You ' re not going to persuade me of anything by insulting my adopted home city , or by spouting untruths about it . I live in actual London . It ' s quite nice . You should conquer your fear of the scary brown people you think are out to stab you and visit sometime . I ' ve not been the victim or a crime once , and nor have my immediate friends that I can recall . It ' s not 2016 q u a l i t y o f l i v i n g c o u n tryrankingspersonalsafety 20162 # 11 l o n d o n i t m a y b e a s u r p r i s e t o s e e l o n d o n i n t h e l i s t b u t m e rcerrankedbritainscapital 72 n d e l l y n k a r e t n i c k h e a d o f m e r c e r s i n t e r n a t i o n a l m o b i l i t y p r a c t i c e i n t h e u k s a i d i n e u r o p e a n d b e y o n d t e r r o r i s t a t t a c k s a n d i n c i d e n c e s o f c i v i l u n r e s t a r e c l o s e l y m o n i t o r e d a n d a n a l y s e d a n d a n y i m p a c t o n q u a l i t y o f l i v i n g f o r e x p a t r i a t e sisreflectedintherankings 7 , but it ' s by no means bottom of the table . I love it , and would live nowhere else . However , if you kick out the people who make it what it is , I ' m probably leaving with them . They are my culture . Not crumpets and rain and Elgar .