Originally Posted by
Guy Betsy
For a city that is supposed to be hosting the Olympics, there hasn't been much fanfare in the streets...
There are no posters, no banners, no flags, nothing. When Vancouver held the Winter Olympics, everywhere you see posters on bus stops, banners, flags, and the mood of the city was just vibrant. Here in London where I am now, the mood is the opposite. There are road blocks, strikes, inefficient staff at railways, airports, and basically everything else that hadn't worked properly before in London is even in a worse off condition now !
There has been a lot of hype about 2012 in London because of the Jubilee and the Olympics too. Perhaps the Jubilee has over shadowed the Olympics excitement in recent weeks but the focus has switched back to the Olympics now. For months in the Evening Standard there has been plenty of mention about the games and the events. The other day there was a supplement about festivities going on in London before and around the games too. Many high streets I have seen in the suburbs still have bunting up too from the Jubilee which I imagine will stay in place until the Olympics are over.
However, there has also been a lot of negative coverage about the Olympics too with the issues of strike, completion worries, and the fiasco concerning ticket allocation in the UK. Perhaps if this had been handled better, there would be more reasonably priced tickets available, more people would be able to attend and feel part of the games and not just feel like disgruntled spectators being inconvenienced by the influx of people blocking up the transport infrastructure while also paying for it with tax payer's money. This could be a reason for lack of fanfare ...