Downtown London is a safe place. I go there all the time, night and day, and I've never been bothered by anyone. Sure those guys you see smoking by the Richmond Tavern aren't always well dressed and tend to speak loudly when they've had a few. But if only you talked to them you'd probably agree they wouldn't hurt a fly.
I think the problem stems from the majority of Londoners spending most of their time in the same malls, going to the same franchises, buying the same crap they don't need in the first place. Some people on the other hand are tired of seeing the same stores, arranged in the same way wherever they go. I mean honestly who can tell the difference between White Oaks and Masonville ? Downtown London offers something different. If you can't stand seeing a cigarette butt on the sidewalk or if people wearing ripped jeans scare you then stay in your boring malls and let other people be. And please stop fantasizing about the "criminality" in downtown London, this is just ridiculous. Get off the couch and see for yourself.
Downtown London is a safe place. I go there all the time, night and day, and I've never been bothered by anyone. Sure those guys you see smoking by the Richmond Tavern aren't always well dressed and tend to speak loudly when they've had a few. But if only you talked to them you'd probably agree they wouldn't hurt a fly.
I think the problem stems from the majority of Londoners spending most of their time in the same malls, going to the same franchises, buying the same crap they don't need in the first place. Some people on the other hand are tired of seeing the same stores, arranged in the same way wherever they go. I mean honestly who can tell the difference between White Oaks and Masonville ? Downtown London offers something different. If you can't stand seeing a cigarette butt on the sidewalk or if people wearing ripped jeans scare you then stay in your boring malls and let other people be. And please stop fantasizing about the "criminality" in downtown London, this is just ridiculous. Get off the couch and see for yourself.