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Rate This City: Day 32 - London
- Thread starter Child_Of_God
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That's the whole point of a INTERNATIONAL CityYou do know that would make good ol' London superior to ANY city in entire continent of Africa or the whole West Indies, using that criteria, right?
Because of infrastructure, this how i know you people dont travel and again most of the countries are forced nations or business deals. Nigeria was literally a business deal to a company called UnileverI wonder why you don't see any African or West indian countries vying to become bastons of transatlantic Pan African diversity that their diasporas seem to covet so much(conveniently when in AA spaces)?
This is why i constantly tell to go pick up a history book and acutally look into shyt y'all talking about. If this shyt was easy as we wanted to be it it would have been done already
Akon even said he tried to change the power distribution structure of senegal but his president told him to stop because he would have literally caused a war to happen
you lack of understanding about history in regards to other black diaspora and how western powers continue to destabilize majority black nations is annoying
we just had a thread of shyt like this going on in Haiti and how renegade american expats are shipping illegal guns to that nation
cease and desist from this buffoonery seriously
you do know there were folks who stayed back after WW2 thats neither here nor there
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Child_Of_God
Love is a long road.
I will do Tokyo tomorrow.
WavyHair ChippedTeeth
All Star
Home.
Grateful to have been born and raised here. I’ve learnt so much from simply interacting with people from a different background.
Those West London girls tho
10.
Grateful to have been born and raised here. I’ve learnt so much from simply interacting with people from a different background.
Those West London girls tho
10.
Home.
Grateful to have been born and raised here. I’ve learnt so much from simply interacting with people from a different background.
Those West London girls tho
10.
what exactly is considered west london? south london, east london, north london
WavyHair ChippedTeeth
All Star
Some parts of West London have South London post codes. I personally don’t consider them south as I’m crossing water to get there lol. I don’t think anyway one from south considers them as South Londoners tbh.
Then you also have North London and North West London debate.
This wiki page is helpful.
Greater London - Wikipedia
ISO
Pass me the rock nikka
Carribeans are deep in several Brooklyn hoods not just Flatbush, also deep in Queens, also deep in the North Bronx.
And we have every type of Caribbeans
ISO
Pass me the rock nikka
My nikka how? Y'all have a lot of Africans and Caribbeans.NYC has no where number of Africans and Caribbeans London has, you are definitely jacking that one on dogs
NYC still isnt seeing London when it comes to the collective black diaspora and thats on everything
NYC has ADOS, Caribbeans, Afro-Latinos, Africans.
London is 16% black with 1.1M black inhabitants. NYC is 26% black with over 2M black inhabitants.
Child_Of_God
Love is a long road.
London #1 and San Diego #2
It's tied with NYC now.
ISO
Pass me the rock nikka
That's not unique to London my guy.
Hot 97 plays Afrobeats and dancehall tracks. We listen to that stuff at all our functions and it plays in our clubs. We all appreciate each other.
There's some afro Latinos here bro you'd be surprised. All the AAs there are military expat and college grads so I'll give you thatMy nikka how? Y'all have a lot of Africans and Caribbeans.
NYC has ADOS, Caribbeans, Afro-Latinos, Africans.
London is 16% black with 1.1M black inhabitants. NYC is 26% black with over 2M black inhabitants.
Only 16% percent might wanna go peep those numbers again breh it's at least 35%
Edit: for the record I didn't say London was overall better. I would still prefer to Live in NYC. But in certain aspects London does beat London
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Uchiha God
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One of the best cities on the planet. Right up there with NYC for me
Sankofa Alwayz
#FBADOS #B1 #D(M)V #KnowThyself #WaveGod
Alright now, here’s more things about my time in LDN.
The touristy side of London is very world class in its offerings. I’ve checked out the Millennium Bridge, took pictures of Westminster Lobby and Big Ben from the London Bridge, walked across the iconic Tower Bridge, visited the Ancient Egyptian wing of the British Museum, checked out Buckingham Palace, spent some time in Piccadilly Circus as well as nearby Oxford Street, explored Chinatown, seen much of the Tower of London, and checking out Harry Potter-related stuff in King’s Cross Station. I generally prefer not to spend too much time in the tourist zones of other cities but some of these places were pretty dope to visit.
A lot of Londoners are generally reserved but can be quirky asf and very interesting to get to know. I’m a reserved person as well so London was perfect for me. When some of them ask you if you’re American, they were often pretty curious about Trump, what’s it like living under him (pause), what brings you to London/UK, where in the States are you from, etc. You can tell the average London citizen is often engaged with what’s going on in the world to some extent. Also, contrary to popular belief, Londoners do not have crooked teeth lol. Now when I went to Liverpool as part of a weekend excursion tho
A good amount of Londoners had on some nice looking fits, most especially Black folks and young and/or wealthy Indians. Even a good amount of the Cacs dressed pretty clean on some GQ shyt. I’ve also noticed that a lot of people in London wear dress shoes, loafers, and suedes frequently while rocking casual yet clean looking fits. You could get a sense that London is a major fashion capital.
Speaking of fashion, London is one of the best shopping experiences you’ll ever partake in. I’ve found a lotta good shyt up and down Oxford Street, Camden Market, and Westfield Stratford City Mall. Their malls are big as hell and the one in the Stratford City area of London looked like a bigger and more posh version of Tyson’s Corner Center or Phipps Plaza...Even the food court and food offerings were significantly better. A lot of stores in London that sell hot commodities and/or high end quality shyt tend to always have bodyguards at the front end of the store as security. nikkas be looking like Secret Service and all that. You can find some pretty good shyt at bomb ass prices at Primark too
The food is surprisingly pretty good! They don’t put as much processed shyt in their food if any at all, which is why a lot of it would taste strange to the American palette at first. It’s food at its most natural state but it was still good. Obviously the ethnic foods were much better than the standard British food, but the burgers and steaks were of sound quality. The English Breakfast was a unique experience....Very hearty meal lol, not something I would eat every single day tho
Still find a couple of concepts about the English Breakfast strange but when in Rome I suppose lol. But some of the best food in London that I had were all non-Cac food basically lol, particularly Indian, Jamaican, Lebanese, Egyptian, Vietnamese, Malaysian, Chinese, etc. Also, apparently the most popular drunk food in London is KFC 
shyt’s hilarious especially considering my go-to drunk food in London was Mickey D’s LMAO!!!
The nightlife was one of my most favorite things about LDN. Had a good time pub crawling and hitting up a few nightclubs in Camden Town. The first two clubs (first one had a full service bar with a dance floor and the second one had a bowling alley inside) were good despite being mostly Cac. My most favorite nightclub in CT being The Stables, which was the third or fourth nightclub I hit up. It was mad packed and people were actually dancing they asses off. Hardly saw anybody on their phones or standing up against the wall taking up space or mean-mugging for no damn reason. It was the more diverse nightclubs since I’ve seen a decent amount of Black folks and non-Cacs in there. Music was crankin with a mix of Hip Hop, EDM, UK Garage, Modern Dancehall, Afro Swing, Afro Beats, and Trap. Even danced and grind up on two fine ass dark chocolate Jamaican Queens, especially one with a fatty
And ain’t none of them were on some goofy ass boujee shyt acting like they ain’t tryna dance up on you unlike a lotta females here in the States 
If my group weren’t leaving, I would’ve stayed and tried to go smack but I was hella drunk and wasn’t tryna take no chances in an environment I’m not familiar with. RIP to The Stables since the place burned down literally a couple of days after I left back home for the States...Hearing about that shyt legit had me 
A lot of LDN Black women are gorgeous and are generally friendly. Most of them are refreshingly feminine even the hood/ratchet joints and carry themselves as such. So damn sexy as hell brehs
It was interesting hearing the London accent in various different forms as well as the slang too. Don’t come expecting everybody to sound like people from Harry Potter tho. Expect Londoners to more accurately sound like a mixture of Top Boy, Black Mirror, and Dr. Who.
On my last day in LDN, I had to hit up Brixton aka The Harlem of Europe. Brixton and South London (The South) in general felt and looked like a completely different world from the rest of the city. Even with the gentrification going on, I couldn’t help but get Chocolate City vibes from this part of London...It reminded of DC and Brooklyn tbh. You get the sense that Brixton is the center of the universe for Black British and Black European culture. It’s a lot of Jamaican, Islander, and African brehs around there and they got a whole rack of businesses such as corner stores, market shops, street vendors, restaurants, nightlife venues, bars, video stores, currency exchange banks, etc. Even got a decent sense of Afrocentricity too. Brixton Village and POP Brixton were pretty cool, I wish I would’ve visited this area early to catch the Brixton Market tho. Even chilled with a few brehs around the corner from this Ethiopian spot while taking pictures of a mural that had Malcolm X and several other Black American and Black British social figures on it. They were real cool, they didn’t want me filming them tho since they were smoking, even lemme hit the bud a few times. shyt wasn’t half bad neither
Also had this old head Ethiopian Rasta play music on his instrument (it was guitar-like) and even treated him to a couple of drinks and had long conversations at a bar stool inside POP Brixton while I was flirting with the bartender at the same time 
I hope the elder is doing well nowadays, he was good peoples.
Other neighborhoods I’ve explored were Shoreditch (hipster central), Chinatown (it’s a tourist attraction but it’s also an actual Chinese neighborhood), Notting Hill (hella Caribbean brehs and where Carnival is at), Landbroke Grove (S/O to AJ Tracey), Tottenham (the hood but rapidly gentrifying), Shepard’s Bush (near Camden Town), The City of London, Southwark, and a few more who’s names escape me.
I loved the architecture and the diversity of styles and periods from Roman to medieval to Victorian to Regency to Beaux Arts to Modern, etc. I love that despite the current skyscraper boom reshaping London’s skyline for the future, it’s still a relatively human-scaled city with abundant parkland and greenery. London for all intents and purposes, is practically a rowhouse or townhouse city, or terraced housing as they call it over there. Good amount of whom are quite big in size. I also enjoyed how London can be either sleek and modern or ancient and solemn or gritty and weathered. Also noticed a lot of street art too, my most favorite being in this tunnel in East London not too far from this hospital in Southwark. It was featured in this music video by Stefflon Don:
London is also one of the best cities in the West for food markets, they got markets for days. The ones that I’ve spent the most time in were Camden Market and Borough Market. Never had a bad experience in both markets. There’s another market who’s name I’ve forgot but it’s in the middle of a business district. It’s popular with the tourists too, didn’t really cared too much for the market when I visited since it left something to be desired.
As far as crime is concerned, London is a pretty safe city so long as you don’t go looking for trouble or stick around the estates (housing projects) for too long. Terrorist attacks tend to happened more frequently in Europe than it does in America but out of all of Europe, the UK is among the hardest to target but it can happen just as it did when I was in London. It occurred when those vans were mowing down on people on the London Bridge and in Borough Market as well as reports of stabbings in the same market during the event and it was a lil surreal considering I was just there less than two days prior. Being that I partially grew up in the 2000’s less than 5 to 7 mins from DC, it wasn’t anything I wasn’t used to but it was still wild. But what made it more surreal was the fact that even with the increased armed police presence around certain key areas in London the day after the attacks, a lot of people seemed like they were going on about their lives and enjoying themselves as if some wild shyt didn’t happen just last night. Saw this around King’s Cross and Camden Market...Sure people were a lil more subdued but overall, they were out and about enjoying life. Also, the morning I was leaving London to go home was when the Grenfell Tower fire happened and that whole shyt was fukked up especially since most of the occupants in that apartment were Black and brown people and is practically crime scene as far as I’m concerned.
I’m sure I’m prolly missing some more details of my experience with London, but I would love nothing more than to spend another month, hell maybe a few years in one of the GOAT world cities. Every time I think about London and the good times I’ve had there, I start feeling a type of way....I gotta go back.
Btw, y’all should really visit London during the summertime, the summer weather legit felt like LA’s. Temperatures rarely go above 80 and it be a whole lotta people out. London is one of most festive cities when the weather is cooperative. It wasn’t too much gray overcast while I was there. It did rain on some days, often without warning, but I’ve experienced more dry days than wet in London.
Plus, you don’t really need no vaccines to go to the UK. Just get a tetanus shot and you’ll be good to go.
I would definitely say my most favorite sections of London were Central, South, and East. I enjoyed the hustle and bustle of Central London, the Blackness and uniqueness of South London, and the grittiness and artistic energy of East London.
Once again, a 10/10 does not give this city proper justice.
The touristy side of London is very world class in its offerings. I’ve checked out the Millennium Bridge, took pictures of Westminster Lobby and Big Ben from the London Bridge, walked across the iconic Tower Bridge, visited the Ancient Egyptian wing of the British Museum, checked out Buckingham Palace, spent some time in Piccadilly Circus as well as nearby Oxford Street, explored Chinatown, seen much of the Tower of London, and checking out Harry Potter-related stuff in King’s Cross Station. I generally prefer not to spend too much time in the tourist zones of other cities but some of these places were pretty dope to visit.
A lot of Londoners are generally reserved but can be quirky asf and very interesting to get to know. I’m a reserved person as well so London was perfect for me. When some of them ask you if you’re American, they were often pretty curious about Trump, what’s it like living under him (pause), what brings you to London/UK, where in the States are you from, etc. You can tell the average London citizen is often engaged with what’s going on in the world to some extent. Also, contrary to popular belief, Londoners do not have crooked teeth lol. Now when I went to Liverpool as part of a weekend excursion tho
A good amount of Londoners had on some nice looking fits, most especially Black folks and young and/or wealthy Indians. Even a good amount of the Cacs dressed pretty clean on some GQ shyt. I’ve also noticed that a lot of people in London wear dress shoes, loafers, and suedes frequently while rocking casual yet clean looking fits. You could get a sense that London is a major fashion capital.
Speaking of fashion, London is one of the best shopping experiences you’ll ever partake in. I’ve found a lotta good shyt up and down Oxford Street, Camden Market, and Westfield Stratford City Mall. Their malls are big as hell and the one in the Stratford City area of London looked like a bigger and more posh version of Tyson’s Corner Center or Phipps Plaza...Even the food court and food offerings were significantly better. A lot of stores in London that sell hot commodities and/or high end quality shyt tend to always have bodyguards at the front end of the store as security. nikkas be looking like Secret Service and all that. You can find some pretty good shyt at bomb ass prices at Primark too
The food is surprisingly pretty good! They don’t put as much processed shyt in their food if any at all, which is why a lot of it would taste strange to the American palette at first. It’s food at its most natural state but it was still good. Obviously the ethnic foods were much better than the standard British food, but the burgers and steaks were of sound quality. The English Breakfast was a unique experience....Very hearty meal lol, not something I would eat every single day tho
Still find a couple of concepts about the English Breakfast strange but when in Rome I suppose lol. But some of the best food in London that I had were all non-Cac food basically lol, particularly Indian, Jamaican, Lebanese, Egyptian, Vietnamese, Malaysian, Chinese, etc. Also, apparently the most popular drunk food in London is KFC shyt’s hilarious especially considering my go-to drunk food in London was Mickey D’s LMAO!!!The nightlife was one of my most favorite things about LDN. Had a good time pub crawling and hitting up a few nightclubs in Camden Town. The first two clubs (first one had a full service bar with a dance floor and the second one had a bowling alley inside) were good despite being mostly Cac. My most favorite nightclub in CT being The Stables, which was the third or fourth nightclub I hit up. It was mad packed and people were actually dancing they asses off. Hardly saw anybody on their phones or standing up against the wall taking up space or mean-mugging for no damn reason. It was the more diverse nightclubs since I’ve seen a decent amount of Black folks and non-Cacs in there. Music was crankin with a mix of Hip Hop, EDM, UK Garage, Modern Dancehall, Afro Swing, Afro Beats, and Trap. Even danced and grind up on two fine ass dark chocolate Jamaican Queens, especially one with a fatty
And ain’t none of them were on some goofy ass boujee shyt acting like they ain’t tryna dance up on you unlike a lotta females here in the States If my group weren’t leaving, I would’ve stayed and tried to go smack but I was hella drunk and wasn’t tryna take no chances in an environment I’m not familiar with. RIP to The Stables since the place burned down literally a couple of days after I left back home for the States...Hearing about that shyt legit had me A lot of LDN Black women are gorgeous and are generally friendly. Most of them are refreshingly feminine even the hood/ratchet joints and carry themselves as such. So damn sexy as hell brehs
It was interesting hearing the London accent in various different forms as well as the slang too. Don’t come expecting everybody to sound like people from Harry Potter tho. Expect Londoners to more accurately sound like a mixture of Top Boy, Black Mirror, and Dr. Who.
On my last day in LDN, I had to hit up Brixton aka The Harlem of Europe. Brixton and South London (The South) in general felt and looked like a completely different world from the rest of the city. Even with the gentrification going on, I couldn’t help but get Chocolate City vibes from this part of London...It reminded of DC and Brooklyn tbh. You get the sense that Brixton is the center of the universe for Black British and Black European culture. It’s a lot of Jamaican, Islander, and African brehs around there and they got a whole rack of businesses such as corner stores, market shops, street vendors, restaurants, nightlife venues, bars, video stores, currency exchange banks, etc. Even got a decent sense of Afrocentricity too. Brixton Village and POP Brixton were pretty cool, I wish I would’ve visited this area early to catch the Brixton Market tho. Even chilled with a few brehs around the corner from this Ethiopian spot while taking pictures of a mural that had Malcolm X and several other Black American and Black British social figures on it. They were real cool, they didn’t want me filming them tho since they were smoking, even lemme hit the bud a few times. shyt wasn’t half bad neither
Also had this old head Ethiopian Rasta play music on his instrument (it was guitar-like) and even treated him to a couple of drinks and had long conversations at a bar stool inside POP Brixton while I was flirting with the bartender at the same time I hope the elder is doing well nowadays, he was good peoples.Other neighborhoods I’ve explored were Shoreditch (hipster central), Chinatown (it’s a tourist attraction but it’s also an actual Chinese neighborhood), Notting Hill (hella Caribbean brehs and where Carnival is at), Landbroke Grove (S/O to AJ Tracey), Tottenham (the hood but rapidly gentrifying), Shepard’s Bush (near Camden Town), The City of London, Southwark, and a few more who’s names escape me.
I loved the architecture and the diversity of styles and periods from Roman to medieval to Victorian to Regency to Beaux Arts to Modern, etc. I love that despite the current skyscraper boom reshaping London’s skyline for the future, it’s still a relatively human-scaled city with abundant parkland and greenery. London for all intents and purposes, is practically a rowhouse or townhouse city, or terraced housing as they call it over there. Good amount of whom are quite big in size. I also enjoyed how London can be either sleek and modern or ancient and solemn or gritty and weathered. Also noticed a lot of street art too, my most favorite being in this tunnel in East London not too far from this hospital in Southwark. It was featured in this music video by Stefflon Don:
London is also one of the best cities in the West for food markets, they got markets for days. The ones that I’ve spent the most time in were Camden Market and Borough Market. Never had a bad experience in both markets. There’s another market who’s name I’ve forgot but it’s in the middle of a business district. It’s popular with the tourists too, didn’t really cared too much for the market when I visited since it left something to be desired.
As far as crime is concerned, London is a pretty safe city so long as you don’t go looking for trouble or stick around the estates (housing projects) for too long. Terrorist attacks tend to happened more frequently in Europe than it does in America but out of all of Europe, the UK is among the hardest to target but it can happen just as it did when I was in London. It occurred when those vans were mowing down on people on the London Bridge and in Borough Market as well as reports of stabbings in the same market during the event and it was a lil surreal considering I was just there less than two days prior. Being that I partially grew up in the 2000’s less than 5 to 7 mins from DC, it wasn’t anything I wasn’t used to but it was still wild. But what made it more surreal was the fact that even with the increased armed police presence around certain key areas in London the day after the attacks, a lot of people seemed like they were going on about their lives and enjoying themselves as if some wild shyt didn’t happen just last night. Saw this around King’s Cross and Camden Market...Sure people were a lil more subdued but overall, they were out and about enjoying life. Also, the morning I was leaving London to go home was when the Grenfell Tower fire happened and that whole shyt was fukked up especially since most of the occupants in that apartment were Black and brown people and is practically crime scene as far as I’m concerned.
I’m sure I’m prolly missing some more details of my experience with London, but I would love nothing more than to spend another month, hell maybe a few years in one of the GOAT world cities. Every time I think about London and the good times I’ve had there, I start feeling a type of way....I gotta go back.
Btw, y’all should really visit London during the summertime, the summer weather legit felt like LA’s. Temperatures rarely go above 80 and it be a whole lotta people out. London is one of most festive cities when the weather is cooperative. It wasn’t too much gray overcast while I was there. It did rain on some days, often without warning, but I’ve experienced more dry days than wet in London.
Plus, you don’t really need no vaccines to go to the UK. Just get a tetanus shot and you’ll be good to go.
I would definitely say my most favorite sections of London were Central, South, and East. I enjoyed the hustle and bustle of Central London, the Blackness and uniqueness of South London, and the grittiness and artistic energy of East London.
Once again, a 10/10 does not give this city proper justice.
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Spent 5 or so days in London. Loved it. Easy to use transportation system, decent nightlife and the food was pretty good even though ive heard otherwise. Probably my favorite city. My opinion could change if I spent more time there, but as of now, it's a 10 for me.