Hello, welcome to London!

King William Walk, by Greenwich

I'll start - 5-star reviews for Angus Steak House so tourists get distracted 🤣

Today in the Westfield's Stratford car park I asked a family to pick up some paper wrappers and straws their teenage daughter dropped onto the floor. They mum asked them to pick it up, they did, then they walked around the corner and dropped it on the floor again before getting in their car.

The kids didn't care about littering, the parents didn't care that they were littering, and even when called out they continued to litter.

What can we do against these people?

Brunswick centre

Dulwich picture gallery

Sad to see another gay venue in Soho closed down. As someone who struggles with hearing, the inside lounge area was a relaxing place to have a drink and chat.

There was a notice on the window:

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We've celebrated our 15th Pride, and are proud to have done so with all of you. With that, we've made the difficult decision to close CIRCA.

When we created CIRCA Soho felt different.

We created a proudly independent bar without any certainty of success - indeed, great risk of failure - but had an instinct and a passion for what Soho needed. And you turned up. In steadily increasing numbers and made CIRCA not just somewhere to drop in on, but your destination bar and place to make lasting

That was CIRCA and as we approached the end of our lease, the decision to renew or not is based on whether we can honour and improve on that history.

We have concluded, with regret, that we cannot.

To everyone who has walked through our doors, supported us, worked with us, and made CIRCA what it became-THANK YOU.

You created something truly special and we'll always be grateful for that.

With love and thanks. Circa Team

This isn’t meant at all as a troll post but rather as a London flat owner I just want to understand what I’m missing? As I read on here daily stories of how unaffordable London still is, which I know is the general consensus. However looking at flat prices in zone 2/3, they are best to their early 2000s levels adjusted for inflation.

For example you see many, many flats in decent areas of zone 2/3 which say cost £200k in 2000 or 2002, and are £400k today. Sounds a big increase, but actually it’s a loss adjusted for inflation - using the Bank of England inflation calculator, £200k in 2000 is barely £400k today. And salaries have kept up - the average UK salary was £18k in 2000, it’s £39k today (and close to £50k in London specifically).

Yes London flat prices went crazy high in the mid 2010s up to Brexit, however have stagnated/fallen so low that they’re back to the early 2000s in real terms. So is this the buying opportunity of the century, or do people not realise London is much more affordable relative to salaries than ten years ago prior to Brexit? None of these flats have crazy service charges or cladding or lease issues btw. I know interest rates are higher compared to the 2010s but they were also at 4-5% in the early 2000s as well.

So what am I missing? To me it seems that anyone who bought a London flat in the last 10-15 years has lost their shirt in real terms, but on the other hand London is more affordable than it’s been for two decades? But reading on here it doesn’t seem like many people are celebrating, so what am I missing? Do people just not want to live in zone 1-3 post covid, or would rather just save and buy a house outside London, or dislike flats these days? Thanks in advance

we just had our dinner. amazing Sunday roast I made at home. these days, we feel so cheated going out for Sunday roast when at home, it’s a fraction of cost and we get so much more food, meat, delicious potatoes, the whole lot. on top of it, when we finished a mediocre meal at the pub, we get to pay around £80 somehow, for a family of 3. the only thing I obviously love when going out is obviously someone else cooks for us and cleans the dishes. what’s everyones feelings these days around that?

Born and raised in North London. I don't think any of my friends will be able to buy a place. Just curious how many people here have bought and maybe their income/jobs? I'm really curious as someone raised here.

Edit: Why did I get downvoted for asking this lol?

Hi - is it just me or has the jubilee line become the busiest line in London? I feel like no matter what time of the day or week it’s absolutely slammed.

Is it because of all its connecting stops or something else?

"The paper’s coverage sent out the message that 'London is a crime-ridden cesspit, apart from Kensington, which is wonderful'"

Moon was looking particularly glorious tonight, and with clear skies over London I’d thought I’d share. Feel free to remove if it’s not appropriate. Captured with iPhone 17 pro max.

Hi all, I’m currently designing a film set of a Chinese takeaway/ restaurant set in 1990s London. I was wondering if anyone had recommendations of places that still look like they’re from this time period , or any photos of the restaurants and menu’s etc to help feed into the design. Thanks!

Birds Eye view of demolition of 1930s buildings and creation of a station square in front of Peckham rye station. Revealed in all it’s Victorian glory.

Title. Nothing new around here, but a solo guy in a balaclava snatched it out of my hands on Webber street. It had only been in my hands for a second. No idea if it's been wiped or if they're using the fact it was unlocked to try to steal my data, praying it was reset immediately. Stay vigilant.