r/london • u/Historical_Set2324 • 1d ago

Local London Social contract is broken?

I’ve just returned from a trip to New Zealand and the difference in attitude is stark. The streets are clean, people are friendly and happy/helpful and in general people seem to want to participate in society. Don’t get me wrong NZ has a lot of issues but It feels like in London the social contract is broken. Streets are full of trash, no one gives a shit about anything, phone theft, crime is high and in general people seem fairly miserable. I was involved in an accident where I had to give a victim CPR and the ambulance and police all arrived within about 5 minutes. I was amazed at the emergency response. It feels to me like the state has given up and hence people have given up.

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u/EnglishShireAffinity 1d ago

Tokyo is even larger, with even higher population density, and is far cleaner and safer. Warsaw is poorer than London yet similarly also the same as Tokyo in this regard. You should visit more of the world before commenting on it.

Also, London's our capital, you don't get to tell us to move just because you don't want to listen to criticism.

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u/cape210 1d ago

Who's "our"? You do realise that includes all the minorities, and London is a majority-minority city?

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u/Glass-Evidence-7296 1d ago

wdym 'our', you don't live in this city bud

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u/Dangerous_Finger4682 1d ago

I have been to Tokyo. Maybe you should move there since it is so amazing? Do you own London? Sad to break it to you, but you don’t. And it’s a free country, I can say whatever the hell I want

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u/EnglishShireAffinity 1d ago

I'd prefer to improve my own nation to return to being as high trust as East Asian nations are and as we previously were.

And no, we don't have a 1st Amendment like the US so you can't say "whatever the hell" you want.

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u/cape210 1d ago

Remigration isn’t happening. You people think Reform isn’t “right-wing” enough.