London is an amazing city and arguably the best city in the world. And I say that not just because I was born there.
We were both born in London but I guess we grew out of it. Too fast, too noisy, too dirty, too cramped, too expensive and a place where what you have or don't have matters far too much. Plus it's full of middle aged right-on men wearing silly scarves, flat caps and jackets that are two sizes too small.
Seriously, we rarely go back (except for weddings, christenings and funerals) and cannot stand the place.
Mind you, when our family come up here it is too dark (no streetlights) and hence scary, too quiet in the middle of the night, the sheep are too noisy, the rooster is too noisy, the birdsong is too noisy and it's boring as there is nothing to do! Plus the kids ask why people they don't know say hello - seriously!
And the big picture windows at the front of the house freak them out as we don't have curtains (only woods to the front of the house) and the blackness at night makes them feel uneasy!
Each to their own!
