I'm going to be finished with my AA at my community college here in Miami next spring, and I'm thinking about taking a gap year and living in London for a year with my uncle, who lives in Hackney in Northeast London. If I like it, I may just end up staying and finagling my way into an English university. If I don't, I'll just go back to America and finish college. Here are my questions:
1. How bad is the crime in the common areas? Like if I walk around for a day, what's the chance of me getting stabbed, robbed at gun/knifepoint, getting pickpocketed, fighting some drunk Englishman at a pub, or getting shot by police?
2. I know the cost of living is fukked (my uncle told me how much his house cost IN NINETEEN NINETY NINE and I wanted to throw up) but how much does a one bedroom apartment not in areas surrounded by dopefiends and Guyanese dope boys cost?
3. How well are black people doing out there? Like how ATL & DC in America are stereotypically hallmarks of black excellence, is there a borough in London with such?
4. What's the entrepreneurial scene like for black people? Specifically the tech/sports scene?
5. The women Are the majority of black women really wenches? How do the mixed girls treat black men? Are the white girls PAWGs or FAWGs Will the girls treat me better because I'm American, even though I'm still of Caribbean descent?
6. If I bought a house one day, what would be a nice area to move to where I would be surrounded by black professionals?
7. How easy is it to get around on the public transportation? How clean are the buses/trains?
8. What stuff is there to do for young people if you're not a partying type of person? I imagine partying in central London gets boring after a while
9. Where the good barbers at?
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1. How bad is the crime in the common areas? Like if I walk around for a day, what's the chance of me getting stabbed, robbed at gun/knifepoint, getting pickpocketed, fighting some drunk Englishman at a pub, or getting shot by police?
2. I know the cost of living is fukked (my uncle told me how much his house cost IN NINETEEN NINETY NINE and I wanted to throw up) but how much does a one bedroom apartment not in areas surrounded by dopefiends and Guyanese dope boys cost?
3. How well are black people doing out there? Like how ATL & DC in America are stereotypically hallmarks of black excellence, is there a borough in London with such?
4. What's the entrepreneurial scene like for black people? Specifically the tech/sports scene?
5. The women Are the majority of black women really wenches? How do the mixed girls treat black men? Are the white girls PAWGs or FAWGs Will the girls treat me better because I'm American, even though I'm still of Caribbean descent?
6. If I bought a house one day, what would be a nice area to move to where I would be surrounded by black professionals?
7. How easy is it to get around on the public transportation? How clean are the buses/trains?
8. What stuff is there to do for young people if you're not a partying type of person? I imagine partying in central London gets boring after a while
9. Where the good barbers at?
Salute
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