i could have sworn that london was one of the most ridiculously congested and expensive cities in the world and crime ridden to boot. nightlife apart, the best thing about london is the tube and that's what everyone in london spends half of their life moaning about. good place for a weekender though. as far as parks are concerned portland pisses all over everywhere else i've been from a great height, but even cleveland is on par with london. i'll take any big city except birmingham, cleveland and philadelphia over london.