What It's Really Like Living in London, England 🇬🇧

What's one thing you love about London? What do you think of London? Do you like the city? Now, on the flip side, is there something you hate? Is there something you hate? Uh, yes. Are you from London? I moved here three years ago. Three years? Okay. What's one thing you love about London? Uh, probably the diversity and the amount of stuff going on. And then, what was the other one? One thing I don't like. Something you don't like? Uh, probably very related to that. It's just the busyness, and can sometimes be quite intense. Did you grow up in London? Uh, that's a long story. No problem. Tell me, what do you love about London? I love it because I live here. What do you hate about London? Too many other people live here. Thank you so much. And what are you doing, this university, or? I run a YouTube channel, so I've done similar things like in Montreal. Well, it's so funny because I was stopped in the street, you know, about a couple of months ago by some chap who was doing a thing about old people, you see. Certainly not what I'm doing. No, no, so that's what he was doing. So my granddaughter suddenly sends me a WhatsApp thing. Ganna, I just saw you on my podcast! Well, I hope it was flattering. I hope they weren't making fun of old people. No, no, he was doing some research project. You must look approachable, you're getting famous. I suppose so. Thank you, have a great day. What's your name? Ines. Ines, what's something you love about London? Something I love about London is the fact that it's a big melting pot. You just find people from all over the world, all around the world. Yeah, that's something we don't really have in Portugal. The multiculturalism, stuff like that. Yeah, exactly. The one thing I love about London is its history and its culture and that it's a welcoming space for everybody to come and visit. Now on the flip side, is there something you hate about London? I hate that everybody comes here to visit and I hate that it's... All the people like me. No, I love everyone coming to visit. I hate that you have to pay so much to do cool stuff in London. It should be a lot cheaper. Now on the other side, is there something you hate? Yes. If you take the underground during rush hour, it's absolutely mental, absolutely chaotic. You are just... You feel like a sardine inside a tin. You just get all sweaty and then you get outside and it's really cold so you don't really know how to dress up for the underground. You're working in London? Yeah. Most of the time. Okay. What's your name? Michael Beckett. Michael, what's one thing you love about London? I just love London. It's the greatest city on earth. If you... I forget who it is who said it. If you're tired of London, you're tired of life. And that is absolutely true. Wow. So everything. Yeah. I mean, I'm 90 years old and two months ago. Happy birthday. Yeah. And I worked at the Bank of Montreal in London. And I'm just down here for an annual pensioner's lunch, which is just around the corner here. And I live in Devon now, in Exeter. You won't believe it. I just got off a plane from Montreal. That's where I flew from. Have you? Yeah. Alright. Yeah. Well, we're very much involved with Canada. One of my mother's sisters married a Canadian army officer. After the war, after the Second World War. And he was Lieutenant Colonel Reg Abrams. And he married my mother's sister. And he got me a job with the Bank of Montreal. Wow. I bet you've seen a lot of changes in London over the years. Yeah. I mean, I don't agree with all the changes, no. Certainly the politics of it. Is there one thing specific you dislike about London? One of the things that you wish were different? Well, I don't like the political interference. Like the taxi driver couldn't get drive here to the city because they've banned vehicles coming across London Bridge. As you can see, it's empty now. Oh, I see. But I mean, originally, you'd just get a bus from the Tube or a taxi, not a bus. A lot of bureaucracy, stuff like that. Too much bureaucracy. Interference in daily life. Say that. I mean, I don't know if you ever go on YouTube, I could tell you where to... Yeah, there you are. Michael Beckett, what a legend that guy was. I don't know if you saw that at the end, he took out his phone. He said, let me get a photo. He took a photo of me. He's like, you got the video, I'll take a photo. There you go. Nice to see you. I do go on YouTube, yeah. Are you from London? Are you visiting? We're just visiting. Where are you from? Sheffield. Oh, cool, cool, cool. Okay. Well, what's one thing you love about London? Something that we love about London is it's very happening. So people are very happy, busy. So it's a happening place. Something we like about London. And something that we don't like about London is something similar. It's very busy, really busy. People are really busy. And then... One thing we like most is the mix of culture. I mean, the versatility in the city. It has so many people, so many diverse cultures. So many places to visit. You said you're from Sheffield? Yeah. Is it less diverse? Is it like a different feeling? I've never been there. Sheffield is more like an industrial base. So it's a steel city. I mean, the population-wise, the people, there are many mix of people there in Sheffield. Oh, very cool. In London, it's like you can meet, you know, you run into almost all the people in the world. First of all, are you from London? Did you move here? I moved here a year and a week ago. A year and a week? Awesome. So after a year in London, what do you love? What do you hate? Food options. Absolutely love. What do I hate? The tube. I hate getting on the tube. Just too crowded? Or what do you hate about it? Too crowded, too hot, too busy. I like peaceful, quiet. So, yeah. Maybe, could you tell me in French, what do you think of London? Do you like the city? Either one who would like to answer. In French. Oui. We love London a lot. We feel good. We even think of coming here one day, if it's possible. We like the atmosphere, the people, the things to visit. Super. Maybe in Arabic, what do you think of London? London is a very beautiful city. There are a lot of people. There are a lot of things we can do. I came from Tunisia and I went there very happy. Okay, I understood the French. I have no idea. Could you tell me what you said? Yeah, I said that London is a beautiful city and there are a lot of people in this city. It's a very cosmopolitan city. So you said you're an international student? Yes. Where are you from originally? Canada. I'm Canadian too. Oh, you are? Yeah, I'm visiting from Montreal. Oh, I'm from Toronto. Very cool. Okay, so you're from Toronto, you're in London. Yeah. What do you love about the city? I love that you can walk to a lot of places. I don't really mind taking a 15-minute walk, especially when the weather is nice. You don't do that in Canada. You drive everywhere. It doesn't matter if it's a 10-minute walk, you'll drive. Yeah, definitely a walking culture here. Yeah, I like it here. Now, on the flip side, is there something you hate? One thing that I hate about London would probably be just how often it's raining. It's gloomy all the time and today the weather is great, but usually it's not that great. Very cool. So Toronto is also a big city. Do you have a favorite or is that too hard to ask? It's like... Toronto versus London, any thoughts? Obviously walkability. Anything else that's super different here? Okay, Toronto versus London. I like how the streets look better in London. I think in Toronto it gets a lot more crowded in a bigger area. You know how here it's only in sections and stuff. I think it might be cheaper to live in Toronto. That's one thing. I think anywhere might be cheaper than here. I think a lot of places are cheaper than London, but yeah. Wait a minute, let me think about... The hate comes before the love. Well, yeah. Are you from London? I'm born and bred. Born and bred, beautiful. What do you love about London? The thing I love about London is always something to do. Always. Never get bored with London. Beautiful. The reason I don't like it is probably the crime levels. That's what I don't like. You said you were born here. Have you seen a change in that? Has it got worse? Has it always been this way? I think it's got worse. I think it has. But there again, we're all on social media so much. We're all aware of just what crime is taking place. If social media wasn't there, we wouldn't be so aware. That's a good point. Sometimes you wonder if it's just the perception. You do, yeah. That's right. What was your name? Steve. Thanks a lot, Steve. Thank you. Before we go, I've got to give a quick shout out to St. Christopher's Village Inn. This is a hostel in central London. Short walk from London Bridge and all that stuff. They gave me a free stay to help me make this video. It's a cool place. They've got a bar down below. Lots going on. Definitely check them out if you're visiting London. Hope you guys enjoyed this video. Let me know what cities you would like me to make a similar concept in. If you're at a hostel or something and you want to help me keep my expenses low, definitely reach out. We can make something happen. As always, guys, I'm Dan from The New Travel. I'll catch you next time.