We don't like to chat about him.

those on the streets only acknowledge each other with an eye contact and - oh horror! - a grin on two occasions:

1. first snow of the year
2. when it's sunny for the first time after an markedly miserable winter

gangs.

young kids being shot, and stabbed yards from wherever i live. happens frequently too.

depresses the shit out of me also it depresses the shit out of a hell of a lot of those whose behavior is affected by such gangs.

Unlikely. Unless you live in the very border of Greater London and looking towards the country, you'll see a meager quantity of stars in the night sky.

house prices.

the masses and masses of middle class folks who think it's so hip and trendy to live here but run screaming to Guildford at what time their kid hits primary school age.

Crystal Palace F.C.

You were talking on the subject of the moon, not the stars :p

the way that if a bus is on diversion, if you're waiting at a stop on the typical route, no one bothers to tell you that it's been diverted.

I love it when a bus stop is enclosed with the little yellow jacket saying it's not in use and there's people still sitting there waiting for a bus and glaring irritably once bus doesn't stop. :D

Oh I see. It was a bit of a hyperbole. Didn't come across well :D