What comes to mind when you think of London, England ?

pollution, large crowds,lots of traffic and noise and foreigners .The few good things about london are negated by the bad things .I lived in South London for nearly 5 years and hated it .Yes theres work to be found in london but its not a nice place to live and property prices are horrendous .Just buying a garage to park your car in or lock up as some refer to it as can cost as much as a 3/4 bedroom house else where in the country .If asked advice about where to live in England the last place I would reccomend is London or any of the larger cities .