\u201a\u00cd London b\u00fdr f\u00e1t\u00e6kasta f\u00f3lk \u00ed Evr\u00f3pu og r\u00edkasta f\u00f3lk \u00ed Evr\u00f3pu, mi\u00f0jan hefur veri\u00f0 kreist \u00fat \u00ed n\u00e6rliggjandi byg\u00f0arl\u00f6g,\u2018 var einhvern t\u00edmann sagt. \u00dea\u00f0 hefur enginn efni \u00e1 a\u00f0 b\u00faa \u00ed London. \u00cd Knightsbridge keyra ol\u00edufurstarnir um \u00e1 brynv\u00f6r\u00f0um b\u00edlum og \u00fea\u00f0 klingir \u00ed skartgripum Dorrit og hinna \u201aladies who lunch\u2018. \u00cd Chelsea, Hampstead, Belsize Park og Primrose Hill skutlast li\u00f0i\u00f0 me\u00f0 b\u00f6rnin \u00ed sk\u00f3lann \u00e1 jeppunum s\u00ednum (aka The Chelsea Tractor) me\u00f0 10 punda kaffi \u00ed pappam\u00e1li og Helenu Bonham-Carter og \u00f6\u00f0rum leikaralufsum s\u00e9st breg\u00f0a fyrir \u00ed ant\u00edkb\u00fa\u00f0unum. \u00cd Tottenham, West Ham, Peckham, Brixton, Hackney, o.s.frv. o.s.frv. sj\u00e1st endalausar brei\u00f0ur af b\u00e6jarblokkum, \u00fear sem atvinnuleysi\u00f0 gengur \u00ed \u00e6ttir (\u00ed sumum fj\u00f6lskyldum \u00ferj\u00e1 til fj\u00f3ra \u00e6ttli\u00f0i), og ekkert er vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 vera, nema stunda einhverja sm\u00e1gl\u00e6pi sem koma \u00fe\u00f3 f\u00e1um nokkurn t\u00edmann \u00fat \u00far hverfinu. Tony Blair\/Ken Livingstone \u00e6tlu\u00f0u einhvern t\u00edmann a\u00f0 reyna a\u00f0 koma upp h\u00fasn\u00e6\u00f0i fyrir \u201avenjulegt f\u00f3lk\u2018 \u00fev\u00ed n\u00fa b\u00faa hj\u00fakkur, kennarar og sl\u00f6kkvili\u00f0smenn (svo einhverjir s\u00e9u nefndir) svo langt fr\u00e1 vinnust\u00f6\u00f0um s\u00ednum a\u00f0 til vandr\u00e6\u00f0a horfir.
\n\u00dea\u00f0 er g\u00f6mul klisja a\u00f0 London s\u00e9 samsafn af \u00feorpum og b\u00e6jum sem hafa l\u00edti\u00f0 samneyti og a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 s\u00e9 bara \u00feegar konunglegar athafnir (helst jar\u00f0arfarir e\u00f0a br\u00fa\u00f0kaup) eru haldnar e\u00f0a \u00feegar barist er \u00e1 g\u00f6tum \u00fati a\u00f0 \u00edb\u00faarnir hittast e\u00f0a taka eftir hver \u00f6\u00f0rum. Eitt sinn vann \u00e9g \u00e1 ranns\u00f3knarstofnun, sem s\u00e9rh\u00e6f\u00f0i sig \u00ed f\u00e9lagss\u00e1lfr\u00e6\u00f0iranns\u00f3knum \u00e1 \u00feunglyndi, vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 skr\u00e1 ni\u00f0ur vi\u00f0t\u00f6l vi\u00f0 f\u00e1t\u00e6kar m\u00e6\u00f0ur \u00ed borginni (j\u00fa, \u00fea\u00f0 var mj\u00f6g uppl\u00edfgandi starf...). F\u00e6star f\u00f3ru nokkru sinni \u00fat \u00far s\u00ednu hverfi og ein \u00feeirra \u00e1tti \u00ed mesta basli a\u00f0 muna nafni\u00f0 \u00e1 Regents Park sem h\u00fan haf\u00f0i einu sinni heims\u00f3tt til a\u00f0 fara \u00ed d\u00fdragar\u00f0inn.
\nAllt endurspeglar \u00feetta hina margumt\u00f6lu\u00f0u bresku st\u00e9ttaskiptingu sem vir\u00f0ist \u00e6tla a\u00f0 takast a\u00f0 ver\u00f0a langl\u00edfari en nokkurn hef\u00f0i gruna\u00f0 og n\u00fa \u00feegar ConDem-stj\u00f3rnin sker ni\u00f0ur h\u00fasn\u00e6\u00f0is- og atvinnuleysisb\u00e6tur, h\u00e6kkar sk\u00f3lagj\u00f6ld o.fl. o.fl. festist \u00feetta allt saman enn \u00ed sessi. D\u00fdrara er a\u00f0 fer\u00f0ast um London en nokkru sinni fyrr, d\u00fdrara a\u00f0 lifa af og f\u00e6rri peningar, atvinna, n\u00e1mst\u00e6kif\u00e6ri en \u00e1\u00f0ur.
\n\u00deegar \u00e9g flutti fyrst \u00ed \u00feessa borg, bj\u00f3 \u00e9g \u00ed b\u00e6jarblokk \u00ed Peckham, sem loga\u00f0i \u00ed \u00f3eir\u00f0um \u00ed fyrradag, og t\u00f3k svo lestina fr\u00e1 Waterloo \u00ed h\u00e1lft\u00edma til sk\u00f3lans m\u00edns sem var \u00ed 19. aldar eftirl\u00edkingu af franskri h\u00f6ll \u00ed Egham \u00ed Surrey sem st\u00e1ta\u00f0i helst af Ferrari b\u00edlas\u00f6lum (\u00ed mi\u00f0ju svok\u00f6llu\u00f0u stockbroker belt), og \u00ed hvert sinn fannst m\u00e9r eins og \u00e9g hef\u00f0i stolist upp\u00ed Tardis v\u00e9l Dr Who; \u00feessar heimar \u00e1ttu ekkert sameiginlegt og m\u00e6ttust aldrei nema hj\u00e1 laumufar\u00feeganum m\u00e9r, sem strauk svo au\u00f0vita\u00f0 flj\u00f3tlega \u00far Peckham.
\nM\u00edn upp\u00e1haldsborg, sem var endalaus uppspretta n\u00fdrra hluta til a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 og gera \u00ed \u00f6ll \u00feau \u00e1r sem \u00e9g bj\u00f3 \u00fear (enda var markmi\u00f0 okkar a\u00f0 heims\u00e6kja sem flest hverfi hennar), vir\u00f0ist \u00feessa dagana ekkert hafa breyst s\u00ed\u00f0an \u00ed \u00f3eir\u00f0unum \u00e1 Thatcher-\u00e1runum. En svo sl\u00e6mt er \u00fea\u00f0 ekki. Ma\u00f0ur \u00fearf ekki anna\u00f0 en a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00e6last um l\u00edfleg hverfi eins og Brick Lane, Hoxton, Camden e\u00f0a Borough marka\u00f0, til a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 a\u00f0 \u00ed hversdeginum \u00ed London b\u00fdr allskonar f\u00f3lk, allssta\u00f0ar a\u00f0, saman alla daga og m\u00e6tir svo vopna\u00f0 k\u00fastum til a\u00f0 s\u00f3pa eftir \u00f3eir\u00f0irnar, eins og h\u00fasm\u00e6\u00f0ur \u00e1 n\u00fd\u00e1rsdag. Bara a\u00f0 \u00feessu \u00f6llu s\u00e9 ekki s\u00f3pa\u00f0 undir teppi\u00f0 og l\u00e1ti\u00f0 eins og \u00feetta skipti ekki m\u00e1li og eigi s\u00e9r engar \u00e1st\u00e6\u00f0ur sem h\u00e6gt s\u00e9 a\u00f0 takast \u00e1 vi\u00f0...
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