Londoners depend on the tube for everything. We get to work on the tube, go shopping on the tube, meet up with friends anywhere in the city with the tube, go home on the tube, go everywhere on the tube. It helps you avoid the traffic jam up above, is quicker than taking the bus as most routes are more direct, and is way cheaper than taking a taxi. Being underground and (mostly) indoors also means you are shielded from the elements.
The down-side is that most Londoners do not have any sense of where everything actually is, as demonstrated when people got completely lost after the terrorist attacks which incapacitated the tube service a few years back. People were forced to go over-ground and realised that they didn't know how close/far locations were relative to each other, or which way to go to get home. They didn't know enough landmarks with which to guide them.
London is a beautiful city. Finding the time to go over-ground, at least occasionally, is well worth the trouble.
The down-side is that most Londoners do not have any sense of where everything actually is, as demonstrated when people got completely lost after the terrorist attacks which incapacitated the tube service a few years back. People were forced to go over-ground and realised that they didn't know how close/far locations were relative to each other, or which way to go to get home. They didn't know enough landmarks with which to guide them.
London is a beautiful city. Finding the time to go over-ground, at least occasionally, is well worth the trouble.
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