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Old Aug 9, 2017, 8:25 am
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Originally Posted by EuropeanPete
It's obviously impossible to say which location is better. Knightsbridge has become a theme park for rich Russians, Arabs and Americans and so you will almost never see anyone who lives in London going anywhere near there. It's fascinating, but in a pretty awful way.

Equally though, calling the drug-infested den of inequity which is Kings Cross a clearly "better" location is perhaps pushing things slightly. I'd certainly always pick Kings Cross over Knightsbridge as a base for London though.
I would say that labelling Knightsbridge a "theme park for rich Russians, Arabs and Americans" and Kings Cross a "drug-infested den of inequity" is pushing things slightly too.

Are either of these really that polarised ?

Originally Posted by raunow
Posh boutique luxury in central London
Nice review, thanks. ^
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