Because it's London.
London has everything that everywhere else in England doesn't have:
- Jobs (particularly if you want elite-type jobs such as creative or high-paying finance jobs)
- All the amenities you could ever want including, entertainment, culture, shopping and cuisine from every corner of the globe, plus a public transport system to get you to those amenities
- True cultural diversity where people from all over the world [for the most part] generally mix together in harmony - one of the first questions anyone gets asked when being introduced to new people is "So, where are you from?" and you never know what they're going to say. It's wonderful.
- London is possibly culturally, economically, politically and historically, the most important city in the world.
Yes, London is extortionately expensive. I probably will never be able to buy a house here, but in living here I at least have a shot at ending up in my chosen career (one of those creative ones I wouldn't be able to do in Aylesbury, or Doncaster where I have previously lived, or in Cheltenham where my brother lives and works in a pub for 50 hours a week and earns only just over half of what I earn).
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Fork Has lost his bash virginity!, Fri 9 May 2014, 15:16,
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yes, but its London
nuff said
edit: each to their own, but fuckit, I live on top of a big hill in the middle of nowhere slap bang next to a pub, bloody lovely it is
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wideeye slightly pickled, Fri 9 May 2014, 15:22,
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Those are my roots too. I live in west London specifically so I can be closer to the green spaces.
But there's simply no place like it to pursue a career dream.
I'm not saying London is better than everywhere else (I'd love to be able to do what I want to do in a nice rural town, but the work simply doesn't exist there), just that people usually go to live there for a reason and realise they have to pay a price for it.
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Fork Has lost his bash virginity!, Fri 9 May 2014, 15:28,
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Yes but it's full of pricks too.
Also, come to this
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Pig Bodine., Fri 9 May 2014, 15:24,
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Ooooh, that would be my first ever B3ta bash.
And I'm single for the first time in 10 years. Are there people to do sex with there?
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Fork Has lost his bash virginity!, Fri 9 May 2014, 15:29,
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Depends on how much you are willing to pay
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spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Fri 9 May 2014, 15:38,
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What's the going rate these days?
You could get a date with a bottle of Smirnoff Ice and MySpace band page when I was last on the prowl.
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Fork Has lost his bash virginity!, Fri 9 May 2014, 15:43,
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I'm going & I'm also recently single (first time in 15 years-ish)
But, yeah: I don't do uglies/pityfucks. Sozzers :(
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Fri 9 May 2014, 15:49,
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We can drown each other's sorrows then, Tabs.
Then leer over other people and talk about how we'd "give him/her one" whilst not doing anything about it.
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Fork Has lost his bash virginity!, Fri 9 May 2014, 16:00,
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Oh yes
Terrible place, I only ever pass through London and try to hold my breath and soul whilst doing so lest someone tries to suck them out of me for a profit. Cunt central.
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Brandy_Bumwinkle, Fri 9 May 2014, 15:38,
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havnt been in londo now for the last weeks since being made redundant
can honestly i dont miss the the driving there or working in some of the shitiest houses i have seen but on the most part even some of the poorest imigrants i have helped and worked with will offer you a drink or some food as a matter of politness/honour despite being ripped of and having to live in conditions that you or i would find intolerable.
i made some great friends and tried many foods that i would probably never have had a chance to sample if i hadnt had that job, but the cost of renting any were is simply crippling
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fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Fri 9 May 2014, 17:48,
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