My City. As much as I hate it, I love it.
Yes, the busses are always late. The Victoria line is never running. There are people shoving thelondonpapaer or the metro up your nose wherever you choose to go, tourists stepping on your feet. But nevertheless, it's something special to be a part of. To me, London means alot. Being able to see the Gherkin at night from my room, watching a bus head into central london, watching a plane line up on the approach for Heathrow airport, sitting on the central line shaking my head along to the rhythm of the vibration (in commuter like fashion) watching the headlines on peoples newspapers. I feel like I'm part of something big. Knowing that whatever way I look, I know where I am.
London seems big on a map. Very big. I live on the edge of it. Yet, I'm only a twenty minute train ride from one of my best freinds who lives pretty much right in the middle.  To me, it's normal having to find a different way through the maze of trains every time I go into town. The announcements of "Central line closed due to maintenance and there are heavy delays on the circle and district lines, sorry for any inconvenience", as annoying as they are, are all part of London.
For those fellow Londoners out there, our city is one of the most cultural, fun and different places in the world. Next time you're annoyed that the northern line is under maintenance, or the train is packed with fun-flash wielding Japanese people, or loud Americans, just remember, remember there's nowhere quite like London. Each one of us, from the high up buisnesspeople working in office blocks in central London, to government offiicials over in Westminster, to the social workers working in various boroughs even down to the dustbin men and post men running around in the early hours of the morning, are a vital part of what keeps London alive, and what it is today. It's through everyone of us that London lives, not through the physical city. Without us, London would be nothing. Without London, we'd be nothing.
For everyone else, if you ever do come to London, please don't step on the commuters feet, and please don't take pictures of the busses - they're not that amazing. Please don't shout on the underground at 8am, and please, please, loose the kodak funflash, and fijifilm cameras, you've no idea how annoying they are. Also, don't follow the majority - as amazing as it is, the tower of London isn't the only thing to see in London. If you go down a little side street anywhere, you're guaranteed to see parts of London that are just as amazing.

I'm sorry for my sentiment, but I felt it was about time someone showed our city a bit of sympathy.