It’s not that London is too big, but that other large UK cities are too small

Re:It’s not that London is too big, but that other large UK ... by chrisseaton on Saturday September 02, 2017 @08:44AM (#15155684)

Getting the train down from where I live in Cheshire to London is like going forward-in-time three years. It really is! It's a silly and trivial example, but there are chains of shops and restaurants that I don't recognise when I go down, but they'll start to appear in the north in three years.

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Re:It’s not that London is too big, but that other large UK ... by isostatic on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @07:45AM (#15174227)

3 years really isn't a long time. To me going to London is like going back in time 10 years, crowded, terrible transports, and the pubs all shut at half ten!

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Re:It’s not that London is too big, but that other large UK ... by praulv on Saturday September 02, 2017 @02:43PM (#15157539)

I know, we even have a new pound coin down here that might trickle its way up through some petty change.

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