Would you mind unpacking that further? I love living in London and would be keen to hear your grievances.
- insane rent. i'm living in a single bedroom
- poor quality of houses. i can hear the steps of my flatmates outside my rooms
- crowded: neighbourhood in london are either shit, or if they're not they're so crowded you can't do anything. you go to a coffee shop and every seat is taken or if it's not you have to seat between two guys. on the street you can barely walk, bump into people all the time, etc
- travel time: this just sucks my soul away. there is no casual meeting someone, meeting someone is always a taxing excursion.
- Here's one that I've never seen mentioned: is it just me, or is there an abnormally high amount of poserism in London? It's fucking posers everywhere, trying to show you how they know THE BEST place to eat THE BEST food and drink THE BEST wine. Who gives a shit? Is your life so uninteresting that you spend it thinking about food?
sigh. After brexit I've started learning german, so maybe I'll try Berlin next.
I can see your other points - but this one seems kind of strange. I've not lived many places, but I'm pretty sure everywhere has people talking about the best restaurants, breweries, bars, etc. It's a part of culture - food and drink! It's a thing literally every human partakes in.
Beyond that - is your life so full of engagement and interest that you literally don't think about food? That just seems pretty exceptional to me. Not trying to judge - there's a reason that products like Soylent exist! Some people legitimately don't care, and I get that. But let other people enjoy whatever they want to - and try not to get upset if they share that with you (:
Those people suck. People who pull out their phones to take a picture of their food rather than their company tend to be showing where their interest lies. Meh.
- pollution;
- poor quality in most housing;
- small apartments (shoeboxes really);
- high rents and difficult to buy;
- crowded (streets, public transportation, roads);
- both of which leads to people being pushed to the outskirts and taking a lot of time to travel when you want to meet with friends;
Personally I got a bit tired of it, loved it in the first few years. Lots of money to be earned, and quite a lot of facilities, but for me I just grew tired of the place.
London has half as many licensed music venues as in 2004. ([1] says 35% less since 2007, I can't find where I read half.)
Also, I said I'd leave the UK if UKIP got more than 20% (or 25%, or something) in the 2014 European elections, and stood by my word :)
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/oct/20/save-londons...