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"You almost feel privileged shelling out £15 (US$24) for a lift down the street." Dang, how come London's cab fares are so expensive??
It is based on the cost of the taxi, a new LTI TX4 is around £36,700, or $60,750. and the cost of diesel, £1.36 per gallon, or around $2.20.
In addition to that, the driver will almost certainly just nod his head, or say, "Got it" when you state your destination, and go straight there, to me that is priceless.
ignore the cretins who say otherwise, 99 times out of 100 the "black cab" driver will know the quickest, shortest route to your destination,
all he's interested in is getting you there, getting paid, then getting another fare.
You could use a minicab if you wish, they are legal now, but they are a completely different ball game to the real deal,
take their Sat-Navs away and they'd be lost, it's like comparing the Pioneer Corps to the SAS, or a Mall cop to a Green Beret.
London is one of the greatest cities in the world, but New York is #1.
Sorry, but I dislike the British accent, Left-side drive, the weather, high taxes.
So i guess you like digging out 5 ft of snow out of your driveway? lol but even with that I'll still take NYC weather too, at least the temperature greatly changes every week and its sunny most of the week.
I might suggest that London has better weather than New York! After all it has less rain and doesnt get the temperature extremes! Perhaps you could think of that the next time youre shovelling snow? :-)
Honestly I rather have extreme cold weather with the sun out, in the UK what its cloudy almost every single day
What is the shopping experience like in NYC nowadays? Back in 2009-2010 it was pretty grim; for example much of the northern end of Broadway was boarded up/empty and not very pleasant.
Its still the same on Broadway BUT NO ONE shops on Broadway, try going to the village, and grim are you kidding you didn't see the millions of illegal fake products selling on the streets?
NYC is the world's greatest city. Fairly substantial gap between NYC and London, IMO. NYC is much bigger, richer and more important.
Tokyo would probably be a strong #2. Paris is about even with London for Europe. I prefer Paris over London because it's much denser and more urban, but I could see them about even overall. London has certain advantages over Paris too.
Also, this whole thread confirms that London is not the world's greatest city. If you need articles making reasons why you're something, then you know it isn't true. NYC would never have such a list, and wouldn't give a hoot either way.
Honestly I rather have extreme cold weather with the sun out, in the UK what its cloudy almost every single day
A generalisation that could only be uttered by someone who has never been there.
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