If John Cleese meant London is just another homogenized world capital, he’s right - The Washington Post

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If John Cleese meant London is just another homogenized world capital, he’s right  The Washington Post

The City of London financial district on the skyline. (Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg News)© 2017 Bloomberg Finance LP A little over a month ago, after I returned from a marathon trip to the British Isles, a friend asked me how I’d enjoyed London. I said London is now New York, with better scones. Apologies to Brits and New Yorkers who object. And I admit that the characterization isn’t really true. But it seems much truer than it did a quarter-century ago, when I first laid eyes on the place — or for that matter, even a decade past. Every time I go to London, the newer buildings, the shops and ...

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