Point is though, in London the wages are higher and the prices are higher, so the net result is that as a tourist from the rest of the UK you might as well put up signs saying “Welcome to London. Brace yourself, it’s going in dry.”
Ok, right…. That’ll be why it costs more or less the same for most stuffs everywhere else in Britain I’ve bin to. Transport’s a bit dear here, granted, and eating out can be a bit pricey, but then it would be in a major globally important city. Ever eaten out in Paris?
it’s got more than its fair share of ignoramuses
Only when people like you come here.
As for ‘miserable’, the only people I encounter here like that are those types who constantly moan and whine about how much better it is wherever they’re from. Bugger off back there then. Don’t come here if it’s so terrible. Change to a job that doesn’t make you come to London. Tell your kids they can’t come and see the Nat Hist, Science and British Museums, they can’t come and go on the London Eye, or visit the Tower, or go on a Duck Tour, or buy trendy clothes and skate stuff from Caymden Market. Etc. Etc. Etc….
Actually, yes, please do stay way. Means I can enjoy it more without grumpy moaners droning on about crap.