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- vespa0
london is a big shitty grey city but i love it.
every nation is represented and every activity known to humanity has a specialist club devoted to it. it's actually 5 very different towns that have all become so big they've bled into one, but once you settle in a particular corner you become so attached that we're all convinced we'll need our passports just to move a few miles to another borough.
i love big cities, and i love new york too.
i think of new york and london as being like two different people.
new york is like one of those people you meet at a party, that you like IMMEDIATELY - they are heaps of fun, easy to understand, charismatic, you can't wait to party with them again - if you hung out with them for years you'd probably end up totally wired and in lots of debt but with some gorgeous handbags and awesome stories to tell at the end of it.
london is more like one of those people that sits in the corner and doesn't really talk to anyone unless you seek them out. you keep seeing them at different parties so after a while you get to know them slowly and discover they have more and more layers that build up to make an incredibly interesting personality. london is basically a dirty old drunkard who has been everywhere and done everything.
i keep saying i'm going to leave and find a better quality of life somewhere else but i must confess i'm addicted to this filthy town.