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London. A great city with amazing history and culture, tons of things to do, other European cities are hours away if you want to travel and has a good tech scen

London. A great city with amazing history and culture, tons of things to do, other European cities are hours away if you want to travel and has a good tech scene. Add to that, it has a fantastic public transport system and no language barrier. And of course, you can watch Premier League games every weekend!

dijit 10y ago
I don't know if you've lived there or not, but I'm going to assume you haven't and give you my experience over 3 years. 1) Public transport is good, when it works. It often doesn't. 2) Public transport is good, until you have a job that has structured hours- which is most jobs, as evidenced by the INSANE rush hour. 20 minutes in some guys armpit feels like multiple hours. 3) You can't afford to live somewhere nice. I mean, I earned quite a bit more than the average and was spending 50-60% of my take home salary on rent. And I lived in a bad neighbourhood. (because I wanted to live alone). 4) Pubs have the same problem as the transport system, super crowded at rush times.. spills into the streets, especially in the west end/theatreland. That said, if I had the money to live well in London, it would be a great place to live.
- dasboth 10y ago
  That's a fair account of the reality of life in London. Of course the abundance of jobs, great tech scene and endless things to do are all true, but it's not all as good as it sounds. I'd add one more: 5) Forget going to Premier League games every weekend, it's near impossible to get a ticket if you don't know a season ticket holder!
- branchless 10y ago
  You have responded correctly to the only person suggesting London so far. Just don't do it. Shitty quality of life due to absurd land costs. Of course people will say you should live like a student in shared accommodation when you have a good job aged 35. Forget it.

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London. A great city with amazing history and culture, tons of things to do, other European cities are hours away if you want to travel and has a good tech scen

by rajathagasthya 10y ago

dijit 10y ago
I don't know if you've lived there or not, but I'm going to assume you haven't and give you my experience over 3 years. 1) Public transport is good, when it works. It often doesn't. 2) Public transport is good, until you have a job that has structured hours- which is most jobs, as evidenced by the INSANE rush hour. 20 minutes in some guys armpit feels like multiple hours. 3) You can't afford to live somewhere nice. I mean, I earned quite a bit more than the average and was spending 50-60% of my take home salary on rent. And I lived in a bad neighbourhood. (because I wanted to live alone). 4) Pubs have the same problem as the transport system, super crowded at rush times.. spills into the streets, especially in the west end/theatreland. That said, if I had the money to live well in London, it would be a great place to live.
- dasboth 10y ago
  That's a fair account of the reality of life in London. Of course the abundance of jobs, great tech scene and endless things to do are all true, but it's not all as good as it sounds. I'd add one more: 5) Forget going to Premier League games every weekend, it's near impossible to get a ticket if you don't know a season ticket holder!
- branchless 10y ago
  You have responded correctly to the only person suggesting London so far. Just don't do it. Shitty quality of life due to absurd land costs. Of course people will say you should live like a student in shared accommodation when you have a good job aged 35. Forget it.