Why I Love London So Much

[mcgillianaire]

There are different reasons why we love certain places more than others. Ever since I arrived here I have been thinking of reasons why I love London more than any other city in the world. This is what I have come up with (in order of preference):

1) The accents, whether it be posh stiff upper-lip Received Pronunciation or crass cockney.
2) The dry, often sarcastic, sense-of-humour.
3) The history and the fact that India is an integral part of it. (My parents, Gandhi, Nehru et al also lived here!)
4) The sport, in particular cricket, followed by football and tennis.
5) The diversity of people, particularly the large South Asian/Indian minority. It's English, yet not.
6) The tube. It's ancient, claustrophobic and overcrowded, but I'll always love it regardless.
7) The weather. It never gets too hot (Oman), never too cold (Montreal) and though it rains a lot, I don't mind it as much.
8) The monarchy and various other traditions. (goes with the history)
9) The fact that it is a political, economic and cultural capital.
10) Everything else that makes it what it is. The world's greatest city.

[Poll #1110997]

Comments

[pappubahry.livejournal.com]

This post and the previous one (on the English Premier League) are not displaying on my friends page. I don't know why. I came here because of a Facebook thingy on my news feed.

The history and the fact that India is an integral part of it. (My parents, Gandhi, Nehru et al also lived here!)
I'm not sure that this counts as an integral part of London's history.

I might think about your poll once I've finished my time in Europe and seen a few more cities. At the moment my favourite place to live would be Brisbane because of the climate and sport (specifically Lang Park/Suncorp Stadium), and my favourite place to visit is Paris, because of the landmarks and the Louvre.

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

>are not displaying on my friends page
That is really bizarre! Is it still not appearing on your friends page? And is anybody else having the same problem?

>I'm not sure that this counts as an integral part of London's history.
The India bit definitely does but the other stuff might not make up other people's integral London history, but it certainly does mine!

What/who plays at Lang Park/Suncorp Stadium?

>and my favourite place to visit is Paris, because of the landmarks and the Louvre.
I don't have a specific favourite place to visit, though London would definitely be up there, along with places like Paris, but as a country nothing comes close to India. Every time I go back to TN I see a new place and I still haven't seen everything there, leave alone the rest of the country.

[pappubahry.livejournal.com]

Is it still not appearing on your friends page?
Still not there. I get the post on your Dad, and the Merry Christmas one, and nothing from you in between.

What/who plays at Lang Park/Suncorp Stadium?
It's mostly rugby league - the Brisbane Broncos, sometimes the Gold Coast Titans, once or twice a year Queensland for the State of Origin, and sometimes Australia.

In rugby union, it hosts Queensland's games in the Super 14 and usual one Test match a year.

It also hosts Queensland Roar's soccer games in the A-League.

I've only been to the rugby league. It's a truly fantastic stadium - with my cheapest of the tickets, over in the corner up near the back, I feel like I can reach out and touch the players, and the opposite corner isn't far away either. The acoustics are great, and if it rains, 80% of the spectators are under a roof (less if it's windy I guess, but it's still pretty good).

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

>Still not there. I get the post on your Dad, and the Merry Christmas one, and nothing from you in between.
How bizarre! I'm not quite sure how to fix this.

Also, didn't realize you liked/follow rugby league. The Suncorp Stadium sounds like the San Siro of Australia.

[pappubahry.livejournal.com]

The Suncorp Stadium sounds like the San Siro of Australia.
Heh. When it opened again after its upgrading a few years ago, almost all the commentators said that it must be the best in the world. The one who'd been in Europe said that San Siro was better (its basically the same, but with over 25000 more seats), but that was all.

didn't realize you liked/follow rugby league
It was a gradual thing over a couple of years, caused by me being in a predominantly rugby league state, Aussie Rules football becoming more boring in terms of its tactics, and Brisbane's Aussie Rules team becoming bad and not very entertaining to watch.