I have been living here since last September. People living in London come from different countries.
The real British make me feel they are extremely individualistic.
Even though we are on the tube in a busy time, they still try to keep the distance as far as possible. Their action express as, 'I will not touch you, so you do the same as me.'
And they usually meet friends at bars or somewhere instead of inviting them to thier house. Privacy is the most important thing for British. And the other reason is that the house people living in London is usually quite small so that the bar is more like the second house for them to meet friends.
Besides, they are used to speaking in an indirect way. This sometimes make the foreigners confused what they mean exactly. They may not use superlatives and may not appear terribly animated when they speak. And they are generally not very openly demonstrative unless you know someone well.
For me, I would feel the British are not so friendly and too private.
But compared to the French living in Paris, the British is more friendly than them.
My roommate, a French living in Paris, told me he prefered to live in London than Paris.
I was very shocked to hear about this...and I told him if you have chance, you must go to American! The people in American are much more friendly than here honestly.
There is nothing to say good or bad. It's just different culture.
So far...this is what I experienced in London.
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