Probably because London is a settlement on a scale otherwise unmatched in the UK. London is an absolutely fantastic city and one of the few true 'world cities' - a candidate for the capital of Earth, if there ever was one. It's therefore no surprise that London is very London-centric, because generally speaking, it has everything.

Indeed, London is a different world to the rest of the UK, and its residents understand that and understandably claim it is so.

 

[PMKeates]

You're comparing apples and oranges. No, of course not everyone is going to get a three bed house with driveway and garden in London itself, but when people live in London they tend to have managed their expectations properly - ie not arrived deluded about what a city is.

Not really, I'm comparing an apple to an apple - just apple 1 is somewhere different to apple 2. My claim was that depending on what your quality of life expectations are, and a home with a garden in a nice quiet area is not an unreasonable expectation for millions of people in the UK, it can cost that much, and it does, so my point still stands.

I'm not denying you can and millions do live without a house in a nice area with a garden, but it certainly a trade-off.

 

[Dj_Jestar]

Unless your standards are low, it is true. Feel free to find me examples of nice homes in nice areas of London that are affordable to an individual that isn't on very good money.

Crystal Palace, Penge, Some areas of Camden, Ealing, Chiswick, etc. etc.

 

[Ahleckz]

Indeed, London is a different world to the rest of the UK, and its residents understand that and understandably claim it is so.

How so?

 

[Pestilence]

Olympics can't be held in Northern England, as far as I'm aware punching your wife and eating pork pies aren't Olympic sports.

But GOSH DARN, THEY SHOULD BE!

 

[Ahleckz]

Olympics can't be held in Northern England, as far as I'm aware punching your wife and eating pork pies aren't Olympic sports.

I'd much rather see a pie eating contest than a bunch of perverts in Lycra cycling around in a circle for hours on end.

 

[Raymond Lin]

How so?

For a tiny example.....

You can tell if someone has lived in London by the mere observation of their behaviour on the escalator and which side they stand.

 

[Cosimo]

'they' can have the olympics.

We have them, we will enjoy them and so will the rest of the country. They are for all the UK. We will make them the best and something that we can all be proud of.