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Lived in london for over a decade, never been and I also don't think I know anyone else who's been. To be fair it's not just that, you won't find many actual l

Lived in london for over a decade, never been and I also don't think I know anyone else who's been. To be fair it's not just that, you won't find many actual londoners in central full stop unless they're going to work

hnlmorg 5mo ago
I wouldn’t say that’s an accurate generalisation. I’ll often meet and hang out with friends in central London.
shermantanktop 5mo ago
> Lived in london for over a decade > actual londoners So which is it? Lots of expats in London. They aren’t tourist but they aren’t born-and-bred londoners, are they?
- ifwinterco 5mo ago
  I'm not a proper Londoner but I am English, I stand by my comment though - people who actually grew up in London would be even less likely to be found in central London on a Saturday
  - shermantanktop 5mo ago
    I was born in the city I live in and so were my kids. They’ve never visited the #1 tourist attraction, and I only did when I was a kid. My experience living in the UK was that we’d go off as a family to visit Arundel Castle or one of the hundred other amazing things nearby, and the Brits I worked with would say “oh yeah, I went there on a school trip…” or “oh I’ve heard it’s nice.” Denizens of a place don’t always appreciate what their location offers. That doesn’t make them cool or better than tourists. That said, I agree that central London is not somewhere I desperately want to go every day. But there’s a lot of great stuff there.
    - ifwinterco 5mo ago
      Yeah true, that's fair enough. And you're right there is good stuff in central especially if you're into cultural stuff (theatre, art galleries etc.) - that stuff is all in central and I absolutely take it for granted, there's only a few cities that can match London for that. I think I'm just jaded from trying to wade through waddling masses of tourists whenever I make the mistake of going anywhere remotely central on a Saturday or Sunday, but I get why if you're a tourist that stuff probably seems cool
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hnlmorg 5mo ago

I wouldn’t say that’s an accurate generalisation. I’ll often meet and hang out with friends in central London.

shermantanktop 5mo ago

> Lived in london for over a decade > actual londoners So which is it? Lots of expats in London. They aren’t tourist but they aren’t born-and-bred londoners, are they?

ifwinterco 5mo ago
I'm not a proper Londoner but I am English, I stand by my comment though - people who actually grew up in London would be even less likely to be found in central London on a Saturday
- shermantanktop 5mo ago
  I was born in the city I live in and so were my kids. They’ve never visited the #1 tourist attraction, and I only did when I was a kid. My experience living in the UK was that we’d go off as a family to visit Arundel Castle or one of the hundred other amazing things nearby, and the Brits I worked with would say “oh yeah, I went there on a school trip…” or “oh I’ve heard it’s nice.” Denizens of a place don’t always appreciate what their location offers. That doesn’t make them cool or better than tourists. That said, I agree that central London is not somewhere I desperately want to go every day. But there’s a lot of great stuff there.
  - ifwinterco 5mo ago
    Yeah true, that's fair enough. And you're right there is good stuff in central especially if you're into cultural stuff (theatre, art galleries etc.) - that stuff is all in central and I absolutely take it for granted, there's only a few cities that can match London for that. I think I'm just jaded from trying to wade through waddling masses of tourists whenever I make the mistake of going anywhere remotely central on a Saturday or Sunday, but I get why if you're a tourist that stuff probably seems cool

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