Posted on 05/20/2015 8:07:57 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
cosmopolitan: “familiar with and at ease in many different countries and cultures”
London is lots of fun but you always need to watch when you step off the curb.
From force of habit, Americans tend to look the wrong way.
I’ve been to both cities a few times. Agree with the author that it is a toss-up. Some observations:
— I’ve driven in NYC. It is obscenely expensive, in terms of both tolls and parking. You can easily take a train into the city, but I’ve found that getting back is a nightmare. I’ve never driven in London (or the UK for that matter).
— ALL the 21-35 year old women in London are attractive, with many who are beautiful. I cannot make that statement about any other place.
— I hate the unpredictable weather. Seems to rain a few times a day.
— Yes, everything is VERY expensive. Much more so than NYC. In fact, eating out in NYC is surprisingly affordable.
— Public restrooms seem very hard to find in NYC. And lines proliferate, especially for the ladies room. Which is why my wife hates going there.
And Mind the Gap. (I'm going to London next month.)
Dunno. They don’t speak English in either place.
Used to love the Jones Street Brewery in Omaha in the early-mid 1990s. Loved the Old Market area in general, but it was on the small side. My wife says she ran into Harrison Ford there once.
No kidding. Almost got myself killed that way.
Neither.
My wife and I LOVE the Old Market area, HOWEVER parking is a NIGHTMARE!
Oil sheiks are plowing their ill-gotten gains into London real estate. Who's going to compete with that?
On the plus side, you can move money, but you can't move real estate. The Brits could pull the plug on the Arabs anytime they want to (not yet, but in 30 or 40 years?) and just 'repatriate' everything. "Sorry, mate, no refunds."
Have visited both cities many times and enjoy both, as a visitor. And I did live just outside NYC for a number of years but not in the city itself. But between the two I have always felt that, given an extremely good income in either place, that I would enjoy living in London far more. Part of that is the civility of people there and the lack of same in New York, or the Northeast in general. But it’s strictly a matter of personal preference.
They use the word “CAPITOL”! capital referres to money or finance as in “Capital One”(what’s in your dictionary?)
Spelled “refers” wrong...indeed what is in “my dictionary”OOPS”!
I suggest you re-examine the definitions of capital and capitol. They used capital correctly in this context. Again, using my example of Hollywood being the movie capital of the United States, or Chicago being the murder capital, it's no different. With respect to government, capitol is a building, capital is a city.
It’s a lot easier to get to America from New York City than from London ...
Therefore, London is a better city ...
For leftists to live in.
Okay you’re right! I was thinking of centers or buildings where legal legilatures meet as in the US CAPITOL BUILDING whereas DC is the Capital of the US. Color me blushing and humbled!
London, no doubts about that.
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