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07-29-2011, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by tokusatsufan View Post
I have only been to London but I thought it was great. I was amazed at how big it was. I mean London is fairly small in comparison to the rest of the world.
London is absolutely fantastic, I will admit I was madly in love with it from the moment I stepped off the train to the minute I stepped back on. Even the cramped underground was amazing, like 'I can't believe I'm actually in the underground!' . . . that said, it must really suck to live there XD

If I was a resident I don't think I'd believe it to be so great, I mean the residential parts are far from attractive, and the daily subway rides would soon stop being exciting . . . but 'the grass is always greener', I suppose. My worry is that Tokyo will be like that, even though logicaly I know it will be. It just seems a shame to love a place so much and then - after being there for so long - being just another city cynic.

To Umihito, thank you for the reply It was really interesting to read your experiences about Tokyo, and deffinately gave me something to think about. Did you have any reactions/perceptions that changed for the better, though? I am shocked at the amount of written English avaliable too, especially as one of my main reasons to go is to become fluent, it's a reief to hear though that English isn't as widely spoken - although are your experiences of these just confined to Tokyo, or are they widespread perceptions?
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