Oxford Street is also a terrible place to exist as a pedestrian – it's full of traffic, extremely crowded and just generally not very nice. I worked nearby ther

Oxford Street is also a terrible place to exist as a pedestrian – it's full of traffic, extremely crowded and just generally not very nice. I worked nearby there for many years and always hated it. The only reason for braving it was to visit the big stores and when they went there was nothing left. Soho and Carnaby St are basically Disneyland compared to what they used to be, but at least they're fairly traffic free, quite nice to walk around and have good bars and restaurants. Those perfume places were fascinating to watch. At least two or three of the crowd were plants, but they always had a big collection of tourists. Could never understand why people were so interested, or how the headset guy and his minions could maintain such excitement for knockoff perfume.