I don't know about anyone else, but my reaction to that sort of thing is always a slight sense of civic pride. What sort of desperate-to-please weirdos go around being friendly?
It's a load of bóllocks anyway. London is no more unfriendly than any other big city populated by busy people.
Oh, hold on, in the UK you say? I suppose London is really the only big city populated by busy people in the UK. Those feckless dole-scroungers in Birmingham and Manchester have plenty of time to invade each others' privacy with banal fúcking small talk.
According to City A.M. this is the scene that will greet you the minute you step off the train, sw.
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reminded me of this
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/s...20151001102473
“Other clubs never came into my thoughts once I knew Arsenal wanted to sign me.”