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I think the both of you live in London or have lived in London. What are your honest takes on the city today? How do you feel about life there? About the changes? The pros? The cons? All of that.





London has changed massively since i was a kid, i'm from NW London (Near Wembley Stadium)

You knew immigration was getting bad when the Asians started moaning about the amount of Polish and Eastern Block people coming over

Long gone are the things i recognised and loved doing as a kid, Carnaby Street/Soho is a completely different place, gone are the Punks, Sex Shops and Cool clothes shops, the whole areas been cleaned up now and the smut/dark side is long gone, it's the same with Kings Cross which was Prostitute and Drug Dealer central for years, now it's all flash apartments and high end bars/restaurants.

To be fair these areas were badly in need of modernising.

It's the same with Bermondsey, Deptford, Hoxton & Shoreditch (South East/ East End of London) they were always rough as fuck areas but are now the trendiest parts of town with house/flat prices now at astronomical levels.

I worked all over London (mainly in the City and Canary Wharf) for years and it's just a rat race everyday, 2-3 hours per day stuck on the fucking underground, stressed out before you even get to work.

I swerved and lived abroad all over Europe and then Dubai Djing and working in Sales then moved away from London and don't miss it at all.

Was back in London last years and will be again in a few weeks but i much prefer the chilled life i now live and happy my kids are growing up with fresh air and away from the insane knife and gun crime that worsens by the day.

Fuck me i wouldn't even walk down my old street anymore after dark.

Where i live now people i work with on the whole are actually scared of London, it's mad because even back in School 30 years ago we had metal detector entry on our schools.

I still love visiting London though as it really is one of the best cities in the World
Thanks for answering. Was geninely interested to know what native Londoners think about it all.