New York Vs London

Those London pictures nearly put me to sleep. . .

. . .but I must say the greenery and open space that London has to offer by far outdoes that of NYC.

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London has over a thousand public parks, commons and other open spaces.

My favourite is Hyde Park located in West London.

I agree with you Ebony.

those towers in London, are they all churches? old church buildings all over london? i don't know you tell me Angie

Ma guy, it's all in good spirit.

Without the tags Afam attached to his pics those tall boring square rectangular glass buildings could pass for anywhere else Tokyo, Los Angeles etc etc But looking at the Pics post by Angie the character/personality of little London shines through not bland and straight building in new york,

Think about it, residents and tourists alike actually spend hours pouring at the architecture and history of building in London unlike New York; where the buildings are all the same, the buildings are so boring they decided to add some fancy lights to it-how sad, even more depressing is the fact that these building are covered bwith tacky adverts-how desperate! just shows they cant make money from tourist so they paint it with tacky adverts of condoms, botox, boob jobs yuck yuck yuck

where's the advert for "condoms and boob jobs"  . Also Oxford Circus looks "worse" than that pic below

i have been to new york and london many times in my dreams. So u know how that place is? I have even gone around the city more than people that have been there.

Some are Churches, some castles, some palaces all built centuries ago. For some to suugest that they be knocked down to make way for a glass skyscraper is highly ludicrous. There are nearly a 100 churches, chapels and Abbeys in London (not the whole of the UK) which are over 200 years old.

A couple of the most famous are St Margaret's Chapel originally built in the 12th century and then rebuilt in 1486.



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Westminster Abbey originally founded in 616 . First stone building in 1065 survived fires, bombs with constant regeneration throughout the centuries with the last major regeneration in the 18th century. hundreds of historical people have had their funerals, weddings or are even buried or commemorated there including Shakespeare, Charles Dickins, Queen Victoria, Oscar Wilde, Jane Austen etc. This church is a world heritage site



 Westminster Abbey in the 1700s.

Was new york built to be a tourist attraction in the first place? the answer is NO. It's true that london had existed centuries b4 New york. New york is the commercial and financial company that's why every Fortune 500 company is dying to have their headquarters in New york. If you ask those companies where they'll like to have their headquarters, u know what they'll tell you.

London should try to built more infrastructures on the outskirts of london as instructed by the IOC, because of it's stuffy nature.

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Safety~~~London is not as safe as New York.I have read many news online about people getting stab in broad daylight by Chavs.

Privacy~~CCTV is everywhere in the city.They watch your every move.

Diversity~~New York is full of every nationality.

Affordibality~~London is expensive.REALLY EXPENSIVE!!

here are some quotes,

"A new report has found that Londoners are six times more likely to be robbed or assaulted than New Yorkers, that their cost of living is nearly 40% higher, and that their largest university, the University of London, has just 125,000 students, compared with the City University of New York's 450,000 students."

"New York is also a more affordable city, the report finds. Citing a 2007 survey from Mercer Human Resource Consulting, London became the second most expensive city in the world behind Moscow last year, climbing from fifth place. New York dropped five places, to rank 15th."

"New York is also a more global city, as defined by its hosting more firms that have offices in at least 15 cities around the globe, according to the Globalisation and World Cities Group. While London is the most popular location for European headquarters of international businesses, "New York has the edge in terms of total numbers of global firms," the study found."

"New York also comes out on top in terms of crime. It is among the safest cities in America, with violent crime dropping 75% over the past 12 years, and the murder rate last year at its lowest level since 1963. London, meanwhile, has seen violent crime on the Underground rise 14% between 2004 and 2005, according to the British Transport Police, and its street crimes skyrocket more than 40% between 2001 and 2002."


Source:http://www.nysun.com/new-york/ny-fares-well-vs-london-in-a-new-study/83495/

Til today their so called CCTVs havent found the guys who robbed the jewelery store. Instead they accused a black football player with a CAST.

Why are you apologising and who is 'Everyone'?

A huge majority of Nigerians in the UK and have sneaked into the country on a crate on a crate. 

America has the visa lottery program and plenty of others designed to increase immigration. That plus it is also quite easy to sneak into America through the Mexican border and that is the reason why California and every US state which has a shares a border line with Mexico has essentially been eaten up by their South American neighbours.  Illegals can stay in America for years on end before applying for a visa without returning back to their country while in the UK that is impossible. So just because a few of your mates are in the UK it doesn't negate the fact that the American visa is easier to obtain that the British one.




Did the accused black footballer get arrested in London?

@Seant21

Give it a rest! No way is New York safer than London. It is always laughable when people start quoting percentages and not actual figures. New York has one murder for every 16,600 inhabitants, while London has one for every 38,900. Have you ever questioned the reason why the NYPD are always armed to the tilt with guns while the London Bobbie can get away with carrying just a truncheon?  . Please be real. Quoting the number of university figures is also silly. Of course you are going to get more people attending NYU. It is a bigger university and so has the capacity to accept more students than UCL!Duh!

That doesnt change the fact that it's easier to go there than the States.