While the existential distress that I felt when I first landed here in August of this year has subsided to some extent, it has been replaced by a deeper understanding of what troubles me about all large cities. London (like many other big cities) offers many amazing opportunities to those live and visit here, but as a city, it suffers the same “fatal flaw” that all cities suffer. There are just too many people here.
There can be little joy when one is struggling to find one’s way through a dizzying maze of narrow streets that are barely able to accommodate the flow of overpriced and unnecessary vehicles that plague London. (It should be mentioned that the public transportation here is excellent.