This compared to the air-conditioned, surround sound stereo of my car holds no attractions. The other physical problems of London are just as significant. The city s grimy streets and general squalor are a very real problem. It is a fairly common site to see a British citizen strolling down the street, unwrapping a packet of cigarettes or a bar of chocolate and simply letting the pieces of wrapper fall to the ground as soon as they leave their fingertips. Consequently the major cities, including London have a grubby, unclean feel to them.
Litter blows around, people spit in the streets and the whole place is a kind of dirty grey colour.
But all of these physical inadequacies are just contributors to the more inherent social malaise that permeates the city. I grew somewhat accustomed to this in Sydney but have felt the full brunt of it here in London. It manifests it as a kind of apathetic indifference if not actual dislike for your fellow man. There is however an alternative. When I took my former girlfriend from Sydney back home to Perth she noticed it.