A place full of rich people, fancy society balls, posh accents and general happiness. Where The Streets Are Paved With Excrement A place full of poor people, dirty streets, violent crime and general misery. Expect Cockney and/or the rougher-sounding East London accent. People associate this with Oliver Twist, but actually it isn't an example- both sides are featured. In real life, London is very much a combination of the two and there's very much a sliding scale. You've got Notting Hill, through to a fair number of middle class areas, down to the "sink estates" of areas like Shadwell (the really poor places as seen in Oliver Twist went with slum clearance). Various areas of London (we're using the Greater London Authority area, although people in a number of those areas don't always consider themselves Londoners) have their... [read full story]
