To ask what you love most about London?

[Lopsidedlou]

Decided to take the bus instead of tubes home today just because I had some time and like looking down from the top of a double decker and was just reminded of how much I love the city.
I’d say I love (apart from the typical attractions and museums and parks) the sense of just ‘coolness’ around the place- real sense of style with lots of the people you see. And Morley’s (south )

The parks
The museums
The monuments
The restaurants

The fact my kids can travel all over London for free on the bus

And all the free stuff for families. There's so many different things to do and they change all the time, so it never gets boring.

Yes to the villages within the city!! Couldn’t agree more

Oh and the boat trips down the Thames, I love them.

For about £8 return you can take a trip from Greenwich to Westminster and the 'tour guide recording' tells you all about the history of the buildings and bridges etc while you sit back with a coffee.

Always good to do when it's raining/cold outside.

I feel like the air has a great atmosphere, like you're in somewhere really exciting and vibrant.

The restaurants

The theatres

The little connections of community on a daily basis amidst people who would ordinarily be miles apart.

Morley’s: The Harvey Nichols of Brixton!

The incongruous mad stuff

Being able to go to the Bridget Riley (for example) in my lunch hour.

The easy co existence of visitors and residents, this city belongs to everyone.

Restlessinthenorth, see my earlier post. I really recommend the boat trips!

Oh yes and the theatres. West End shows! Old pubs, cocktails at the Savoy. Fortnums, Liberty. River boats, street markets. I was on a packed train this evening, an elderly lady got on, 4 people stood up to give her a seat, she then engaged everyone with stories of her life. Was fabulous!
Love the buskers too, some are so talented!

Well I was born there for starters and had my first baby there, I only left because I couldn't afford to buy a house in London.
I love London and left many years ago now but it's my home and I'll always miss it there really is no where that comes close for me .
I'm just sad I couldn't stay there always proud of my home town!
I love everything about London I wish I could bottle the atmosphere and there's no better place to shop or see a celeb or just be invisible and get lost in it all. I love London can you tell

I love the way people work out how to rub along together despite the potential for conflict - our local Fish shop has one sign that says "all our meat is certified Halal" and another that says "Matzo meal 80p extra"

Not talking on the tube also helps maintain harmonious relations.

I've lived here for more years than I care to remember, but I still get a thrill from the most mundane things - the view from Waterloo bridge, sitting on the front seats upstairs on a bus, the sheer volume of traffic and activity in the West End at 4am, being asked for directions and knowing the answer. I'll always be a tourist in London, but I'm always so proud to call it my home.

I love it too 💕

That it is 200 miles away from the peaceful, rural environment in which I am fortunate enough to live and I never have to set foot in the ghastly place

That people are so friendly. People are always talking to me on the bus and at the bus stop. And in coffee shops.

I lived 'somewhere else' for 20 years and no one ever spoke to me randomly (which is why I'm not naming it).

And the little alleyways. You can turn a corner and if the light is right with the railings and the gas lamps (not even the real gas lamps), it's like you've time slipped. That's an incredible feeling.

Also some places are so quiet - like the city at weekends - so if you want to go to the rooftop gardens then it's crazy quiet. I had the garden at 120 to myself one morning for about half an hour.

I love living in London. Everything is here.

That it is 200 miles away from the peaceful, rural environment in which I am fortunate enough to live and I never have to set foot in the ghastly place

Bitter much?

I love the way it feels very early in the morning before the rest of the world is awake.*
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Yes!!

And the fact that you can visit different areas and feel like you have been to different cities.

Also, despite its size, and Yes it's busy and frantic and constantly moving but despite this, you can trip coming off the tube and a dozen people rush to help you. I'm Scottish; I live in Scotland but have family in London. I have visited it for many years and love it more and more each time I go.

I loved living in London, and stayed for ten years. Its incredibly exciting, and beautiful, and full of opportunities and things to do and discover. I felt I'd barely scratched the surface in ten years. I got out when I had a baby though as we just couldn't afford to live in the kind of place I wanted. In hindsight I'm glad we did as I think it would be too busy for me now I'm an old gimmer of 50, but if I won the lotto I'd definitely holiday there at least once a year. I'd die of boredom in a 'peaceful, rural' environment!

Went on a rib on the Thames last week, that was amazing.

That it is 200 miles away from the peaceful, rural environment in which I am fortunate enough to live and I never have to set foot in the ghastly place

There's always one isn't there?

I'm surprised it took this long really.

Walking across the bridges on a sunny day
The enormous variety of food from across the world including street food markets
The weird gym and fitness classes
Theatre
All sorts of different people living alongside each other

The atmosphere. I used to ride the number 25 home from North to South at around 11pm most days and I just loved watching the city go by, the people getting on and off, etc.

Having good music on my earphones helped :)

The sheer joy of playing 'spot the person wearing the maddest outfit' and knowing you'll get some doozies (normal people - like me - wear such dull stuff...)
The first view of the Eye coming into Waterloo, and going past Spy HQ
Theatre and food
The energy and sense of potential; brushing up against the confidence of history and establishment...

Not having to live there.

The parks and the river. That there is always somewhere you haven’t been to for a while to check out. The art galleries and museums.