Each to his own really - you either like the place or you don't.
My wife and I were born there but unless we absolutely have to we avoid going back like the plague.
It's a filthy, stinking place that's too noisy, too crowded, utterly charmless & populated by people who think our national London-centric bias is wholly acceptable and indeed a god given right..
On the other hand my S-I-L who lives in 3 blooming great houses scattered across London (not at the same time - she flits from one to the other depending on whim) thinks more or less the same of Cumbria!
The only time she ever came here she hated the lack of streetlights (our village has none), was irritated by the birdsong (all day long in our garden and surrounding woods) and detested the sheep baa-ing first thing in the morning as it woke her up.
As I said, each to their own.
) Hopefully Watneys 
has gone down the pan.
