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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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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I agree- Mayfair is the worst place to live. It's a money laundering haven. Richmond is far out but lovely, if you are stuck there for 2 more years. Id pull up stakes and move to Hampstead or Kew or even Wimbledon. no need to go to east London, southlondn is bad enough :-) just dont live anywhere a Saudi or Russian oligarch would want live and you'll be fine[b].also there are still no actual British people in London, even[/b][b] the 2nd gen immigrants have moved out to Surrey and Essex so you should be able to experience a very global set of new acquaintances and they arent all rude b/c well, they arent even all teh same culture! in your place I'd move to Kew garden area, its so cozy , very green and charming and I love the book shops and boutiques. I grew up staying with relatives in Putney but they've all moved to the country and so we get a car and stay in kew, can still be in central London quick and out to see family fast plus Gatwick is super close for mini breaks. [/quote]

Don’t be absurd![/quote]

It can feel like that. Even people in London joke about it.

-- long time London visitor and former London resident. [/quote]

I mean, I’m a Londoner, all my family and friends still live there and I don’t feel like this. There have always been lots of immigrants and expats, as well as lots of people who moved there from other parts of the UK. That’s just what London is. My neighbourhood in Zone 2 is full of people like me who were born in London. 
Mayfair.. well, in my lifetime that has never been a place where normal people live![/quote]

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