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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]London — to me it was just a bigger NYC.[/quote]

Except it's charming. YMMV. But yes obviously a big big city vibe where people actually work - not a city run by tourism.[/quote]

I am from London and it is probably my favorite place in the world to live. That said, I am always surprised that Americans go there as one of their first international destinations for a vacation. There are a lot of places that are more scenic, more different from the US etc. [/quote]

I get what you're saying. But most Americans haven't lived in NYC. The closest thing in the US resembling London is NYC, so it's a week of experiencing that but still getting out of the country so it's more of an experience (though you can make it a non experience if you want to - frequenting all the chains that we have in the US also). Plus while they won't admit it, a huge % of Americans even those who want to travel aren't comfortable going places that aren't English speaking - that's why UK ends up being the top of the list. It takes a bit of being in Europe for people to realize that in fact yes English is spoken in most of the EU and esp in the big cities. I've def had young coworkers who want to travel who are intimidated by their first trips outside the US or Caribbean so London is the baby step they take.[/quote]

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