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Making friends in London

because of work and then outside of work it's uh it might be hard to meet not to meet new people but to to build relationships and friendships maybe in Cafe the cafe Society up...

Course: Britain and other culturesSection: What people think about LondonersSubtitles: en

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live there

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because of work and then outside of work

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it's uh it might be hard to meet not to

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meet new people but to to build

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relationships and friendships maybe in

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Cafe the cafe Society up there's very

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diverse and and I think you're you're

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more likely in a smaller space to

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actually start chatting to people if

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you're there on your own Brighton's more

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friendly and more kind of accepting and

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[Applause]

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yeah just like Live and Let Live quite

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in Brighton whereas London's maybe maybe

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not as that way as Brighton would be

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it's very much a work focused City and

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if you're in work you feel like you're

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part of the

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the uh the great movement of people

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across the in and out of London the rat

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race yeah you feel you're part of that

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rat race it's difficult to find places

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to have conversation which aren't

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tourist traps because most londoners

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keep clear of tourist traps generally

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you know you worry about getting eye

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contact because people think you're

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wanting a fight

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um and people often kind of come across

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quite aggressive if you want to improve

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your English then why didn't you

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consider becoming an easy English member

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with the link up

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