moving to london soon

[scarletghoul]

auaururhghaaa its gonna be awesome, im sooo excited lol !!!!!!!!!!!! :):):):):):):):):):):)

[Tommy4ever]

Work or uni or just moving?

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

Me too man, moving up for uni. Whereabouts you moving to?

[bcbm]

steal some trainers for me when shit kicks off again. size 9 1/2 mens

[Sam_b]

London? Unlucky.

[the last donut of the night]

London? Unlucky.

yeah good luck with the prices

[ColonelCossack]

London ftw

Except, of course, for the aforementioned prices... And the capitalism... And the fact that many "suthern pansies" (people south of the North-South divide) are tories...

But that's more in places like Dorset, Somerset and Devon etc. At least with an urban population like in London people are more likely to vote for a central party like Labour than a more right wing party like the tories... at least where i am in London.

Whereabouts in London? Anywhere near Camden? Or Islington?

[bricolage]

yeah good luck with the prices
Aside from rent and travel you can do everything else on the cheap in London very easily... the only problem is rent and travel will probably take every penny you have.

[bricolage]

Except, of course, for the aforementioned prices... And the capitalism... And the fact that most "suthern pansies" (people south of the North-South divide) are tories...
Not really, no. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/region/3.stm)

[ColonelCossack]

Not really, no. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/region/3.stm)



But that's more in places like Dorset, Somerset and Devon etc. At least with an urban population like in London people are more likely to vote for a central party like Labour than a more right wing party like the tories... at least where i am in London.

Look at the south of England as a whole...

[bricolage]

Look at the south of England as a whole...
I swear your Dorset, Somerset and Devon comment wasn't there when I posted that...

[Red Future]

London ? Bourgeois...... I am staying in Liberal York.

[ColonelCossack]

London ? Bourgeois...... I am staying in Liberal York.

I live on the border between Camden and Islington in North London, and nearly everyone i know is at least a quasi-socialist.

[ColonelCossack]

I swear your Dorset, Somerset and Devon comment wasn't there when I posted that...

No it probably wasn't because i posted then edited then posted then edited then posted then edited it, because after I pressed post i kept thinking of new things to do to it... so you probably made your post while I was editing that line in. :P

I don't censor and edit the past! :bored:

Edit: I just did it again- it's the stuff in bold above.

[Angry Young Man]

Except, of course, for the aforementioned prices... And the capitalism... And the fact that many "suthern pansies" (people south of the North-South divide) are tories...

London seems to have been the main home of Labour's left, even in the early 90s, and the popular support's strong. Obviously it'd be best if everyone was on the barricades throwing shit at Tories, but the Labour left's better than the Labour right at least.

[Angry Young Man]

London ? Bourgeois...... I am staying in Liberal York.

York's surprisingly left-wing in comparison to other cities of its size. Bath's a jumped-up market town loaded with upper-class inbred yops and Norwich is...

...well, it's Norwich.

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

London isn't as representative of the north/south divide as places like Kent are. London is a huge, international, multi-cultural city with lots of ethnic people, big divides between rich and poor and it doesn't really have that whole 'southern fairies' thing - its too broad and isn't as 'English' as some Northern and Southern counties. I think they call it 'cosmopolitan'.

[ColonelCossack]

London isn't as representative of the north/south divide as places like Kent are. London is a huge, international, multi-cultural city with lots of ethnic people, big divides between rich and poor and it doesn't really have that whole 'southern fairies' thing - its too broad and isn't as 'English' as some Northern and Southern counties. I think they call it 'cosmopolitan'.

Good point. :cool:

[scarletghoul]

yeah its for university,, im there now, living in uhh i think the borough is newham

yeah transport is expensive but i managed to walk to central london yesterday, was fun.. so dont htink i will need to spend too much on travel

[bricolage]

Get a bike.

[ColonelCossack]

Get a bike.

But I wouldn't use those bikes you can hire because the stations are too few and far between, and so are only useful in central London... and they were introduced by a tory. :P

[Smyg]

If I'd move anywhere outside of Sweden other than Greenland, Iceland and Norway (What can I say, I have certain preferences :D ) it'd probably be London.

[bricolage]

But I wouldn't use those bikes you can hire because the stations are too few and far between, and so are only useful in central London... and they were introduced by a tory. :P
I'm not sure about that. I don't know how accurate this map is but I imagine there are around about this many;
http://www.bikerumor.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/london-map-600x349.png
The problem with the stations is more that they are full up when you get to them so you might have to look for another one, however you are right about them only being in central London (although this weeks South London Press told me they were going to be further extended into Lambeth) but they can be quite useful if you want to avoid the tube for a short distance or want to cycle around Hyde Park or something. If you only ever use them for less than half an hour at a time you can do a whole day for a quid (I think) which is pretty good value, but as soon as you do more you'll be paying a lot more.

Oh, and the original idea was Ken Livingstones if that helps you sleep better, I believe smug liberals like to call them kenny farthings.

[ColonelCossack]

I'm not sure about that. I don't know how accurate this map is but I imagine there are around about this many;
http://www.bikerumor.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/london-map-600x349.png
The problem with the stations is more that they are full up when you get to them so you might have to look for another one, however you are right about them only being in central London (although this weeks South London Press told me they were going to be further extended into Lambeth) but they can be quite useful if you want to avoid the tube for a short distance or want to cycle around Hyde Park or something. If you only ever use them for less than half an hour at a time you can do a whole day for a quid (I think) which is pretty good value, but as soon as you do more you'll be paying a lot more.

Oh, and the original idea was Ken Livingstones if that helps you sleep better, I believe smug liberals like to call them kenny farthings.

Well, I've never seen any around.

Arse hole tories stealing other people's ideas and taking credit for them. :cursing:

[scarletghoul]

if theyre only in central london then theres not much point,, might as well just walk, its a small area..

[bricolage]

if theyre only in central london then theres not much point,, might as well just walk, its a small area..
Depends what you mean by central London, here's a better map (http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/roadusers/Cycle_Hire_docking_stations_map_-_29_Jul.pdf) and you can see they go as far south as Vauxhall and as east as Whitechapel which in the grand scheme of things isn't very far but bigger than what you'd call central London. Like I said though they are only really worth it for short journeys or rather those you can do in under half an hour (which thinking about it can actually be quite far) or else you'll be paying more.

Still though I'd recommend getting a bike of your own.

[bricolage]

Well, I've never seen any around.
Initially I think this was the case however I'm under the impression they since added more stations and such like, I'll be honest when they first came out I thought they were pure shit but if you work them properly they can actually be a quick and cheap way of getting about.