England crapness
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I just came back to expensive Dublin from an extended weekend in expensive London. It seemed allright - bad weather, worse food, Mary fukn Poppins..
Actually the food - Thai, Indian and Chinese - was great. If anyone's concerned, there is a wide choice of all kind of non-English food you might want (especially bread) available in stores so that should be covered.
The tube is expensive as hell but bearable outside the most congested hours. Even buses seemed to run on time, to my surprise.
London seemed far from going downhill. Its unconcealable and grande shitness comes from things spinning well and fast it seems. It's a busy bee hive.What I cannot stand on both of these islands is the unbelievable crapness of housing. Even the expensive (like every place isn't) houses/apartments seem to be built from cardboard and plaster with a few bricks added for looks. They make strange noises and never keep heat longer than 15 minutes after the radiator's off. Double glazed windows seem to be luxury. Places built in 2007 still come with split hot/cold water taps which is way far beyond my understanding of things.
Americans probably wouldn't understand what I am talking about either. Irish and British only understand if they've been in a Swedish house in Winter. On the Old Continent houses are built from things closer to bricks and concrete I'd say. They just feel.. I think solid is the word. Some people say it's because weather is mild on The Islands so you don't need to worry about freezing Winters. Just go to sunny Spain where ppl hardly ever see any snow and see what they've been building for centuries: solid stuff!- er.. can't tell if that was sarcasm, but Spanish construction's generally pretty goddamn far from 'solid stuff'detritus
- I have been to Sweden, never felt cold there. Cheap lake houses too.slappy
- That's what I mean slappy - Irish who've been to Sweden understand what foreigners complain about here.rafalski
- construction is decaying everywhere. nice solid houses built til early 1900's (shit even 1950's) are no more.********
- not everywhere in the UK has the same architectural tradition. Up here its as solid as solid gets. Victorian tenements in the main. and built up, rather than outkelpie
- ...main, and built up, rather than out. Big, big plus, that.kelpie
- Need to investigate Scotland.. Spanish construction isn't best, but what I've seen beats the UK average (as I know ofc.)rafalski
- i like the split tabs -- i absolutely hate when there is only one tap.pr2