London Live

Things I will miss about London

- crossing at red lights in the middle of a big chunk of pedestrians
- the view over the river from the café at the top of Tate Modern
- pigeons
- buskers
- Hampstead Heath
- protests over unknown problems
- there’s always a party somewhere
- improvised nights out
- concerts
- galleries
- Camden, Portobello, Borough and Spitalfields markets
- late shop opening times
- Topshop and American Apparel
- English films without annoying subtitles
- great and cheap newspapers and magazines
- food from all over the world
- Starbucks (sorry ethical reader,but their ginger latte is just too good)
- quirky little book and music stores
- people actually standing to the right on escalators
- meeting so many different types of people
- saying “bloody ‘ell” and “Sor’ed” without irony
- being reminded how much bigger the world is
- nobody asks you why you moved abroad or how long you’ve been here
- nobody asks about your family
- no one wants to hear why you’re 20 minutes late every morning,
they assume its because of delayed public transport, even if its isn’t.


Things I won’t miss about London

- paying a fortune for living in a shoebox
- pick pockets
- no bakeries
- expensive public transport
- advertising on every surface
- money obsession
- career obsession
- anorexia epidemic
- celebrity obsession
- drugs
- nobody asks you why you moved abroad or how long you’ve been here
- nobody asks about your family
- People not apologising for pushing/me pushing and people getting angry
- the temptation to spend three hours in Primark again,
only to conclude there's a reason it's so cheap
- seeing friends rarely, due to hecticness and long transport
- long working days
- packed commuter trains
- stress