On the "only London" point, really? I lived in the UK for several years and I was constantly reading news about city centre louts across the country stealing people's phones, harassing people, making life unpleasant and the police not being able to do anything about it.

That, and the cost of living in the UK so high, for such modest/low quality of life. Don't get me started on hot/cold separate water faucets.

You can tell I didn't exactly enjoy my time there.