[Closed] i find it all very sad and embarressing.....

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tbh, i'm really shocked. i've been living in a van the past week and i only got back home late last night. didn't even listen to the radio.

i find the situation very sad.

London has survived worse than this. And it's still the greatest city on Earth.

And it's not just London that's being affected by this violence. Birmingham, Bristol and Liverpool now also.

i like telling them that i think it's the best city in the world....

Well that was always bollox, so nothing which has happened tonight should've changed anything.

Shut up Ernie why don't you just go and live in Russia then? 😕

There truly is no greater city than London. FACT. It'll take more than riots to topple it from it's perch.

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There truly is no greater city than London.

I take it you've never been to any other city then ?

Yeah, a few, and London is the greatest.

Go to bed you're obviously very tired and are now babbling nonsense. 😐

Yeah, a few

Where then ? You obviously need to see quite a few more if you think London's the greatest 💡

No I don't.

You sound like an american elfin.

Did they try and torch st pauls last night then?

London is horrible but its innocent residents don't deserve the "riots" that are happening

London is horrible but its innocent residents don't deserve the "riots" that are happening

+1

I've visited quite a few city's around the world and Londons one of my favourites. I wouldn't want to live there though!

And that's coming from a Bradfordian.

London serves a purpose, that the best I can say. Oh yeah and it has good pubs.

"Oh yeah and it has good pubs."

Now come on thats definately taking it too far.

One of my mates is a Cockney and now lives in the states and posted on Facebook last night how he is genuinely upset about what Londerners are doing to London.

Greatest city in the world or not, it seems to have more than its fair share of nobbers in it at the moment. :sadface:

When Fred and I agree, you know it's right.

When Fred and I agree, you know it's right.

There truly is no greater city than London. FACT. It'll take more than riots to topple it from it's perch.

reason #57 london isn't the best place in the world; residents who think its the center of the universe.

All this 'greatest city in the world' stuff is pure jingoism anyway. Been to every other city to compare it? Thought not.

Very sad what's going on though, think we will see more and more of it over the coming years too.

hungry monkey +1.

Yeah, because being proud of where you live is such a dreadful trait isn't it?

there's a difference between being proud and stating something is better than something else as a fact surely?

London is horrible but its innocent residents don't deserve the "riots" that are happening

Agree most large cities are horrible .I am very glad to be a country bumpkin living on a farm with the best Mendip riding a mile away

Where then ? You obviously need to see quite a few more if you think London's the greatest

Well London pisses all over Sydney, put it that way. And Paris, Las Vegas and Amsterdam. Rome comes in a respectable second though. 🙂

Got to say I can't stand the place but there is no excuse for what's happening now.

great cities, like great cars, don't burst into flames every so often, and are safe to be in.

All this 'greatest city in the world' stuff is pure jingoism anyway. Been to every other city to compare it? Thought not.

Have you, to qualify your counter?

Thought not....

Inmteresting that in any argument of this type, people spout crap but don't actually present any other city on earth as being greater...

You can try. You know you will fail. When Flashy agrees with me, you know you are wrong....

And it's not just London that's being affected by this violence. Birmingham, Bristol and Liverpool now also.

The Bristol thing is just the BBC being bored, as it was just some wheelie bins in Stokes croft, not much different to every other week to tell the truth.

The Bristol riot is not really comparable to London tbh.

Been to every other city to compare it? Thought not.

Well, not every other city, I will admit, but I am rather (too) well travelled. Work takes me to pretty much every major conurbation (In recent trips, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Seattle, Chicago, New York, Rome, Turin, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Brussels...you get the idea) and to date, I have yet to find a place as astonishing as London.

I have yet to find a place as astonishing as London.

....or as combustible.

CaptainFlashheart - Member
When Fred and I agree, you know it's right.

You know you will fail. When Flashy agrees with me, you know you are wrong....

wow... what inflated levels of self-importance.

something not-uncommon for people from london i've noticed.

CFH - Maybe your view of London is clouded by your relative prosperity. Is it such a great city to live in if you're not as fortunate?

Its like a bike......there is not just one best bike in the world full stop is there! (except orange 5) 😛

Horses for courses really, I like london to visit, great city, but many others are too.

I've lived in or near London my whole life and I'd never claim it was the greatest city in the world.

And I try to avoid the sort of tiresome bores who spout lazy platitudes like that.

I find London a rather unpleasant place - there are many cities world wide I prefer.

Lived there, liked it a lot, but we all grow up. 😉

The combination of excessive self-regard whilst ignoring other people and the social and structural problems around them that many Londoners have is not very attractive.

I'd rather live in Sydney (and have done) or in Vancouver, or Edinburgh. or Bristol. Or Rome or Barcelona etc etc...

Perhaps in order to live happily in London you really have to emotionally commit to it? Like to a perennially losing football team. Not surprisingly you then fall in to some of the parochial tosh posted above.

ernie_lynch - Member

Where then ? You obviously need to see quite a few more if you think London's the greatest

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Elfinsafety - Member
No I don't.

The same "mentality" applies to a small Scottish town in the Borders, Hawick.

A well known saying among the not-so-well travelled locals is "a day out of Hawick is a day wasted".

On your "logic", Freddy-boy, they are also correct 🙄

London is fantastic, to compare cities and argue about which is best is all a bit "Top Trumps" is it not? 🙄

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wow... what inflated levels of self-importance.

something not-uncommon for people from london i've noticed.

So where does yours come from then?

Is it such a great city to live in if you're not as fortunate?

Erm, yes. As proven by me! 🙂

Perhaps in order to live happily in London you really have to emotionally commit to it? Like to a perennially losing football team. Not surprisingly you then fall in to some of the parochial tosh posted above.

See, I think that's a load of tosh what you've posted, but then we're all different, aren't we? Something never more apparent than when in London.

Abnd this:

The combination of excessive self-regard whilst ignoring other people and the social and structural problems around them that many Londoners have is not very attractive.

My personal experience is that it is actually easier to mix with 'other' people in London than it seems to be elsewhere. I certainly noticed a greater gulf between different groups whilst in New York.

I find it hard to believe ...actually i don't at all really,_ that elfin is using the tragedy of peoples livelyhoods and homes being lost as a platform to score points against people on here

Really you should be ashamed of yourself

elfin is using the tragedy of peoples livelyhoods and homes being lost as a platform to score points against people on here

He's not. He is merely standing up for the city he lives in and which he is proud of. I'm sure you'll agree it's rare that I would defend the usually inane-ranting loon that is FredBraElf, but in this I shall. He is not "using" anything here, and certainly not what is currently happening in London.

well i grew up in church crookham, the best place in the world, better than london, i'm right, no point arguing with me as i'm always right.

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Elfinsafety - Member
wow... what inflated levels of self-importance.
something not-uncommon for people from london i've noticed.

So where does yours come from then?

Is it such a great city to live in if you're not as fortunate?
Erm, yes. As proven by me!

Perhaps in order to live happily in London you really have to emotionally commit to it? Like to a perennially losing football team. Not surprisingly you then fall in to some of the parochial tosh posted above.
See, I think that's a load of tosh what you've posted, but then we're all different, aren't we? Something never more apparent than when in London.

Abnd this:

The combination of excessive self-regard whilst ignoring other people and the social and structural problems around them that many Londoners have is not very attractive.
My personal experience is that it is actually easier to mix with 'other' people in London than it seems to be elsewhere. I certainly noticed a greater gulf between different groups whilst in New York.

Rational and critical thought really isn't your strong point.

Really you should be ashamed of yourself

No; [i]you[/i] should be ashamed of yourself for trying to suggest that that is what I am/would be doing.

I'd like you to explain your insulting and ignorant comments please.

Rational and critical thought really isn't your strong point.

Wibblybibblybob. Scrottock. Belk!

No, perhaps you're right. 😐

i wasted 5 minutes of my life reading this thread

All this 'greatest city in the world' stuff is pure jingoism anyway. Been to every other city to compare it? Thought not.

Have you, to qualify your counter?

Thought not....

Inmteresting that in any argument of this type, people spout crap but don't actually present any other city on earth as being greater...

i didn't counter it, as claiming any city as the best in the world is ridiculous. its an immesurable concept, one which is a complete personal construct. i quite like london, its rather interesting. but i prefer edinburgh, and globally speaking tokyo and shanghai are far 'better' than london, in my opinion.

so your assertion that

There truly is no greater city than London. FACT. It'll take more than riots to topple it from it's perch.

FACT

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Especially as it's actually Barcelona 🙂

no... i'm right, you know i am.. there's no point arguing with me.

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Peace.

As I've said on another thread, my son lives in Camden & has done for the last 3 years. Like any dad, I love him to bits, but I haven't been to see him & It's not cos I can't be arsed either.
I have been 4 times & each time I just could not wait to get away. Each to their own but I'd rather have a tooth out.