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London is much prettier and more interesting than Paris and more lively than any city except New York. And even New York cannot compete with the British metropolis in many important things.
London has a richer history, prettier parks, a more vivid and varied press, better theatres, more orchestras and museums, greener places, safer streets and more polite inhabitants than all other cities in the world.
(free translation) Bill Bryson "Tales from a small island" (1995)
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