In message , Steve Walker
writes
In message , Ian Jelf
writes
"The Difference Between America and England is that Americans think
100 years is a long time, while the English think 100 miles is a long

I *do* like that! :-)) Is it your quote, Steve?!

No, it's, Earle Hitchner, whoever he is.
US/Irish author and columnist, I believe.

or "I'm going to Edinburgh, which way out of this ********?"

At the risk of rising to the bait, London is anything but a "********"
in my view! ;-)

I'd say much the same about any large built-up area.
Ah, then as a lover of towns, that's where we'd disagree.

The only reason why central Swindon, for example, is better than
central London is that there's much further to run to get out of
London...
If I were to tell you that I do walking tours of Swindon....... (As
well as a lot of other "unlikely" places.)
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK

Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
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