London

My friend sold her 2 bed flat in Stockbridge for £260,000

How long ago? I'd think something like that could well go for double that now.

(And London weighting, when it is available, is a piffling amount of money compared to housing costs; it hardly approaches the 77% gap in house prices highlighted by Madchen).

So

Average house price in London is 1.77 x that in Edinburgh
Average salary in London is 1.32 x that in Edinburgh

But I'm rubbish with statistics so somebody else can manipulate the figures to demonstrate what they think about them.

This is the thing I really love about London.

Londoners...how does one report a black cab for refusing a fare? I've been googling but can't find a way to report it. Also he was driving while eating a kebab.

http://www.london-taxi.co.uk/taxi/complaints.htm

https://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/contact/pco/

thanks guys...i've reported him. let the powers of official justice deal with him!

http://i.imgur.com/AkNgf.jpg

i am going to london in late april to visit some friends and 'hang'

anything i should be doin' there? fun things cool things?

day trips?

You should be planning a FAP

And possibly seeing Lauryn Hill in concert

i wonder if lauryn would 'fancy a pint'

srsly tho i have never met any london ilxors i dont think

i am going to be lookin' around for funnish stuff to do during the days while my friends are at work. should i take day trips anywhere?

definitely do a beer with some of us. what sort of day trips do you have in mind?

im not sure haha! i just thought maybe like... day trips would be cool? ihavent seen any of england outside of london.

except in movies.

Oxford and Cambridge are easy day trips on the train. Worth seeing one or the other.

Was thinking bout that ya!

Just be aware that a round trip train ticket to Brighton costs approximately 1 million pounds

oh yeah, even in the off-season? (is april the off-season?)

Lunchtime is about as off-season as it gets these days.

Coach is reasonably quick to oxford (90 mins) and about half the price of the train.

thread summary:
q) what should i do in london?
a) get the hell out!

hahah noooooo

train tickets are a lot more affordable when bought in advance, but then you're supposed to travel only on that specific train.

Parks is a good idea, for things to do in london in actual london. Through Regent's Park and up Primrose Hill is a decent stroll ending with a good view over the city.

i am very into taking 'walks' (free, fun, photos)

walking along the riverside, from e.g. battersea bridge to tower bridge, is kind of a must

i will do that!!

excited to see what's playing at BFI! seeing l'atalante the last time i was in london, some years ago, was a highlight of my cinemagoing life

Bring Back Brown's Broken Britain

it's true about Sam Smiths - dearer than ever before, but then so is everything else
the lager is good and distinctive
so are the specials like cherry beer
and yes, they do have a different atmosphere which I still tend to like.

is the beer really now 2.8%??

swap sam smiths with a wetherspoons, then

xp

yeah - pointed out to me just before leaving the bricklayers a few weeks ago, feeling surprisingly sober.

These people seem to be up on it all

It was about 2.20 in Sam pubs pre-Christmas, it's now at least 3 quid, at least for a lager. For me that jump means I'd rather go somewhere with decent food, better beer, and nicer atmos. They're not bad pubs but at 3 quid I reckon it's about 80p or so cheaper than a pint of something decent; in somewhere that's definitely nicer.

Mind you the one I frequented most was The Rising Sun near Barbican, plenty of nice alternatives around there.

Drinking round the Barbican and not going to the Old Red Cow is straight-up wasteful IMO.

always too busy imo. it is small.

or just bring a six pack into the barbican?

a six pack of toilet duck

when it's payday

la dee da

time was you would joke about drinking a six pack of toilet duck in the street

really cleaned up the street

Is this the London thread?

Did you see this?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/magazine/china-mieville-london.html?emc=eta1

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Say something about it

i read that and wasnt sure what to think

what should i think

should i cancel my trip

Definitely, you don't want to hang out with racists and alcoholics.

"eyes roll with the duh".

Say something about it

it's not interesting enough to, really. mostly it reminded me that i don't get along with miéville's prose at all.

the fluff piece that ran alongside it (what are the LDN equivs of these NYC things iirc) was actually more interesting

"The mayor is a ninja of bumptiousness"

Lex otm, esp re: the fluff. Such an effort to read and although I recall vaguely agreeing with him I can't remember a single specific thing that he says.

read the first page and had no idea what thesis he was attempting to expound, beyond a few 'pensions! strikes! olympics!' handwaving signifiers.

It's not written for Londoners really though is it? I mean most of us will be familiar with most of the arguments and issues in it.

/Say something about it/

it's not interesting enough to, really. mostly it reminded me that i don't get along with miéville's prose at all.

this x 1000. absolutely convinced he dictates his novels, and what interested me about the article most was how its prose hobbles along.

Are you all posting from the banlieues of London? Is there anything I can do to help?

suggest banlieu

Haha very good

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banlieuy jagger

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6058/6330354186_ec8974ff10_b.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicohogg/

that dude gets london p much

yeah thats great