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When were you last in central London or Paris? It's been a long time since Limehouse or Montparnasse were dangerous to walk in at night.
by _delirium 10y ago
When were you last in central London or Paris? It's been a long time since Limehouse or Montparnasse were dangerous to walk in at night.
- branchless 10y agoHead out of canary wharf onto the isle of dogs. Or parts of peckham. Or West Ham. Christ.
- _delirium 10y agoIf the goal is to prove that going to some godforsaken suburb miles out into the countryside is dangerous, sure. This is true in any country. But not if you live in an actual city.
- branchless 10y agoShorter to write: i don't know London
- _delirium 10y agoAs a Cornishman, this is basically what's taught in the schools, yes. You live in a godforsaken suburb miles out of London but you pretend that, unlike us, you somehow live in a city. ;-)
- pjc50 10y ago"isle of dogs. Or parts of peckham. Or West Ham." All of these places are in London. They have London postcodes, are inside the M25, and are administered by the Mayor of London.
- PeterisP 10y agoPretty much every major city worldwide has large suburbs that have their postcodes and are administered by the same municipal government, but they're clearly not included in the "European city center" designation. They are part of the city, but not part of the city center; and for a multimillion city the difference (and distances!) are significant.
- branchless 10y agoThey are all "inner" London.
- Kurtz79 10y ago"European city center". But I know, it's a broad definition.
- orcdork 10y agoBuddy, what wonderful drug are you on? Writing this from isle of dogs, which is damn awesome, and extremely safe.
- stefek99 10y agoCanary Wharf - noone lives there - super safe at night...
- gph 10y agoYea, but that's like restricting NYC to Manhattan. I wouldn't feel that unsafe walking the majority of Manhattan at night either. Or for another city center, I go downtown inner harbor/fells point/federal hill Baltimore at night plenty. Most city centers in America are perfectly safe any time of day.