When you have two great cities like London and NYC, it’s hard to ever really pick one over the other. How can you pick between centuries of culture and a place of brilliant innovation, a city where old and new coexist and one where people are always looking for the next big thing? Well, we are going to try and in the process figure out which one is the best place to live. After all, if you are going to decide whether you should move across the pond to London or stay put in New York City, you might as well get the best of the best.
After Work Pint vs Happy HourDear Americans, here’s how drinks work here. We go for a couple of pints after work, then have our tea (tea means dinner, tea as in the drink is consumed throughout the day anyway) and then go out for more drinks. Happy hour? More like happy all night long with cheap drinks and great company. On that note, we can drink outside. In the park, in the street, anywhere we want. And it’s great! London
Football vs BasketballFootball is simply in our blood. And not just in England. The whole world celebrated the World Cup recently, who celebrated the last FIBA Cup? Actually, who even knows what FIBA stands for? However, we have to admit that basketball requires some major skills and it does look pretty impressive. Plus basketball fans seem a bit less aggressive than ours. You win this one. NYC
HipstersNYC, that’s all on you. You started it and it spread all over the world. In any case, they are in both cities and nothing can be done about it. You just have to pick which kind of hipsters you prefer and learn to live with them. You can find them easily around the coffee shops in Shoreditch and Brooklyn, talking about how they found the place before it was popular. This one’s a TIE.
CultureHere in London we love our exhibitions. With 173 museums and 857 galleries over New York’s 131 and 721, we are clearly in the lead. You guys may have the Met, the MoMA, and the Natural History Museum but we have the National Gallery, the Tate and the British Museum, which has exhibits from all over the world. Plus they are all free for the public. Quantity and quality achieved. The point is ours. London
2-1 It seems that London wins this one. As we say on our side of the pond, if you are tired of London you are tired of life.
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