London vs. Paris

[montrouge 2]

For me London is really beautiful, (I know some really ugly districts in inner Paris)
That's my 3th favorite city after Tokyo and Paris

[fern244 1]

I think no city in the world can beat barcelona, it is spectacular! Anyway, does anyone know the name of that skyscraper in london, its kind of round, i cant reallydescribe it?

[ILL Tonkso 1,238]

30 St Mary Axe, aka the Gherkin

[jayo 44]

well not all paris is picturesque and smart.Think of inner city areas.They have some shoddy buildings there.Same with london.But even in stockwell(a bit of a dogdy area)There are grand terraces which reach prices of over a 1millions pounds.I find that innercity london has more buute.And the skyscrapers are better.Its not the amount,its the quality.The rivers nice and big too.lol.I think londons transportation is better(cleaner.ect.)And more expansive.

[fern244 1]

thanks ILL tonsko

[frdrcklim 139]

Yeah, it may be called the Gherkin Building but I personally would like to call it the London Egg.

[ILL Tonkso 1,238]

It isnt called the gherkin officially, its a nickname. Because it looks like, you guessed it, a Gherkin

[N1_2888 306]

Paris - a discussion isn't necessary ...

[ILL Tonkso 1,238]

Originally posted by: N1_2888 Paris - a discussion isn't necessary ... quote>

your supposed to give reasons

[jayo 44]

lol.Ill tonkso.I just seem too like london better Much more diverse.Architecturely .I like the mish-mash of london

[Simfan34 11]

Having been in both cities within the last day, though I really did like the uniformity of Paris, I just like London better. It seems more open.

[Kennykeuh 0]

I've seen London and Paris, beautiful cities, but I choose for London, very nice city, sooooo big, I stayed in a hotel near to Canary Wharf or something like that, there you can find some real big skyscrapers, one from 230m high, very impressive (know that there are much bigger buildings offcoure)

I can get in London in three houres if I wanted, and Paris is three houres driving from here I think, so it's hard to choose

Grtz

[urbifex_maximus 0]

Really hard to decide. Maybe Paris. The city feels like a carefully planned piece of art, thanks to Haussmann. Monuments placed carefully on squares to form vistas and everything. London looks much more pieced together, and run-down in many places. I liked both cities on my visits, though.

[montrouge 2]

In fact only a small part of Paris buildings are Haussmannian.

 

[jayo 44]

Infact,come too thing off it...i like paris I just prefer London

[glocK_94 0]

I could explain that for days but... what for?

If you've been to both places, you just know Paris is n

[N1_2888 306]

Originally posted by: ILL Tonkso

Originally posted by: N1_2888 Paris - a discussion isn't necessary ... quote>

your supposed to give reasons quote>

 

Ok ... I prefer Haussmannian buildings to terraced houses with their facades made of visible red bricks.

I like Paris' specifically planned road networks and its viewshafts (I hope this is the correct translation of "Sichtachse").

Is there something similar to the view from the Palais Chaillot to the Eiffel Tower in London?

Someone's preferences are just irrational, it's difficult to express them ...

I've never been in London (except two quite short stays in Heathrow), but at the beginning of August I've been in Paris for some days.

[btw.: I like your BATs, above all your terminal stations ... ]

[manman99 2]

eh.... Paris is more for me. London, sure theres the London Eye, but what else does it have to offer?

[jayo 44]

Well thats a pretty thick thing to say.It has a massive historical past,sights to see,camden,some of the best clubs and bars,nice food,museums.I could say'sure theres museums in paris,but what else does it have to offer'But i don't because i'm not going to act stupid.You know fullwell that basiclly london and paris are equal citys.Anyway have you even been there?If you have,you must have gone to some pretty dull places

[toxicpiano 125]

Originally posted by: manman99 eh.... Paris is more for me. London, sure theres the London Eye, but what else does it have to offer?quote>

Everything you could ever want. Like mr Jayo said. I'm sure I could say the same kind of thing about New York (Or new Jersey) if I was provoked enough.

[jayo 44]

lol.Toxicpiano.Too right [Ahem] Marc

[montrouge 2]

[Blaenavoner 0]

I preffer London, not only is is old, and modern mixed together but people in UK, (no offence atall!) are less rude!, But apart from that I love London!, (and Cardiff0.

[serebii666 3]

paris is much better in my eyes

[jayo 44]

Why is paris much better in ''your eyes''.lol.Give us an explanation

[serebii666 3]

Because it is a cultural center and when I was the last year it was musch cleaner than London

[mayor of the manor 0]

The two cities are very big and I don't really like big cities. But on the face of it I would say I prefer Paris because I felt like there was a more bohemian vibe. It's quite unexplainable how I felt that but the felling just emanated from everywhere i was in the city. I really liked the place I stayed in which was near the St. Ambroise Metro. It had a great feel to it! That said I love Camden and Covent Garden in London but other than that I don't really like London. The architecture is less pleasing as there is a lot more concrete (Not London's fault, I know) but tha ft said, there are some spectacular sights in the City. As for rudeness... well I think all capital cities have a snobbery to them (especially Rome!).

Maybe with living so close to London I do not appreciate it like a long-distance visitor would but personally I like Paris better although the pickpockets in the Eiffel Tower were doing my head in. I manage to report them all though! Haha my mission for the day that was!

[jayo 44]

Originally posted by: serebii666 Because it is a cultural center and when I was the last year it was musch cleaner than Londonquote>

 

You do realise that london is the cultural centre of the world

[montrouge 2]

In fact since Paris is a lot denser than London, Paris has more  concrete than London.

Even many Haussmannian buildings are in concrete.

[serebii666 3]

There you have it. Just like montrouge said. This means that if a bomb fel on Paris and London, Paris would survive.