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I live in Northants, commute to London every day, get here about 6.15am and ride through KX, Clerkenwell, Farringdon and City. I fucking Loves it. Crack of dawn rolling through Smithfields as I was on Friday, there's nowhere I'd rather be in the world. I get paid to drive around one of the world's greatest cities all day, watching a representation of all human life going on around me, and that includes driving north over Waterloo bridge every single day, which is a view I will never tire of.
Unless you have lived in the provinces I think you would struggle to appreciate the vibrancy and feeling of opportunism inherent in the city. There's much political wrongdoing, but this is far outweighed by the people of London Town. I'm getting married this year and planning on starting a family ASAP so moving here is not really viable (I have a nice comfy 3 bed house with garden for less than the price of a zone 1 bedsit) but if I were a younger man.....
London is truly magical.