You are confusing London with people who try to knock you off your bike in London. They are two different things. You OK, hon? xx
Well, they are, and they aren't.
You see, a city, more than the buildings or anything else, is its people. So when the "master race" dashes about in its tin boxes, with little or no consideration, they represent the city, in microcosm.
I have to pay something called "GLA levy" on my council tax to support such nonsense, too. What an affrontery, gorgeous, don't you agree?