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[gregory999]

London is a 'miserable city' with low morale and without a soul.
Nine boroughs in London have made a top 10 list of the worst places to live in the UK.

There is a study which showed that is it potentially cheaper for Londoners to commute to the city from Madrid, based on the fact that on average a Londoner who worked in Liverpool Street spent £2,016 a month on rent and travel expenses.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/worst-places-to-live-in-the-uk-barking-and-dagenham-come-first-in-top-ten-list-dominated-by-nine-london-boroughs-10442606.html

[Hod]

Hello Stuka, plenty of Madrid info on this very board. It's a real wallet buster and not much fun. Give me London, ta.

[creeper1]

[scot47]

London is okay for the Oligarchs. No good if you are working for a living. And if you are EFLing - forget it !

[Dedicated]

Despite all the negativity displayed on this board about the UK and London, there is surely no greater vote of confidence in Britain, no stronger recognition of the health of the economy and no warmer appreciation for British culture than the fact that 636,000 people came to live, work and study here last year. ( Figures published in Gov. UK reports)

It hasn't always been this way. In every year between 1964 and 1978, more people left the UK than arrived.

[bulgogiboy]

Hands down, Saudi Arabia. The bleakest hellhole I've ever had the misfortune to 'live' in. Awful, messed up people, terrible weather, hassles about everything, a general feeling of being in the largest prison on earth, except perhaps bar North Korea.

I've worked in several countries, including in the Iraqi desert. Even that was nicer than Saudi.

[sheikh radlinrol]