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[quote=Anonymous]Unfortunately you chose where to live very poorly.  Mayfair is centrally locally and looks lovely, but is incredibly expensive and so is largely the base for US hedge funds and very rich jetsetty international types (eg Middle Eastern oil money, etc).  There is no sense of community and is rather soulless.  It has a weird "rich international" vibe.  I cannot imagine anything more different from Takoma Park. Can you move?

A 2 million pound place in Mayfair is vastly different to a 2 million pound place in other parts of London.  Unfortunately, the price tag is for the area, not the quality of the house or flat.

I have plenty of friends who live in places like Richmond, Hampstead, East London, etc which have a far greater sense of community.  These places tend to have historically evolved from outlying villages based around a common or park and you see that now in how they are laid out.  There tends to be a big park or common and a high street with shops, cafes, etc.  My friends do Park Run in their local park on the weekend which attracts people in their surrounding community. They do yoga classes in church halls etc.  They meet people walking their dogs in the local park since that tends to be the only large green space in the area.

Regarding food, you need to go further afield.  25% of London's population was born overseas so there are vast diasporas and communities there.  But, as I said, Mayfair caters to an entirely different set.  You need to get out of there to find good food.

Social life can be based around the pub.  Part of the reason is that people often live in small residences so they tend to get out to meet up.  But going to the pub doesn't necessarily mean drinking heavily.  Some have quiz nights, others have music.  Often, if I go to London and catch up with friends at a pub, we might only have 1 or 2 drinks.  On weekends, people often take their families to pubs for a meal etc.

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